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January 23, 2020

Chair Nerd Profile: Randy Ogle

Oh the joys of stumbling upon a Chair Shop on your first day in a new city! Dave and I were ready to get out […]

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January 22, 2020

2020 Chair Weaving Census

Big News! A Research Project on Chair Caning and Seat Weaving in the US People constantly tell me chair caning is a “lost” or “dying” […]

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January 21, 2020

Chair Nerd Debut at Arrowmont, 2019. Part 2: The Class

Is it possible to fall in love with 7 people in a week? Yes it is. If your students are as badass as those in […]

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January 16, 2020

Chair Nerd Debut at Arrowmont, 2019. Part 1: The experience

So I have a habit of over-joining, over-committing, over-helping. I used to say “time well spent it money not spent.” This was said when I […]

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January 10, 2020

Chair Nerds On Location at Appalachian Center for Craft

Seat Weaving with Color & Pattern. June 5-7, 2020 We stopped by the Appalachian Center for Craft one foggy July evening on the way back […]

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January 8, 2020

2020 Chair Caning Legacy Class for Educators at Arrowmont

LEGACY at ARROWMONT: Appalachian Arts for Appalachian Teachers FREE CLASS! July 12–18, 2020 ~ Deadline to apply: April 1, 2020 Last summer we taught hand […]

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January 7, 2020

Blog Share! Chair du Jour

#chairdujour “new” fun on Instagram & reboot of a nerdy chair blog It really isn’t hard to find your tribe these days. I was fortunate […]

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January 7, 2020

Chairs at The House on the Rock

The House on the Rock is located in the middle of Wisconsin. It’s a crazy indescribably roadside attraction that we learned of from Neil Gaiman‘s […]

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January 6, 2020

Chairs with Woven Leather

We don’t get the opportunity to work with leather often. Hence the concentrated posts on leather chairs. It’s easy to post about things you don’t […]

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January 4, 2020

Snowshoe Chairs & Table!

Summer 2019 was very kind to us. We visited Dave’s Aunt Kathy this summer on our way to/from the Furniture Society Annual Conference in Milwaukee in […]

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January 3, 2020

Weaving with Rawhide

Doing mostly restorations for 15 years, I tend to do the same chair patterns over and over (laced cane and rush being the most common, […]

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January 2, 2020

Make a Traditional Appalachian Willow Chair with Justin Roberts

Join us for two classes (April 6-7 or April 8-9) with guest instructor Justin Roberts Last summer we met Justin at the Furniture Society’s Annual Conference in […]

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🪑🤓🤓s + shop dog teaching chair seat weaving, writing books on the craft, helping DIY on @silverriverchairs YouTube channel. Now in Weaverville, NC!

I got tired of brown - what do yall think? I got tired of brown - what do yall think?
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