Hire us to geek out on chairs for 2-4 hours at your location with a hands-on demonstration and optional slideshow. Warning: You might become a Chair Nerd.
Take a trip back through time and around the globe withA Brief History of Chair Caning slide-show presentation. From King Tut’s Tomb to Contemporary Makers, chair caning has never really been “a lost art;” it is a craft practiced around the world for thousands of years.
Take a field trip to our Studio with your organization or school class. We tailor the program to suit your interests in design, craft as a business, kids programs, STEAM. We’ve worked with Winterthur Material Culture PhD students, West Hendersonville High Interior Design classes, Haywood Community College Professional Craft students, Penland woodworking students, Weavers & Woodworking Guilds, UNCA, Warren Wilson, Hanger Hall, Carolina Day School, the United Way Kids at Work Week, Lifelong Learning programs, and have visited elementary schools as part of an Arts Integration Program. Chair seat weaving is history, botany, social science, physics, geometry, process engineering, design, material culture, and of course, traditional craft!
American Craft Council “Let’s Make” AtlantaFurniture Society Craft for a Greater Good-benefit for BeLoved Asheville. Shaker tape chairs were left to furnish housing for the homeless. Ornament Class at The Island Farm, Manteo NC -2021
Demonstration at The SeatWeavers’ Guild Annual Gathering
Harrisburg Elementary School kids class Danish Modern Restoration in progress. We bring in chairs that highlight your nerdy ambitions. Demonstration at The Folk Art Center, Asheville, NCDemonstration at Parkway Crafts, Blowing Rock NCDemonstration at The William King Museum, Abingdon VAChair Nerds on location at the Salem College Chair LibraryLecture at William King Museum, Abingdon VADemo-DisplayOn WLOS Morning Show for The Craft Fair of The Southern HighlandsHands-on weaving Station Weavers would sit out on St. Paul’s Church steps and cry “Chairs to Mend”rattan palm stalk with hand-caned chairAt Salem College Chair LibraryAt the Virginia Historical Society for the Art of Seating ExhibitChair caning ephemera: from a cigarette carton. English rush weaverEngraving of bulrush bundleWe don’t travel light, we bring books and resources for an overwhelmingly nerdy presentation.We don’t travel light-we bring visual aids, materials samples, and historical ephemera for a rich presentation.2016 Annual Gathering of The SeatWeavers’ Guild At The Island Farm, Manteo NCGet ready to geek out on chairs….Photo by Matt Rose.Teaching Shaker Tape footstools to kids Chair Nerds do not travel lightDemonstration at Folk Art Center, Asheville NCThe Chair Nerd Summit 2019Chair Nerds on LocationDanish cord sample…photo by Matt Rose.
