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''Family Tree of Chairs'' Letterpress Poster
The "Family Tree of Chairs" is an original piece of art made by Lee John Phillips of Wales that was first printed as the endpapers for "The Stick Chair Book" by Christopher Schwarz. The "Family Tree" shows the development of chair forms through the centuries – from a tree stump all the way to the more complex types, such as the high-style Chippendale chairs and a...
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 18
Due to arrive in April/May 2025
The Table of Contents for Issue 18 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is
"All for the Best: An Interview with Chairmaker Andy Glenn"
Peter Hudson – “The Maker’s Eye”
Marsha Wilson-Johnson – “Pyrography: Writing by Fire”
Joshua A. Klein – “With Sleeves Rolled Up: Planing a House-worth of Floorboards”
Michael...
17th Century New England Carving
with Peter Follansbee
This style of carved decoration takes its inspiration from furniture and woodwork from both England and New England, spanning most of the seventeenth century. Geometric, floral and architectural elements combine to make up the designs. First-hand examinations of oak furniture in both public and private collections provide the material upon which my work is based, which I do...
17th Century New England Carving: Carving the S-Scroll
with Peter Follansbee
This video complements our first DVD with Peter, . In this second DVD, Peter focuses specifically on the S-Scroll and guides you through the tools, materials, layouts, and techniques involved in creating this hand-carved design element.
100 minutes, Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Productions, 2011.
17th Century Wainscot Chair with Peter Follansbee
The Wainscot Chair is one of the hallmarks of 17th century joinery. In this DVD, Peter demonstrates how to prepare material from a section of oak, shape the chair pieces using bench tools and a pole lathe, and join them together with drawbored mortise and tenon joints. He also offers two traditional approaches for making the angled joints of this chair.
Peter Follansbee specializes in 17th century...
A Sharpening Handbook
by Richard D. Wile
There are many books available on sharpening, however as Richard Wile points out, “sharpening has evolved.” He has directed his book towards the novice to intermediate sharpener, with the aim of enhancing their experience with advice on guides, new and traditional media, and techniques.
Techniques cover the primary hand tools in most woodworkers’ workshops...
American Peasant
by Christopher Schwarz
''American Peasant'' is an introduction to a style of furniture and decoration that is almost unheard of in the Americas. Built primarily with tongues, grooves and pegs, the furniture is frequently engraved with geometric symbols that beautify the piece and protect its owner.
With this book, you will learn to build 10 simple pieces using common tools and...
Backwoods Chairmakers
In Search of the Appalachian Ladderback Chairmaker
By Andrew D. Glenn
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 mechanisation, woodworker Andy D. Glenn wondered if there were any traditional chairmakers left.
So...
Benchcrafted Split Top Roubo Plans
This Benchcrafted Split Top Roubo bench plan is based on Andre Roubo's bench from Plate 11 of L'Art du Menuisier, with the added capabilities of the Benchcrafted vices. Benchcrafted developed this plan so woodworkers could build a bench using the Benchcrafted Tail Vice and Glide Leg Vice without having to figure out all the details. Simply follow the measured drawings and instruction notes.
The measured...
Build a Dutch Tool Chest with Chris Schwarz
Tool chests come in many sizes and shapes. The Dutch Tool Chest is roomy, but portable – well thought out storage for the essential kit of tools for hand tool woodworking. Chris Schwarz builds these in a weekend.
Chapters
1. Introduction
2. Stock Selection and Orientation
3. Lay Out Baselines and Dovetails
4. Cutting Dovetails
5. Lay Out and Cut the Pins
6. Dados
7. Assemble the...
Build a Shaving Horse with Peter Follansbee
“A shaving horse goes together with a drawknife like peanut butter and jelly”, says chairmaker Curtis Buchanan. In this video, Peter Follansbee shows you how to build an effective shaving horse based on his work with Jennie Alexander and traditional English patterns. Peter’s design features an adjustable work surface and two uprights connected by a foot treadle and a crossbar. Pushing forward...
Burn
by Ben Short
Cadi & the Cursed Oak
You can download an excerpt of this book here. An audio pronunciation guide to the Welsh words in the book is here.
By Kara Gebhart Uhl, illustrations by Elin Manon
"Cadi brought the cup’s silver rim to her lips. What she didn’t know was that buried deep in the cup’s oak sleeve were spirits’ stories, long forgotten tales of hobgoblins and demons and death and sorrow,...
Carving the Pineapple with Mary May
In this DVD, Mary May demonstrates how to carve the pineapple, a traditional symbol of hospitality and welcome. She will teach you how to transfer the design to your wood piece, secure it to a backer board, which tools to use, and then show you how to carve the pineapple from start to finish.
Mary May is a professional woodcarver in Charleston, SC, who specializes in decorative carvings for architecture...
Carving the Traditional Greenman with Mary May
Variations of the Greenman motif are found in many cultures around the world. Often related to natural vegetative deities, the Greenman is a symbol of rebirth and the cycle of growth each spring. Mary May uses the Greenman project to demonstrate a variety of carving techniques, with special emphasis on carving facial features.
Mary May is a professional woodcarver in Charleston, SC, who specializes...
Chippendale Chairs with Jeff Miller
This Chippendale-style Chair has a classic yet simple elegance that fits in well with a wide range of other styles. It's a project you'll want to show off, and building one will greatly increase your capabilities as a woodworker. Carefully worked out methods make this chair an accessible — but still challenging – hand tool project.
Jeff Miller is a furniture designer, craftsman, teacher, and...
Coarse, Medium and Fine Chris Schwarz
Most woodworking projects involve roughing, refining and finishing operations. In this DVD, Chris explores the right tool to use for each stage. He groups tools by which operations they perform. By choosing the right tool for each step, woodworking can be very precise and fast. and the hand tool will often be the most effective choice. 65 minutes, Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Productions.
Cricket Tables
by Derek Jones
We will be sending out signed copies of this book until they are out of stock. If you did not want a signed copy then please contact us.
Simplicity, necessity and ingenuity are the three key principles for making cricket tables. This traditional three legged table exists in a variety of forms and woods – no two are the same. So making them follows an organic process –...
Dutch Tool Chests
by Megan Fitzpatrick, with a foreword by Roy Underhill
''Dutch Tool Chests'' gives you the in depth instruction you need to build your own slant lid tool chest – from choosing materials, to the joinery, the hardware, the interior parts that hold your tools and the paint.
At the same time, the book offers you detailed instructions on how to grow as a hand tool woodworker....
Euclid's Door: Building the Tools of 'By Hand & Eye'
By Geo. R Walker & Jim Tolpin
Illustrations by R. Keith Mitchell & Barb Walker
“Euclid's Door: Building the Tools of ‘By Hand & Eye’” is an illustrated how to journey through building the ancient tools that still help us to build, well, everything today.
You’ll learn how to use basic, easy-to-follow artisan geometry to make eight indispensable...
Floral Relief Carving with Mary May - 2 Disc
Learn to carve two deep relief carving projects: a lily and a rose. Each present interesting challenges such as overlapping petals and leaves. Mary also explains the different types of relief carving, shows you the tools to use, and how to attach the carvings to a temporary backer board to safely hold your piece as you work on it.
Mary May is a professional woodcarver in Charleston, SC, who specializes...
Fundamentals of Inlay: Paterae, Part I
by Steve Latta
Paterae has a rich and diverse tradition in the Federal Style of American furniture design. These oval-shaped ornaments were often used to give decorative flair to the upper portion, or pilaster, of Federal table legs. In this fourth DVD with inlay master, Steve Latta, we explore the tools, materials, and techniques to create eight specific Paterae designs.
141 minutes, DVD....
Good Eye
by George Walker & Jim Tolpin
''Good Eye'' – the fifth and newest book in the authors’ ''artisan geometry'' series – explores furniture design by delving into simple proportions in a new and deep way.
Here, Jim Tolpin and George Walker take a close look at iconic pieces of furniture from different periods, and show you the proportional systems...
Greenwood Spoon Carving
By: Emmet Van Driesche
Carving a spoon from a piece of freshly harvested wood is a rewarding – and challenging – pastime. Tremendous knowledge about the properties of wood, and grain, and the use of sharp edge tools can be gleaned through this seemingly simple practice. There is more to it than meets the eye.
But many would-be spoon carvers don’t know where to begin. What...
Handscrapers: Understanding, Preparing and Using the Ultimate Finishing Tool DVD
with Christopher Schwarz
Christopher Schwarz brings the lowly Handscraper to life. He clearly shows effective sharpening methods that will help you master the ultimate finishing tool.
30 minutes, DVD
Hardback Book - The First Three Issues
A hardbound republication of the Issues 1-3 with additional essays from M&T editors Michael Updegraff, Jim McConnell, and Joshua A. Klein.
Foreword by Christopher Schwarz of Lost Art Press.
+450 pages, matte-coated paper, sewn binding. Printed in the USA.
TABLES OF CONTENTS
Issue One
"The Mortise & Tenon Magazine Manifesto" - Joshua A. Klein
"Imbued With Story:...
Henry Boyd's Freedom Bed
A children’s book written and illustrated by Whitney L.B. Miller
“Henry Boyd’s Freedom Bed” is the true story of an enslaved Kentucky man who purchases his freedom and becomes one of the most innovative and important furniture makers in 19th-century Cincinnati.
In this children’s picture book, appropriate for ages 3-8, you can follow young Boyd as he learns to farm...
Hewing Wooden Bowls with Peter Follansbee
An exciting form of green woodworking, these carved wooden bowls stem from the same Swedish tradition as Peter's carved spoons. Learn to split blanks from a log and hew bowls using hatchets, adzes, and carving gouges. From log selection to grain orientation, tool use, and decorative carving, this video covers all you need to get started in this enticing craft.
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1. Introduction...
Karvsnitt: Carving, Pattern & Color in the Slojd Tradition
by Jögge Sundqvist
You can download an excerpt from this book here.
Cutting patterns and symbols in wood, and enhancing them with vibrant colour, are folk traditions kept alive in the slöjd craft. Through decorations imbued with meaning, chip carving has given soul to slöjd woodcraft throughout history. Even today, chip carving offers a natural complement to an artfully crafted...
Make a Chair from a Tree: Third Edition
By Jennie Alexander
In 2014, Jennie Alexander somewhat reluctantly agreed to a third edition of her 1978 seminal book on green woodworking, “Make a Chair From a Tree” – a book that launched the careers of thousands of woodworkers and helped ignite a green woodworking movement in this country.
Her reluctance wasn’t due to a lack of passion for the book’s subject –...
Making Woodblock Prints - A Complete Guide
'Making Woodblock Prints' is an educational film taught by master printmakers Merlyn Chesterman RE and Rod Nelson. The two hour 'workshop' covers nine, easy to follow topics including cutting a block, adding colour, proofing and editioning, techniques and inspiration. Benefit from their combined knowledge and master the art of block printing.
Using just a few simple materials, uniquely lively,...
Mechanick Exercises
Joseph Moxon’s “Mechanick Exercises or the Doctrine of Handy-Works,” is the first English-language book on woodworking (and other trades) – but it was written by a man who wasn’t a woodworker. Instead, Moxon (1627-1691) was a printer, a maker of mathematical instruments and (for a time) hydrographer to King Charles II.
Oh, and the engravings of woodworking tools in...
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 13
TABLE OF CONTENTS
“The Fiddle’s Unfolding: Tracing a Folk Tradition” – Kerry Lambertson
“Fruitful Efficiency: On the Cultivation of Skill” – Joshua A. Klein
“A Blacksmith’s Contribution to Woodworking” – Kenneth Schwarz
“Root & Branch: Rediscovering the Uttermost Parts of a Tree” – Brendan Gaffney
“From...
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 14
Issue Fourteen is no chronicle of the “good old days” – it’s an invitation to personal participation. The authors in this issue have crafted their words to inspire, but their aim is to inspire to something: namely, action. Mortise & Tenon Magazine want to see you roll up your sleeves at the bench, seek to cultivate personal skill, and enjoy the work of your hands.
TABLE...
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 15
The Table of Contents for Issue 15 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is
“Ambulance for Monuments: Saving Romanian Heritage” – Dragos Nuta
“Making the Versatile Hutch Table” – Joshua A. Klein
“The Traveling ‘Ukulele” – Aaron Keim
“Accustomed to Handle the Hammer: The Nail Making Specialty in Pre-industrial Manufacture” –...
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 16
The Table of Contents for Issue 16 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is
Michael Updegraff – ''Gathered in Reverence: Kezurou-kai in the United States''
Ted Ingraham – ''The Whittier House Windows: Sash-making in Early America''
Joshua A. Klein – ''House By Hand''
Stefan Wolf – ''A Life of Its Own: The Practice of...
Mortise & Tenon Magazine - Issue 17
The Table of Contents for Issue 17 of Mortise and Tenon Magazine is
Andrew Hunter – “Finding a Path”
Michael Updegraff – “The Light Within: Restoring Wooden Sash Windows”
Edward Bouvier – “A Communal Legacy: Handcraft as Part of a Holistic Education for Life”
Narelle Freeman – “Secrets Beyond Our Reach”
Joshua A....
Principles of Design: Furniture, Pottery & Metalwork
By William H. Varnum
A friend recently took a furniture design course taught by a guy I'll call Mr. Famous Furniture Maker. During the class there were lectures, field trips to find inspiration, drawing lessons, scale model-making and critiques.
''Well,'' I asked my friend, ''how was the class?''
''Great,'' he replied. ''Now I know...
Quercus Magazine - July/August 2021
QM07 July/August 2021
Sharpening and workbench design are key features of the July/August issue of Quercus. Richard Wile offers tips on setting up a stone station for quicker, better sharpening and honing of chisels and plane irons. John Lloyd shows how to sharpen a carving gouge with ‘in-cannel- bevel, while Sean Hellman saves time and pennies by mending a broken bandsaw blade. Then there...
Quercus Magazine - May/June 2021
QM06 May/June 2021
Outline
This issue of Quercus features a profile of Mike Abbott, an icon and pioneer of greenwoodworking, who has inspired and taught so many professionals and enthusiasts, particularly making chairs. Elsewhere you will learn how Greenwood Days has adapted its courses to meet Covid-19 guidelines; how in the USA Maplewoodwoodshop has created a system for bringing woodwork &...
Quercus Magazine - May/June 2022
QM12 May/June 2022
The May issue of Quercus features an extract from Christopher Schwarz’s significant book on the making of Stick Chairs. The article will focus on the choosing of timber for chairmaking, written by one of the most well-known and influential of woodworkers worldwide.
There will be more about router planes, featuring the making Paul Sellers’ toolmaking kits. Quercus...
Quercus Magazine - November/December 2021
QM09 November/December 2021
Summary
The latest issue of Quercus features Jennie Alexander, author of Make a Chair from a Tree, with an extract from her new edition of perhaps the most significant of chairmaking books. You’ll find all the jigs and devices to make a post and rung chair, while elsewhere this issue Laura Mays tells how Krenov School students make a wooden plane the day they...
Quercus Magazine - September/October 2021
QM08 September/October 2021
Summary
The latest issue of Quercus is dedicated to toolmaking. Rex Krueger enthuses how he makes simple tools using chisels instead of plane irons to make toolmaking simple and inexpensive. You’ll be inspired by the travishers produced by Claire Minihan and the marking tools by Derek Jones. Doug Stowe makes his own hook knives for carving spoons. Michelle Mateo...
Sawing Fundamentals
with Christopher Schwarz
Learning to cut accurately with handsaws takes practice and the right techniques. Chris can show you how. He describes how to choose the right saw for the specific job, and the proper grip and stance. He also discusses how to execute the three classes of saw cut: third class, for rough stock prep; second class, for accuracy when appearance is not important; and first class,...
Sharpen This
by Christopher Schwarz
Sharpening is not a sport.
If you want to be a better woodworker, you need to learn to sharpen. If you want to be a better sharpener, you need to stop paying so much attention to tertiary bevels and carbide formations in steel and start paying attention to the wood. If the wood is cut cleanly, then your tools are sufficiently sharp. If the wood is torn out and covered in...
Sharpening - A Woodworker's Guide
by Randall A. Maxey
Sharpening - A Woodworker's Guide is aimed at both those new to woodworking as well as the experienced woodworker, is broken down into three main sections: sharpening by hand, machine sharpening and putting the theory into practice. Traditional sharpening techniques and tools are covered as well as those using the latest innovations for both hand and machine sharpening.
Areas...
Sharpening Profiled Hand Tools
with Larry Williams
Sharpening hand tools with profiled edges can be a challenge. Larry Williams has years of experience and shares it here, showing how he handles sharpening various moulding planes blades, and other specialised tools that often are not sharpened correctly or well.
92 Minutes. Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Productions, 2009.