You can now order The Stick Chair Journal No. 3 from our store. This issue features plans and construction information for a Lincolnshire Windsor chair, the earliest-known form of Windsor. Plus lots of other articles that will help you as a chairmaker. Read the complete Table of Contents here. If you buy the Journal from…
Read moreI’m working on a profile of Don Weber, which will appear in Issue 3 of “The Stick Chair Journal.” To help share Don’s life story – so rich and full it could be a book – I’ve been reaching out to folks he’s known at various points in his life, folks he calls friends to this day. Earlier…
Read moreThis large but airy Windsor is a reproduction of a circa 1735 example that may be the earliest recorded Windsor chair. It’s unlike any British Windsor I’ve seen before, with simple turned strut legs, a fully carved seat (even underneath) and a comb that’s shaped like an entablature. I’m selling this chair via silent auction;…
Read moreIn their efforts to make chairmaking more accessible, Alexander Brothers in Virginia now offers steambent arms and armbows that will work with all the armchairs in “The Stick Chair Book” (a free download) and the Hobbit chair in The Stick Chair Journal No. 2. You can get the bent components in red oak or cherry….
Read moreDuring my last day in the U.K. last week, we crammed in as much as possible. It was like a hot dog eating contest. But instead of cased meats, we were consuming culture. And instead of a stomach ache, I became consumed by ennui (just kidding, I got Covid). One of the last stops before…
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