The Ari stool was originally designed by Hiroshi for an educational project. The basic design includes a few interesting skills, traditional Sliding dovetail joinery and shaping with a curved plane.

"Ari" is a Japanese word for dovetail joinery, which refers to the shape of ant's antenna. Do you prefer Dovetail or ant's antenna?!

Hiroshi has designed a few versions, and so have his students! Come and make your version of Ari stool!

Previously, the Ari Stool was designed at a normal height (H450mm). There were technical difficulty to make it higher. Now we have changed a few elements to make it possible for it to become a popular high stool!

This program suits beginners to advanced woodworker.

This course is designed for beginners. But the secretive elements of making Sliding Dovetail joinery, and use of Japanese small planes will inspire advanced makers.

This course uses routers very heavily. Your safety will be assured with lectures and jigs we use. Also, there will be lots of handwork, shaping with a plane and chiselling.