As Nancy Hiller famously said, “It’s all problems.” We will move the remainder of our inventory into the Anthe building during the first week in October. The three semis have been scheduled. We have a plan. But until that moment the first truck arrives on Oct. 2, we have to move a few mountains. It…
Read moreWe just finished up the chair class with students selected by Chairmakers Toolbox, and we are both inspired and exhausted. Building eight stick chairs in five days with limited tools is no joke. But working with a group of chair-crazy enthusiastic young woodworkers gives me hope for the future of our craft. So today I…
Read moreEarlier this week, I put up a chair for sale that I was proud of. Not my thing, pride. But the chair represents a small milestone in my work. I didn’t expect many people to bid on the green Irish chair I’d built. It’s a painted chair. It’s not a comb-back chair. And it’s painted….
Read moreRecently I finished up this green Irish armchair, and I’ve concluded it’s my best work yet. More than any other chair I’ve made, this chair gets closest to the intuitive style of chairmaking that I admire in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. How did this happen? It was 20 years of practice plus two frantic days…
Read moreThis weekend is the calm period before our class with The Chairmakers Toolbox next week. The wood in the above photo? Y’all paid for that with your contributions. The money you donated will also feed them all week. And there was extra cash ($2,700) left over, which was donated directly to The Chairmakers Toolbox. So…
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