Preorders open for ‘Backwoods Chairmakers’

My first book, Backwoods Chairmakers: The Search for the Appalachian Ladderback Chairmaker, is now available for preorder through publisher Lost Art Press.

The book is the story of finding and visiting chairmakers working in the old traditions throughout central Appalachia.  I was welcomed into their shops to interview and photograph them at work.  I've written the stories with the woodworker in mind when sharing about the chairs, their methods and processes, and each chairmaker's approach.  Beyond the woodworking, the chairmakers share how they got into it and why they chose this life.  They share what's worked for them in chairmaking (and what hasn't).  

The book is a compilation of stories, hundreds of photographs, chair dimensions and details, along with techniques.  It concludes with two builds - a side chair and a rocker - where the reader can build their chair.

Foreword written by Curtis Buhanan.  Preordered purchases receive a PDF copy of the book.  "Backwoods Chairmakers" is expected to ship at the end of December or early January.