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What is a ‘Ladderback’ & Who is Making Them?

The copy editing changes are done, the interior design is locked down and we’re almost done with the dust jacket (the front of its current incarnation is shown above). We have a few last questions to sort, then “Backwoods Chairmakers: In Search of the Appalachian Ladderback Chairmaker,” by Andrew D. Glenn, will be off to…

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‘LAP Workbook’ & By ‘Hammer and Hand’ Now Shipping

We are now shipping out for the new printing of the “By Hammer & Hand” letterpress poster and the “Lost Art Press Workbook.” And if you order by Friday, the shipping is free…. The “Workbook” is based on accounting ledgers from the 19th century, and it is meant for recording a permanent record of the…

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‘LAP Workbook’ & By ‘Hammer and Hand’ Now Shipping

We are now shipping out for the new printing of the “By Hammer & Hand” letterpress poster and the “Lost Art Press Workbook.” And if you order by Friday, the shipping is free…. The “Workbook” is based on accounting ledgers from the 19th century, and it is meant for recording a permanent record of the…

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LAP Open Wire, Nov. 18, 2023

Apologies for the late start today. Chris and his family got home late last evening from England so he’s recovering from jet lag…and I slept in today and had a leisurely morning coffee for the first time since they left. Then once the caffeine kicked in, remembered I forgot to post this. You know the…

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Spoons, Bowls, Troughs & Other Scooped Objects

The following is excerpted from “Woodworking in Estonia.” The author, Ants Viires, devoted his life to recording the hand-tool folkways of his country without a shred of romanticism. Viires combined personal interviews and direct observation of work habits with archaeological evidence and a thorough scouring of the literature in his country and surrounding nations. If…

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