I’ve never shown my work in a gallery. I’ve been asked a few times, but my problem is this: I don’t want to give up 50 percent of the sales price to the gallery. I’d rather skip the glory of cheese and boxed wine in plastic cups and sell my work direct. But gallery shows…
Read moreI cut dovetails pretty much the exact same way I did 20 years ago. Same layout, same sawing, same chiseling, same fitting. But when it comes to my chairmaking, things seem to change every day. I’ve been building stick chairs since 2003 (and frame chairs since 1997). So it’s not like I am new to…
Read moreThis comb-back stick chair is designed for dining and working at a desk, though its back is leaned back just a bit more to add some comfort. I’m offering it for sale for $1,500 via a random drawing. The price includes crating and shipping to your door anywhere in the lower 48 states of the…
Read moreAlexander Bros. in Timberville, Virginia, is now selling chair kits for stick chairs (and Brian Boggs chairs) in a fair number of species and at very good prices. You can take a look here. Shea Alexander has been picking chair wood for me for the last eight months or so, and I have been impressed with…
Read moreOne of the difficulties students have when making Irish stick chairs is drilling the mortises for the two back sticks that also pass through each arm (we call these particular back sticks “posts”). For a recent class, I made a jig that makes it easier to drill accurate mortises. While no jig is foolproof, this…
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