With the unsettled economy and fears of inflation, consumer spending on stuff such as woodworking tools and books has been flat, and we’ve had one of the shortest holiday selling seasons since we launched Lost Art Press in 2007. At the urging of our social media manager, we hired a freelance “brand consultant” to help…
Read moreI have one important piece of advice when I teach our authors to take photos, junior editors to design book pages or students to design chairs. Here it is: Never trust your first instinct. Force yourself to take another photo from a different angle. Make an alternative page layout. Try a different arrangement of sticks….
Read moreAfter years of making and fixing mistakes in my work, I have drilled the following routine into my head. I almost never deviate from it, and it has served me well. If your repairs are less than satisfactory at times, there might be something here you can use. So I made a mistake today and…
Read more“The American Peasant,” my new Substack blog that I seemingly won’t shut up about, has been selected to be featured on Substack’s home page (No. 5 out of five, baby). Plus we’re featured in Substack’s app. What does this mean? Well, we got this cool digital badge, which I have printed out and pinned to…
Read moreIf you live near North Carolina and need a tool chest, here is a post you should read. A friend of mine died earlier this year, and he left behind his Anarchist’s Tool Chest he built in a class with me and Roy Underhill. The exterior of the poplar chest is almost complete and was…
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