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 of town last summer so we arrived at Arrowmont as soon as we possibly could to explore a little bit before the class. We unpacked in our cozy rooms and […]
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 that I started my chair caning business about the same time as the internet and social media were gaining steam. Now I correspond regularly with chair weavers from Argentina to […]
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 book and tv series, American Gods (watch it on Stars). When we went to The Furniture Society Annual Conference in Milwaukee this summer, we couldn’t help but take a detour […]
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 have many images of. It is a bit harder to pare down the crucial images for caning when you’ve woven over 3,000 chairs. Here is a look at a custom […]
The Appalachian Chair Caning Tour, 2020 reboot!
Happy New Year! Our 2020 Calendar of Events is jam packed with nerdy fun. We are rebooting The Appalachian Chair Caning Tour starting with a presentation at the William King Museum in Abingdon, VA. January 18, 2020 from 2pm-4pm Explore world history through the lens of the woven seat. This talk complements a furniture exhibit […]
