Here we have one of my seven-stick comb-back chairs set up for lounging by the fire. It is finished with earth pigments, purified linseed oil and soft wax. This is the chair form shown on the cover of “The Stick Chair Book: 2nd Revised Edition.” I’m selling this chair for $1,900 via a random drawing;…
Read moreThis large but airy Windsor is a reproduction of a circa 1735 example that may be the earliest recorded Windsor chair. It’s unlike any British Windsor I’ve seen before, with simple turned strut legs, a fully carved seat (even underneath) and a comb that’s shaped like an entablature. I’m selling this chair via silent auction;…
Read moreSaint Maud’s – a community workshop in northern Wisconsin – just started a 38-week course for 4-H kids to build the armchair in “Build a Chair from Bulls%$t.” Check out the first video here. They’ll be posting videos on Instagram of the kids as they build their chairs. We’re going to follow along. You can, too. Here’s…
Read moreI am particularly excited to announce that we will publish a book about the Jimmy Possum chair tradition by Dr. Mike Epworth, who has spent decades studying, researching and building these remarkable Australian folk chairs. The book’s working title is “Wild Line: The Past and Future of the Jimmy Possum Chairmaking Tradition.” We don’t have…
Read moreThis low-slung Irish armchair is the first chair I’ve finished in soot, dirt and oil – a finish that gives the chair a deep brown-black-red color that you find on old stick chairs. The chair is made entirely of elm (both red elm and American elm) and is one of the most comfortable chairs I make….
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