I have a few students who can no longer sit seiza on tatami. Some of them are sad because there are only a few table style temae you can do. And there is no difference in the seasons for table style. So I had a plan for them.
In Portland, we have been rather snowed in for the last three days. That means that Mr. Sweetpersimmon has been in the shop and I have been at the sewing machine. Look what we completed this week. I asked my husband to build me a tatami table so that my students who cannot kneel can sit and make tea on stools. From photos and diagrams he designed and built not only a tatami table, but a table that can fit a sunken ro. He also designed the two tables to be portable. They fold up into two boxes. Not only that, he made the right hand table so that it can be changed out for the furo season. This means that we can do any temae on this table. Which is good, because he will soon close the tea room for phase 2 of the renovations, and we can still have class on the tatami table.
Whoa. Very nice work.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous,
DeleteThank you for your comment. I'll pass it on to Mr. Sweetpersimmon. Let's try it sometime.
These are so beautiful and functional- weather might be the mother of invention….
ReplyDeleteInzeye,
DeleteThank you for your comment. The tables were actually months of design, measuring, experiment, construction, re-construction, more design, experiments, re-re-construction and the final sanding was done during the snowstorm. And I sewed the custom tatami covers for the table this last weekend as well. Please come have tea on them.
Margie
These are absolutely beautiful! Will be so fun to make tea here. :)
ReplyDeleteMichelle,
DeleteWe will make the first tea on them this weekend at Minako sensei's memorial.
Margie
How lucky we are that your husband is such a gifted wood worker! Thank you to him and you!
ReplyDeleteStephanie,
DeleteI will let him know your comment. Thank you for your help on Sunday.
Margie