2 New Products: A Video & Something for Your Wounds
We’ve launched two new products today for those of you who like hatchets – and sometimes need to clean up the blood they leave behind…. — Christopher Schwarz
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David T. Smith: A Name You Should Know
One of the most famous furniture makers and designers in the Midwest is someone you don’t hear much about in woodworking circles: David T. Smith. With this blog entry, I hope to change that – at least a little. Smith is a long-time furniture maker in Morrow, Ohio, who specializes in early and vernacular American…
Read moreApply Now for a Chairmaker’s Toolbox Scholarship Class Here
Scholarship applications are now open for six spots in a special comb-back class in our Covington, Kentucky, workshop Sept. 15-19. The class is offered through The Chairmaker’s Toolbox, a non-profit organization that provides education and support to those who have been historically excluded from the craft. The six students will spend five days building and…
Read moreVisit ‘The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick’
We are not fancy here. So when Megan threatened to wear a skirt, I knew this was a serious event. Rob Spiece, director of woodcraft at Berea Student Craft, had scored invitations for all of us to see the opening of a new exhibit at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati: The Crafted World of Wharton…
Read moreFor Sale: Irish Armchair in Red Elm & Sycamore (& Green Socks)
This Irish armchair is one of the most comfortable chairs I make, and I built this particular example in elm and sycamore for an upcoming revised edition of “The Stick Chair Book.” This chair is an original design of mine, but it borrows heavily from the Irish chairs I studied in person during 2019 and…
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