Stick Chair Class: Day 2
Today: stretchers, arms and shoes. And pizza. (Thanks to Jared Wayne from Taglio for an amazing lunch.)
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Stick Chair Class: Day 1
This week we are running a stick chair class for six students with Aspen Golann as the co-instructor. The class was organized by The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, and the students are all teachers or woodworkers who want to become teachers. The goal is for all of the students to have one stick chair complete by the…
Read moreAnother Tool on the Wall
While my personal tools stay in my tool chest, we keep the communal ones hanging on the wall behind my bench for students or visiting instructors to use without guilt or asking. Our “tool wall” is made up of three panels of cherry that cover three bookcases. For most of the year, our shop looks…
Read moreFor Sale: Bog Oak Stick Chair
This six-stick comb-back chair is inspired by two Welsh chairs – one that I inspected at Tim Bowen Antiques and a second chair that I have in my collection. The chair is built using 4,000-year-old bog oak that was harvested in Poland. All the parts of this chair came from one tree. I am selling…
Read moreMore Soft Wax Now in Store
Despite the heat, Katherine has made a new batch of soft wax and posted it in her etsy store. She has fully mastered her new mixing/filling machine and was able to create this entire batch without any assistance during the bottling process. We all offered to help, but she stubbornly resisted (I don’t know where…
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