by Andrew D. Glenn You can download an excerpt from this book here. For more than 200 years, chairmakers in Appalachia built ladderbacks to sell to neighbors and the occasional tourist. It was a tradition that was handed down through generations. But with the rise of furniture factories and mechanization, woodworker An| Lost Art Press
“The Anarchist’s Design Book” explores 18 historic and simple-to-make furniture forms that have been around for almost 1,000 years, yet look shockingly modern. You'll make a bed, dining tables, chairs, chests, desks and shelving as you learn two approaches – "boarded" and "staked" – to build these pieces and more.| Lost Art Press
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“The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” paints a world where woodworking tools are at the center of an ethical life filled with creating furniture that will last for generations. You'll discover the fewer than 50 hand tools you need to get started, and step-by-step instructions to build a full-sized English tool chest to hold them.| Lost Art Press
“The Stick Chair Book” explores the craft of these “hedge carpenters” or dabblers who built chairs for the everyday home. The chairs they built weren’t designed to impress the neighbors – they were designed to be comfortable, stout and (if you have a good eye) nice to look at. After 18 years of building vernacular stick chairs and studying historical examples in the UK, Europe and North America, author Christopher Schwarz has figured out how to design and build these chairs withou...| Lost Art Press