Classes

I've been having a field day.  Last weekend I started researching a long-promised post about pole-late treadles. In the process, I discovered that the internet can translate just about any book. That set me off translating Latin, German, and French books on...

https://vimeo.com/518250430?fl=pl&fe=sh I honor of the USA's big birthday, I'm offering all my online classes at a 50% discount. These are the classes that I made during the pandemic (one that I did with other people like Curtis Buchanan and Jane Mickelborough aren't...

January has been a busy month for me. Last weekend, I went to Colonial Williamsburg to give a talk on the Samuel Wing chair.  At the end of two 90-minute sessions my friend Jerome Bias (who was also presenting at the conference) came up on stage to help...

I just finished teaching my last class of the year, on 18th Century Chairmaking. A highlight for me was a trip to our local auction house to view a turn-of-the-19th-Century bow back chair made by the McKim Brothers of Richmond, Virginia (photo from the Leland Little...

I don't carve many spoons, but spoon carving is in the air this week.  Yesterday I went to the log yard to get a white oak. What looked like the best log had metal in it - a problem for sawmills, but not for riven chair parts - so Junior gave the log to me for...

I'm starting to get back in the swing of things again. I've been working on a settee and a set of barstools, visiting my mom a lot, getting my book finalized, going through my father's papers. Recently, I found this: These directions guided my dad and me to...

If this year has a theme, it's called Lost Art Press.  Chris Schwartz was here a couple weeks ago taking photos for my new book (if we're lucky, it may be available by the end of the year).  Then he's coming back in April to film a video of me teaching my...

"Penny Hewitt runs a great class,"  Curtis Buchanan told me after traveling to Vermont to make a pack basket with her.  "She's personable and laid-back, and she knows her stuff.  You should have her teach at your shop." A couple weeks ago, Penny emailed...

Just yesterday I finished teaching a wheelbarrow class with Peter Ross. One of my favorite parts of this class is the intersection between wood and fire. The tire gets heated in a wood fire before it is shrunk onto the wheel and even the staples for the staked sides...