FRIDAY FEATURE–Steve Ambrose, chair caning specialist from York, PA and advertiser on the National Furniture Repair Directory was featured on WHTM abc.com television station with his chair seat weaving this week!
Steve is also a Charter member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. and has a website for his business, The Chair Seat Weaver, at www.thechairseatweaver.com where he shows his handiwork.
Here’s his feature video on the evening news so you can put a a face with the name! Congrats Steve!
MONDAY MENTION–Chair Caning
We just added another chair caning expert to the National Furniture Repair Directory™ in the Seatweaving section on WickerWoman.com!
Dick Knotts, owner of The Seat Doktor, has been weaving for over 10 years and will be more than happy to repair any of your chair caning projects! He’s also a brand new member of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. and we’re so glad to count him as a member of the guild.
“I’m weaving up a storm here, catching up after the Gathering. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting all those folks and I learned a lot. Thanks to you for all you have done for the Guild these four years and for your website and terrific marketing ideas.” Dick Knotts
It was a pleasure meeting Dick and learning tips and hints from him, too at TSWG Gathering in Noblesville, IN and to now have him on the Furniture Repair Directory™ here on WickerWoman.com
Give Dick a call today and get on his appointment repair schedule for all your chair caning needs. Check out his chair caning blog to see all the projects he’s writing about.
Here’s the new logo for the first and only chair caning guild in America, The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. and we thank Vice President Mindy King for the winning design!
We feel this shield-type logo represents the main types of weaves that we do and of course, sets off the name of the guild and the year we established the organization very well. It will be used on all publicity regarding the guild from now on. Kinda catchy, don’t you think?
Today’s topic on Monday Mention is Weaver’s Words, a weekly Yahoo! Groups basket digest managed and moderated by Bonnie Krist.
This email basketry digest was originally started in 1997 by 26-year old David Collins from Indianapolis, Indiana with only 71 subscribers. It later swelled to well over 1,000 subscribers, connecting to each other from the United States as well as from several countries overseas.
Weaver’s Words email digest was the one online lifeline that basketmakers had at the time, we were all proud members of a very close-knit community of basket weavers.
When David passed away in 2005, Bonnie Easterbrook Krist asked David’s mother Norma, if she could please continue with this vital basketry digest. At the time, David’s Weaver’s Words was just about the only way that basketmakers could connect with each other.
Every week we would watch our email boxes with anticipation of its arrival. This of course. was years before the social networks of Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and LinkedIn were even thought of!
How does Weaver’s Words work?–Basketweavers (and chair caners) subscribe to the list through the Weaver’s Words Yahoo! Groups.
Then post a message or submit their questions about basket weaving, or make posts about the workshops they’ve attended, or give website links they think others will be interested in.
Then the moderator, Bonnie Krist, reviews the posts, accumulates them into an email message and sends out to all the subscribers or members, on a weekly basis. Sometimes personal commitments and schedules interfere with the delivery, but most of the time, Weaver’s Words is sent on a regular weekly basis.
Here’s an online copy of one of the very early basketry digests that you might find very interesting reading: http://www.angelfire.com/art/weaverswords/WeaversWordsV1I1.txt
Bonnie has done a wonderful job with the basket digest list and is to be commended! She’s a basketmaker and chair caner herself and is also a founding member and membership chairperson of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc., all of which keeps this lady pretty busy!
Just wanted to let all members of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. know that the latest quarterly issue of the Seatweavers’ Journal was sent out by email and postal mail to all members on Wednesday, January 19th.
So, if you have not received yours yet, be sure to let our editor, Bonnie Rashleigh know about the problem ASAP. Email her at seatweaversnews@gmail.com
Great featured article on business level chair caning member John Henry Matthews from Sanford, Florida and his excellent work on blind cane chair backs.
And of course, there’s lots more…
For more information about the guild and to see photos of our events and to join the other 64 members, visit our website and also “Friend” us on Facebook
Members of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. (TSWG) will present a Chair Seating Exhibtion open to the public during the 3rd Annual Gathering of the guild on July 30-August 1, 2010 at Tillers International Museum in Scotts, Michigan.
Don’t miss this rarely presented public exhibtion of chairs, featuring chairs and wicker furniture with handwoven seats, showing a variety of patterns and designs created with both natural hand-gathered and commercially prepared materials. The public is invited to view these primarily antique pieces, to learn about the history of the specific designs and materials used to create them.
Full Chair Seating exhibition, Gathering events information, membership and other details about the guild can be found on the official website of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. at http://TheSeatWeaversGuild.org and on our Facebook Page at http://facebook.com/TheSeatWeaversGuild
On Sunday, June 13th we set up a Facebook Fan Page for The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Inc. and on Monday were awarded the short, memorable Page Name.You can now find us at http://facebook.com/TheSeatWeaversGuild
Whether you are a chair seat weaver or not, please visit our new page and click on the FB Like button to become a fan. We are posting loads of information there as well as on our domain website http://SeatWeaversGuild.org
Hope to see you soon at either website and on our membership roster!
Three founding members of The SeatWeavers’ Guild, Jan Noal, Lee Long and Sally Jackson were recently featured in the Akron Beacon Journal for the chair caning classes they teach.
These gals have been volunteering their chair caning skills for years, teaching classes at the Lion’s Lodge in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio to mostly senior citizens. Read all about them and how they are passing on the art and craft of chair caning, and be sure to look at all the fantastic pictures, too.
Chair Caners Rock On!
http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/home_garden/93773204.html
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