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 […]
The 2016 Annual Gathering of The SeatWeavers Guild, Inc.
Silver River Center for Chair Caning is very excited to host the 9th Annual Gathering of The SeatWeavers Guild here in Asheville, NC at the […]
UK Chair Caning Tour, Part 1: Liverpool to Chatsworth House
Part 1 of 5: Liverpool to Chatsworth House: in which I have fortuitous experiences with a fox, red squirrels, and driving on the left to a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Photo Essay: Weaving Authentic Hickory Bark
Snow fell on my house today, so it’s the perfect day to finish my winter blog series on authentic hickory bark. I have actually written […]
Newberry & Sons Chairs, now that’s what I call authentic….
It ought to be firmly established by now that we are BIG fans of weaving seats with authentic bark here at Hobie’s Porch Chair Caning […]
Processing Authentic Bark at Brian Boggs Chairmakers
Why is authentic bark so much more expensive than manufactured reed? The Short Answer: Authentic bark is time consuming, back breaking, and potentially hand mangling […]
Authentic Bark vs. Manufactured Reed for Splint Chairs
I admit it was only recently that I wove my first authentic bark seat. I had a helluva time finding it when I first started […]