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Lost Art Press
23.01.2025
This is an excerpt from our newest book "Good Eye" by Jim Tolpin and George Walker.
21.01.2025
We are hosting a free Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event at our Willard Street workshop on March 7-8, 2025. In addition to all the Lie-Nielsen tools and our books,
18.01.2025
Our new storefront was supposed to be open by Jan. 1, but it’s still not done because we are waiting on the cabinetry that was supposed to arrive before
14.01.2025
Recently, Owen Madden started a book club, and he wants you to join.
11.01.2025
Editor's note: The third edition of "Cut & Dried" should arrive in February. You can sign up to be notified when it arrives here. In this post, author
10.01.2025
We spent the last couple months of 2024 working hard on our building at 407 Madison Ave., an old woodworking tool factory that we are restoring as our
08.01.2025
This week I’ve signed off on a new press run of our four-volume set of “The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years.” We ran out of stock last year, and
The following is a portion of the introduction to Karvsnitt: Carving, Pattern and Color in the Slöjd Tradition.
06.01.2025
This curved-back stick chair is one of the most comfortable chairs I make. It is ideal for reading, sitting by the fire and talking with friends.
The below was written by our good friend Mattias Hallin, who lives in Belgium (though he would, I think, want me to let you know he is Swedish). You might
02.01.2025
The following is excerpted from "Honest Labour: The Charles H. Hayward Years" – a collection of essays from The Woodworker magazine while the legendary
01.01.2025
"Open Wire" is your bi-monthly opportunity to pose to us any and all woodworking questions, and we'll do our best to answer (if you ask on other days, we'll
28.12.2024
My book on Roman workbenches and early workholding is now a free download for everyone. You don’t have to register, or give up your email, or sign up for
27.12.2024
Late this year, we sold out of “Cut & Dried”. Author Richard Jones had some changes he wanted to make in the third edition. This week, we sent the book,
25.12.2024
Good cheer to all! *
24.12.2024
This year has been a good one – maybe our second or third best since we started in 2007. I won’t have all the numbers for a couple weeks, but to close out the
Aesop’s Fables have long been an inspiration for carvers and “The Fox and the Grapes” can be found carved on furniture, frames and decorative panels. It
22.12.2024
Well before gaining statehood in 1796, carpenters, cabinetmakers and chairmakers were leaving Eastern Seaboard states to settle in Tennessee. They crossed the
20.12.2024
Our fulfillment center and storefront will be closed from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1. So any online orders placed during that time will not ship until we return from
19.12.2024
Every year Chris, Lucy and I give what we can to a variety of charities. And we are picky. We do our research. And look at the records that charities file
18.12.2024
The following is an excerpt from "Welsh Stick Chairs" by John Brown.
17.12.2024
If access to wood (or lumberyard anxiety) is what's holding you back from making a stick chair or Dutch tool chest, here's an excellent solution: Alexander
15.12.2024
Update: Comments are now closed (we will answer any unanswered questions tonight or tomorrow). Thanks all!
12.12.2024
You may be familiar with "A Glue Story", a video we posted months ago showing how we make our Piggly No Wiggly Glue. Well, Chris and I decided to create "A
11.12.2024
If you are a fan of our digital products (pdfs, videos, plans, etc) then you know that they are sent to you as a link via email after checkout. But did you
10.12.2024
Order "Dutch Tool Chests" (by me!) by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, to get a free pdf with your book order. Until then, the book and pdf is $39. At midnight
Day 12: Aqua Net Extra Super Hold
Day 13: Blundstone Original Chelsea Boots
08.12.2024
Day 11: Milwaukee 50-piece General Purpose Utility Blades
07.12.2024
Day 10: GRIP 9" Stainless Steel Pry Bar
A few years back, we decided we had too many benches in our shop, so I hired movers to transport and get my "Gluebo" into my basement. (Its weight almost
06.12.2024
Day 9: Infinity Stamps
Several weeks ago I came across an illustrated collection of tools held by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). The approximate date of the
05.12.2024
Day 8: Torrington Brushes: Glue Brushes & Chip Brushes
04.12.2024
The following is the preface of “Campaign Furniture,” by Christopher Schwarz.
Day 7: Purified/refined Linseed Oil
03.12.2024
It’s been a while since I wrote about our work on the Anthe Building, the old factory where our fulfillment center is located. This fall we’ve been working on
Day 6: Pica Markers & Mechanical Pencils
02.12.2024
Day 5: Hans Karlsson & Jason Lonon Scorps/Inshaves
01.12.2024
Dec. 15 is the last day to place an order with Lost Art Press and be assured that it will arrive in time for Christmas.