Our son presented us with this two-year-old, black male cat with white markings on his chest and paws, who quickly became my chair caning feline helper and joins me in the studio every day. His
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*Editor’s Note: Sorry to report that after a run of 15 years online, from 2004 to 2019, the Chair Caning Forum shut down because the discussion board host platform went out of business. Are you
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In June of 2006, I traveled to England on a McKnight/Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Fellowship Grant. The grant allowed me to study how willow is grown and cultivated for basket making and also to study
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Ever since I began caning chairs way back in the 1970s, I have never tied knots on the bottom of the cane chair seats. What did you say??? No knots on a hole-to-hole cane seat
No-Knot Chair Caning Technique! Read More »
Do you cane chairs for a living or hobby? Anxious to join a guild, but have never heard of a Chair Seat Weaver’s Guild? Well, now’s your chance to get in on the ground floor
Calling All Chair Caners!!!! Read More »
The rarely taught hand-twisted cattail leaf rush class took place on the North House Folk School campus on February 3 & 4, 2007, so the campus looked a bit different from the one posted above!
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I will be teaching a hand-twisted bulrush or cattail leaf chair seat class on February 3 & 4th at Minnesota’s only folk school — North House Folk School in Grand Marais, MN. There’s still time
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Welcome Helen B. Cribbs and her daughter-in-law Jamie Cribbs as the newest addition to the Seatweaving section of the Furniture Repair Directory! Helen’s business is Peerless Rattan located in Springfield, OH and Jamie’s satellite family
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