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Lost Art Press
12.07.2025
The following is excerpted from “Shaker Inspiration” by Christian Becksvoort.
10.07.2025
Editor’s note: Our Mind Upon Mind series is a nod to a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column (also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward
07.07.2025
After I dragged my butt off the plane to Munich with no sleep, Heiko Pulcher did me a huge favor. He plunked me into his Subaru wagon and drove me to the Das
04.07.2025
The following is excerpted from “Backwoods Chairmakers,” by Andrew D. Glenn. Part travelogue, part profile and part how-to, “Backwoods Chairmakers” explores
Glen Huey, a great furniture maker, teacher and (I hope) friend, died unexpectedly on July 27 after posting a short notice about an upcoming medical procedure
02.07.2025
We’ve launched two new products today for those of you who like hatchets – and sometimes need to clean up the blood they leave behind....
01.07.2025
One of the most famous furniture makers and designers in the Midwest is someone you don’t hear much about in woodworking circles: David T. Smith. With this
28.06.2025
Philippe Lafargue died at his home from an undiagnosed glioblastoma on June 22. Philippe has been instrumental in the Roubo project, helping with translations
27.06.2025
The following is excerpted from “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker,” by Anonymous, Christopher Schwarz and Joel Moskowitz.
26.06.2025
Get two classic chairmaking books – "Welsh Stick Chairs" and "Good Work" – for one special price. Together, they're just $ 49 – but only through August 7. The
24.06.2025
One of our local treasures, the Baker Hunt Art and Cultural Center, hosts a free lecture series in its Scudder House ballroom, and the speaker on August 13 is
20.06.2025
Editor’s note: Our Mind Upon Mind series is a nod to a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column (also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years”), in
18.06.2025
Scholarship applications are now open for six spots in a special comb-back class in our Covington, Kentucky, workshop Sept. 15-19. The class is offered
15.06.2025
Update: Comments are now closed. Thanks for entertaining us on our drive!
14.06.2025
The following is excerpted from “The Essential Woodworker,” by Robert Wearing. In our opinion, “The Essential Woodworker” is one of the best books on
10.06.2025
A couple weeks ago, one of our warehouse’s dehumidifiers lost power and dripped water onto a pallet of “Ingenious Mechanicks” books. We dried them out, but a
09.06.2025
We are not fancy here. So when Megan threatened to wear a skirt, I knew this was a serious event.
07.06.2025
06.06.2025
The following is excerpted from “Woodworker’s Pocket Book,” edited by Charles Hayward.
03.06.2025
A quick reminder that the introductory special of $100 plus free shipping on the four-volume collection of "The Woodworker: The Charles Hayward Years," ends
31.05.2025
28.05.2025
The following is an excerpt from “The Stick Chair Journal 2.” “The Stick Chair Journal” is also still available. While supplies last, you can purchase a
25.05.2025
This Irish armchair is one of the most comfortable chairs I make, and I built this particular example in elm and sycamore for an upcoming revised edition of
24.05.2025
After learning the epoxy has enough gap-filling properties to make a great edge joint with "factory" edges, we decided to see if Elmer's Glue Max could also
22.05.2025
In late February when we got our new Hayward four-volume collection in stock, we offered a $100 special on the set with free domestic shipping through April
20.05.2025
We have just launched a free 12-part video series that accompanies the new book “Build a Chair from Bulls%$t” and walks you through the chairmaking project.
18.05.2025
In the next few days, we’ll release the free video series on “Build a Chair from Bulls%$t,” which will help make chairmaking accessible for more people. The
17.05.2025
Editor’s note: In our new Mind Upon Mind series, we ask readers of our books, blog and Substacks what else they've thought of, tried out and improved on? You
14.05.2025
The following is excerpted from Mary May’s “Carving the Acanthus Leaf.” Learning to carve the acanthus leaf is – for carvers – like a pianist learning a
13.05.2025
I just finished up a stick chair inspired by old Welsh ones I study. This chair's stretchers are particularly low and oval in cross section. The armbow is
With more than 16,000 new books headed our way during the next month, we are making space at our Covington warehouse to keep us from storing books in our cars
09.05.2025
Most of the readers on this blog know John Brown as a chairmaker and writer. But as I have gotten to know his family and friends, I've learned he was much
08.05.2025
Editor’s note: Last month we launched our Mind Upon Mind series, a nod to a 1937 Chips from the Chisel column (also featured in “Honest Labour: The Charles H.
07.05.2025
Signed by the author, Christopher Schwarz. The first 500 customers get a free merit badge.
The following is excerpted from “Virtuoso: The Tool Cabinet and Workbench of Henry O. Studley,” by Donald C. Williams, with photographs by Narayan Nayar.
06.05.2025
Shane Orion Wiechnik, a furniture restorer and conservator based in Sydney, Australia, along with Liz Duck-Chong, a carpenter, freelance filmmaker and
05.05.2025
Editor’s Note: Philippe Lafargue, along with Michele Pietryka-Pagán and Don Williams, are the folks we have to thank for “To Make as Perfectly as
Last week, we sent the revised edition of “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest” to the printer. It will be released in late June. The book has been updated throughout,
04.05.2025
One of the gratifying things about teaching others to build stick chairs are the woodworkers who embrace the craft and grow to work at the same level (or even
01.05.2025
This is an excerpt from "Making and Mastering Wood Planes" by David Fink.