Lost Art Press Blog

1. Applications Open for Chairmaker’s Toolbox Class

   The Chairmaker’s Toolbox is accepting applications for a scholarship class this August at Lost Art Press. All six students will receive free tuition and materials (plus some meals) during the week-long chairmaking class, Aug. 3-7. Apply for this scholarship class here. Applications close on May 15. The class will be taught by Grace Ambrose and...

2. See My Chairs at the ‘No Coast Furniture Salone’

   I’m exhibiting two stick chairs at the “No Coast Furniture Salone” that runs from Friday, April 17, through Sunday, May 3, in an exhibit space at 1800 Race Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. I’m showing two stick chairs in black cherry that are based on the 18th-century Bebb chair from Wales (one of the key chairs...

3. Plaiting a Hammer Handle

   While I was teaching a chairmaking class at the Woodworking School at Pinecroft last week, school manager Katie Bister offered to plait the handle of my Exeter hammer with the woody stalks of broom corn.  Katie is a multi-talented craftsperson in fiber arts and woodworking, so I immediately said yes. I offered her a Crucible...

4. Revisiting Berea Student Craft

   Like most Kentuckians, I’ve long been buying brooms and other crafts made by students working for Berea College Student Craft. The students aren’t craft majors. Instead they work for Berea Student Craft as part of their work requirement at the college (which does not charge tuition). And I’ve visited the Berea Student Craft department a...

5. Handworks 2026, Sept. 4 & 5 in Amana, Iowa

   Join the Lost Art Press gang, along with four score of the world’s best hand tool makers and teachers, and 5,000 or so of your closest woodworking friends for the hand tool event of the year: Handworks 2026Friday & Saturday Sept. 4-510 a.m.-5 p.m.Amana ColoniesAmana, Iowa Admission to the event is free (though donations at...