Christopher Schwarz+

2 Stick Chairs for Sale (Including an Experimental One)

This week I have two nice comb-back chairs that I am selling for $1,900 each via a random drawing (that price includes all shipping charges and purchasing information is at the bottom of the entry).

Why Are These Classes Not Full?

For whatever reason, there are times when a woodworking class won’t fill.

The $140 Tool Chest

It’s all crosscuts, screws and a couple rips.

This is Not a Test (& Other Lies)

Below the paywall: Looking at the ceiling at Workshop Covington & Megan’s classes.

Earlywood: Marco Terenzi’s Incredible, Small World

Publisher’s note: It’s once again time for Earlywood, a weekly excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

A Squirrel Chair (in Case You Missed it)

Sorry for four posts in three days.

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 painstakingly cleaned up in Photoshop just after my exit from

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.

Earlywood: 52 Workbench Questions & Answers

Publisher’s note: It’s one again time for Earlywood, a weekly excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

4 Words; 1 Frightening Hole

Below the paywall: A West Coast lumber run.

Earlywood: The Earliest Workbench in Art

Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood, weekly excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

Why I Hate Commission Work

Below the paywall: A new tool is coming at Handworks.

For Sale: A Squareback Armchair

This Welsh-inspired stick chair was built for a forthcoming video about the process of making stick chairs. The chair is what I call a “squareback” because it has more room at the back of the arm compared to my typical comb-back chairs.

Earlywood: Success Isn’t at the Bookstore or the Museum

Publisher’s note: Once again, it’s time for Earlywood, a weekly excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

Death to Short Grain

Below the paywall: A Covington woodworking school update.

Earlywood: Advice for No One

Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood, an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

Swag Week No. 5

Not sure what to call “this” thing.

I Love to Hate Your Work

Below the paywall: The second sabbatical.

Earlywood: Beginner’s Trouble: Some Helpful Advice

Plus, a tool list to build 18 simple furniture forms.

For Paid Subscribers Only

Early Access to Our New Workwear

Your Friendly Neighborhood Woodworking Hero

Visit the old Parisian street where André Roubo worked.

Earlywood: I Can’t Eat Glory – The John Brown Letters

Publisher’s note: Happy summer and happy Earlywood, an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

Heaven (or at Least Heck) on Earth

Below the paywall: A special birthday gift to make me feel worse.

Earlywood: We Are Equally Crappy

Publisher’s note: Good morning!

The 10 Most Important Chairs, Rated by a Chairmaker

The New York Times Magazine published a list of the 10 Most Important Chairs, and of course it’s idiotic.

Let’s Revisit the Gibson Chair

No jigs. Just lines. Below the paywall: Woodworking school update.

Earlywood: How I Buy Wood & Why I’m Weird

Just-in-time? Or just-so-stupid?

Swag Week No. 4 Winner

Congratulations to John of Masury, Ohio.

As Stupid as Houses

Not forever. Just for now.

Download ‘The Stick Chair Journal No. 4’

Free for paid subscribers. Plus, a bunch of updates from your Jewish drug dealer who’s a Short King.

Earlywood: Refuse To Be Aged Out

Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood, an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

Registration is Open for London Classes

Irish chairs, Dutch tool chests and more.

Congrats to Our Swag Week No. 3 Winner!

Congrats to David H., of Colorado – the winner of the Swag Week No.

Quality is Job No. 4

Below the paywall: fake woodworking companies.

Swag Week No. 3: Letterpress Hammer Poster

What’s “Swag Week?” See the footnote.

Earlywood: Disobey Me

Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood, an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

For Sale: Stick Chair with a Naturally Curved Armbow

The best Welsh stick chairs were made using naturally curved timber to make the arm.

Answer: ‘One Can of Whoop-ass’

Question: What do you get from a class with me?

Earlywood: The Drowning of Puppies

Publisher’s note: Good morning!

My Cartoon is Not Your Costume

Plus: A class announcement below the paywall.

Earlywood: If They’d Had a Biscuit Joiner ...

Publisher’s note: Welcome to Earlywood, an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

Starting to Show

When I quit my day job in 2011, my plan to make a living was:

No More Clown Hammers

A vote for birth control for plastic mallets.

Earlywood: Put These Ideas to Use

Publisher’s note: Good morning and welcome to Earlywood, an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.

Update on the Etherfarm Class

We have about 40 people who signed up for the five spots in the class in September.

Register for the Etherfarm Chair Class

Registration is now open for the September stick chair class at Etherfarm, Narayan Nayar’s spread in the Driftless region of Wisconsin.

Swag Week No. 2 Winner

Adam W.

A Cherry Ghost

Below the paywall: A new era of chairmaking begins.

Earlywood: The 12-step Program for Smoothing Planes

Publisher’s note: It’s Saturday, which means it’s also Earlywood day, which is when we publish an excerpt from the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996.