This afternoon Edward picked up a set of four custom walnut and oak swivel bar stools that his wife Phyllis had helped design. Here’s a story about their chairs: Note: Nobody was hurt in this story. Other than a plastic…
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With the delivery of each chair order, the customer gets a short story I wrote about their chairs. The stories are a personal memento of the chairmaking process, a moment in the chairs’ birth preserved in words.
Chair Stories: My Friend, The Bluesman
The phone rings. I put down my red chair-order book, lean forward in my chair, lift the receiver. “John Dee died last night.” What do you say when a 92 year old man dies? I mumble that I am…
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A Day in Curtis’s Shop
I spent two days with Curtis Buchanan, Marilyn and Summer last week, visiting and hanging out in the shop. This was my first trip playing with my new fancy-pants camera – here’s some photos I took. Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinemail
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The Drawknife I Love
Troy and his wife picked up a set of four loop backs and one continuous arm last week. Troy took a class from me a couple years ago – my chairs will join his chair to form a complete set…
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Joe’s Backyard
Last week I shipped a Continuous Arm Rocker to a customer in AZ. This is a story about his chair: Seth and I stood in the yard and stared. Sheds and and lean-tos filled to overflowing with machines surrounded us;…
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My First Chair
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Fire, Water and Steel
Last Friday I delivered a Velda’s Rocking Chair to Patricia. It’s the first time I’d left the house in two weeks and it seemed like quite the adventure, even though it was no more than twenty minutes away. I started…
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A Day in Dave’s Shop
On my way home from a holiday visit to my future in-laws in KY, I delivered Michelle her new arm chair. Here’s a story about her chair: As I whittled spindles for a Birdcage Arm Chair, I thought back on…
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