Building a Bench - Japanese Style - Woodworking

In this project I design and build a bench incorporating Japanese style architecture, as well as in lay some bow ties/butterflies along a crack I carve as a decorative feature. Depending on how you argue the semantics of what joinery is, their are 5 or 6 different types of joinery in this project. Here are some of the tools I used to build this project. (Affiliate Links) ° Tracing Paper ° Block Plane ° Mallet ° Wood Glue h