A Squirrel Chair (in Case You Missed it)
Sorry for four posts in three days.
The American Peasant
The unfiltered, PG-13 substack of woodworker and writer Christopher Schwarz. Posts cover folk furniture, running a woodworking business and generally pulling down the pants of craftsmen who have a giant stick up their butts. Two posts a week.
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The Case for ‘Benchwork’ by Michael Pekovich
Our newest book.
Winner of Swag Week No. 6
James I.
Where Peasant Furniture Comes From
Below the paywall: Updates on a new products (including one that almost perished).
Earlywood: To Make Anything
Embrace or reject the history lesson.
50 Percent Female
Below the paywall: New workwear in the works.
Earlywood: … Whether the English Magician had Gone Mad Because he was a Magician, or Because he was English
Publisher’s note: Good morning and welcome to Earlywood, a weekly excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.
Swag Week No. 6: ‘Mechanic’s Companion’ & Chair Playing Cards
Chris is busy building a chair (shocking, I know), so you’re stuck with me for this Swag Week Giveaway – but that’s appropriate, because this time, we’re giving away a set of Frederick Parker Collection chair playing cards, courtesy of Derek Jones, and a blue-bound copy of Peter Nicholson’s “Mechanic’s Companion,” a 19th-century book on woodworking and allied traded that I scanned and…
Beware! Hurrah! Chair Chat is Back
After a long hiatus, Klaus Skrudland, Rudy Everts and I started doing our Chair Chats again.
Maybe We Went Too Far
Below the paywall: The 9 benches of Workshop Covington.