The Mid-West Tool Collector’s Association (mwtca.org) printed up a nice profile of us in their March issue of The Gristmill. Editor Jay Whittington drove here for a visit (along with his wife) and we talked for most of a day about the craft, tools and how to get them in the hands of the next…
Read moreMy name is Lewis Laskin, and I’m excited to announce a Jimmy Possum chair class in my hometown of Annapolis, Maryland. The class is from June 22 to June 26, 2026, and registration opens February 20 at https://marylandhall.org/studioarts-ws. Background Three years ago, I wandered into the Jimmy Possum exhibit at Queen Victoria Museum & Art…
Read moreYou can now order The Stick Chair Journal No. 3 from our store. This issue features plans and construction information for a Lincolnshire Windsor chair, the earliest-known form of Windsor. Plus lots of other articles that will help you as a chairmaker. Read the complete Table of Contents here. If you buy the Journal from…
Read moreChris Williams’ book “Good Work: The Chairmaking Life of John Brown” has attracted attention outside of chairmaking and woodworking circles. What other craft would be interested in Welsh chairs? Try the workwear industry. Recently TOAST sent a crew to Williams’ shop in Wales to interview him about his chairmaking and Welsh chairs in general. They…
Read moreThis is your last chance at one of our blue coffee mugs. We are closing them out this month in the store. Here’s the story. Last year, our warehouse flooded during a freak storm and the failure of our city’s stormwater system. We lost about 3,000 books in the flood, but other products got swamped,…
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