Cormac Seekings' passion is the use of roundwood and minimally converted timbers in both
framed and notched log carpentry.
Based in Scotland, he is one of the four UK attendees at this years' Kesurokai, inspired by the experience of working with the Japanese carpentry group at the 2007 torii gateway event. Afterwards he will be spending some weeks on a study tour of vernacular Minka.
The tradition of Minka farmhouses is fertile ground for studying both framed and notched log carpentry, combined in a different way and with a very different perspective on both structure and joinery, from that in northern Europe.
Cormac believes that regional Minka, from cold and humid/cold parts of Japan, can inform aspects of a new vernacular of wooden craft-building in Scotland, and is keen to help develop this as part of his involvement with self-builder assistance and skill training for low impact buildings.
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