Shakti Shoji Panel Styles

Angle Shoji Wall and Doors by Shakti Shoji

"Euclidian Dream"

A wide variety of Shoji screen panel styles are available at Shakti Shoji for shoji window screens, shoji doors or Shakti Shoji's innovative shoji lamp-tables. Shakti Shoji offers several types of panel styles:

~ Traditional Japanese style grids

~ Distinctive Artistic grids
(with or without curves)

Custom Artistic Shoji

	Pairs If a pair of artistic custom shoji panels is desired, consideration should be given to whether the shoji open horizontically or vertically. Shakti Shoji panels designs are made to fold into each other in graceful ways.
These Fir "Spheres" Shakti Shoji panels open by sliding up and down.		These Cherry "Cat's Eye" style Shakti Shoji panels are designed to open by sliding side by side on tracks (not shown).

As with this custom shoji panel screen to the right, Shakti Shoji panels can be made without the basic grid pattern if so desired. However, basic grids are desirable for simplicity, strength and stability as well as relative expense This shape was inspired by drawings from the book, The Power of Limits, by architect, Gyorgy Doczi.

As with the large circle Shakti Shoji screens above, custom artistic panel designs can be used in part of a row of screens to create a powerful focal point. Since all our shoji screens are custom made, we endeavor to design the best shoji screen panels to suit your tastes and situation. Between the variety of shapes and colors, the possibilities are nearly endless.

Artistic shoji screens require more processes in addition to those used to make traditional screens. The tradional shoji grids then are like a background for the artistic design work which is woven into each grid. Frequently, each panel is different from the others and yet interrelated in a way where they enhance each other and the room they adorn. Curved designs require making the sticks over custom created forms. The construction differences in each of the screens and the skill in making them interrelate effectively are more time consuming processes and thus make these screens more expensive.

Shakti Shoji Lamp Table Panel Styles

The variety of shoji panel styles available at Shakti Shoji is most evident in our patio Lamp Tables seen below. Think of them as opportunities for fun in decorating. It can also be fun to mix and match shoji panels on Shakti Shoji lamp tables. Different panel styles appeal to particular tastes - and variety can help to set various moods in your garden or patio.


Bamboo	Crystal Light	Spiral

	Because of the smaller size of table Lamp Table panels, artistic elements like copper and bamboo can be introduced quite easily.
Wave		Traditional

		This Lighthouse marks the entrance to Shakti Shoji. The panels here exhibit the wave pattern but with movement. One panel has one wave, with another wave added to each of the other panels...1,2,3and 4.

Traditional Shoji Panels

Traditional shoji grid patterns are generally a series of squares and rectangular shapes. The frequency and orientation of the rectangles can have various effects.

Shoji as Art and Traditional Shoji