Lost Art Press Blog

1. 2026 Labor Day Weekend Hours

   The Lost Art Press storefront will be closed this Friday (Sept. 4) because we’ll be in Iowa at Handworks, and the following Monday (Sept. 7) so we can a) recover from Handworks (here’s hoping Chris and I don’t once again bring home a bad case of Covid…or a not-bad case of Covid, for that matter)...

2. Check Out K and Monroe’s New Video About Dick Proenneke’s Cabin

   K Schubeck, Monroe Robinson’s wife, recently released a short YouTube production about their time at Dick Proenneke’s cabin. Dick spent 31 years living alone in the Alaska wilderness, building his cabin and nearly everything he needed to survive. His adventures were documented on the program “Alone in the Wilderness” on PBS. After Dick left his...

3. Revised Stick Chair Video is Free for Previous Customers

   We just released an entirely revised video on how to build a comb-back stick chair. But before you consider purchasing it, check your email. If you bought the original video sometime during the last four years, you should’ve received an email giving you free access to the new video. If you didn’t get the email,...

4. LAP Book Signings at Handworks 2026

   We have all the Lost Art Press books, Crucible tools (including 150 of our new lump hammers!) and apparel ready to ship out to Handworks in Amana, Iowa for the Sept. 4-5 show, and we’re hauling ourselves out there on Sept. 3. The show runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and features...

5. Teaching With Your Teacher

   I started teaching chairmaking one year ago, fresh off a week assisting Christopher Schwarz’s Chairmaker’s Toolbox class. I had just a few chairs under my belt and probably wasn’t quite ready to teach anyone else how to make them, but I had a willing co-teacher and enough reckless abandon to try. We set off on...