Author Archives: Lost Art Press

PSA: Carver’s Vises on Sale

Infinity Tools has its carver’s vises on sale. Read carefully and don’t troll me. The $149.90 price shown above is NOT the sales price,. That’s the regular price during the year. BUT if you enter NYNT22 at checkout, you will get an additional $20 off. This brings the price to $129.90. And you get free…

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My Time to Sch-wine

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…

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Maybe? Try That Again

I 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….

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How to Fix (Almost) Any Mistake

After 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…

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