This six-stick comb-back is a significant step forward for me. While I would never call my chairs “Welsh” (I am but 2 percent Welsh and live in Kentucky), this chair is the most Welsh of the chairs I’ve made to date. What’s different? Mostly the wood for the arms and the comb. The oak’s grain…
Read moreAfter a long day of outages, our store is back up. Apologies to every frustrated customer. We have never had a failure like this, and it was no fun for anyone. Because of the long outage, we are extending the sale by one day. (If for some reason you are still having trouble, send us…
Read moreNote: Some customers are having trouble checking out – we are working on the problem with tech support as I type. If the problem persists, send an email to [email protected]. Our 40-percent off sale on many of our popular titles ends at midnight on Wednesday. (You can see everything on sale here.) This sale –…
Read moreIt is with the heaviest of hearts that we report that Nancy Hiller died earlier this morning. We don’t have any information on a service or memorial. When we know something, we will post it here. In the meantime, if you want to remember her, you can read this tribute about this remarkable woman we…
Read morePublisher’s note: The following is the essay I wrote at the beginning of The Stick Chair Journal that explains what it’s about and what is coming in the future. This is the only excerpt we’ll be publishing on the blog. The world does not need any more chairs. Or magazines, for that matter. And yet…
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