Welcome to the UK Chair Caning Tour of 2015

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Welcome to the UK Chair Caning Tour of 2015

I turned 40 in October of 2015 and daydreamed of an island adventure. Although I imagined it more tropical at the outset, the result was THE MOST. AMAZING. AND NERDY. ADVENTURE a chair nerd could ever dream of. The UK Chair Caning Tour was so packed with chair nerdery that it must be divided into […]

Midwest Chair Caning Tour 2015

Midwest Chair Caning Tour 2015

The Chair Nerds are back on another adventure to the great state of Indiana! The SeatWeavers Guild Annual Gathering was hosted by Veep David Dick at Brown County State Park. Dave and I took a detour at Pleasant Hill Shaker Village in Kentucky and stayed in Louisville on the way there and back.  Here is our […]

2014 Appalachian Chair Caning Tour, conclusion

2014 Appalachian Chair Caning Tour, conclusion

My first SeatWeavers Guild Annual Gathering was like having a little too much to drink at a party.  You meet tons of people, talk about your shared passions, become instant best friends with at least 5 people, but don’t really remember much except that is was the best time ever! Each paragraph of the Appalachian Chair […]

Embarking on the 2014 Appalachian Chair Caning Tour.

Embarking on the 2014 Appalachian Chair Caning Tour.

As time draws near to the 2015 SeatWeavers Guild Annual Gathering, I am compelled to tell the story of the momentous 2014 Appalachian Chair Caning Tour to New England (sweet New England).  So much has happened because of that trip. So much that I neglected blogging for a solid year of work to make the chairvolution from Go […]

The Appalachian Chair Caning Tour

The Appalachian Chair Caning Tour

The ubiquitous woven chair seat. Most chairs are older than we are and will be here long after we are gone. They are found in every country across the globe, yet somehow caning is now considered a dying or lost art. Van Gogh and Matisse painted them.  Presidents and kings have sat in them. They […]