I had planned to go to a chair class with George Sawyer back in 2019. Actually three different times my employer at the time ‘asked’ that I postpone my vacation which I would have used to take my whole family with me up to Vermont. After being forced to flake …
Like many, I’ve benefited greatly from the work of those at Lost Art Press, and the authors they publish. I was further impressed when I saw they were willing to freely give the PDF of The Anarchist’s Workbench to anyone interested. It might be fair to call this a sort …
Here’s a model from the Bar Cube project I had the pleasure of working on with Caleb James. I also made the plans for building this challenging little piece of furniture. They can be found for purchase at Caleb’s website. Click the radiating arrows to toggle full screen mode(sorry, not …
Here’s a model of a Lounge Chair designed by Caleb James. It was a pleasure working with him to produce this, and I look forward to making one in real life. For now, it’s shown without any webbing weave, but I would like to include a version here with the …
Here’s a model of a traditional Continuous Arm mainly drawing from Curtis Buchanan‘s design. I modeled it from plans created by Jeff Lefkowitz, and a ton of Instagram photos of knuckle volutes carved by David Douyard, George Sawyer, and Peter Galbert. So these arm ends naturally (and hopefully) turned out …
Here’s a model of a Sack Back designed by Curtis Buchanan & Dave Sawyer (George Sawyer’s website linked). I modeled it from plans drawn by Jeff Lefkowitz and Caleb James.
Here’s a model of a Diner B chair with leaf slats in the superstructure and a crinoline rail undercarriage.
Here’s a model of my interpretation of Bern Chandley’s lowbow diner chair. It includes leaf slats in the superscruture and a crinoline rail undercarriage.
Here’s a model of a Diner B chair with the new spindles and a crinoline rail undercarriage.
I discovered Kestrel Tool early this year on @jihaewoodworks‘ Instagram page. If you’ve never come across her work, please check it out. Her furniture beautifully exhibits elegance in design, with a well balanced amount of subtle details ‘hiding’ complexity in apparently simpler forms—she’s great. In a post about one of …
