In the News
Brandy Clements on the Myth of the Dying Art
from Teach With Your Hands at Good City Craft School
50 min. episode with Brandy Clements on the culture and future or chair caning.
NC Weekend – UNCTV
Carolina Moment: Chair Caning
In Carolina Home and Garden
Photo by Matt Rose.
A hand-caned chair seat appears rustic and comfortable. But it carries a lot more weight beyond its function and simple elegance. The style is part of a long and proud — ancient, even — lineage. Read Article
In Capital At Play
Photo by Anthony Harden
Craftsmanship.
It’s something we take seriously here in Western North Carolina. We want our beer to be high quality, our art to be envelope-pushing, and our meals to be sourced from local produce. In Asheville in particular…Among those proudly carrying this mantle of craftsmanship are Brandy Clements and Dave Klingler, the chair caning couple who opened the Silver River Center for Chair Caning in 2015 in Asheville’s River Arts District. Read Article
In The Laurel of Asheville
More than a hundred chair caners from around the country will converge at the Southern Highland Craft Guild’s Folk Art Center for the ninth annual Gathering of the SeatWeavers’ Guild Friday through Sunday, July 29–31. Read Article
In American Craft Magazine
And more…
Asheville River Arts District – The Travel Channel (August, 2018) CLICK TO WATCH! (skip to 1:25 for Silver River Chairs)
Explore Your Creative Life-Sophie Magazine (November/December, 2016) Read Article
Ancient Art Coming to Asheville-WLOS News 13 (July, 2016) CLICK TO WATCH!
Come As You Are – American Craft Magazine (February/March 2016) Read Article
Silver River Center for Chair Caning Weaves Past and Present – onHaywood.com (1/26/2016) Read Article
BRANDY CLEMENTS: CHAIR CANER – Sophie Magazine (12/28/2015) Read Article
The River Arts District is Home to Silver River – The Biltmore Beacon (11/5/2015) Read Article
Raising Cain – Carolina Home + Garden (6/28/2013) Read Article
Chairlift: Silver River Center for Chair Caning adds school and museum – Mountain Xpress (6/12/2015) Read Article
Chair caning museum opens in River Arts District – Asheville Citizen-Times (6/8/2015) Read Article
In Asheville’s River Arts District, a unique chair caning school and museum – Ashvegas.com (6/2/2015) Read Article
Press Kit
Article about Grandma Ida. Daily Progress, September 15 1965, Charlottesville, Virginia. Click thumbnail to view full article.
