Brian Boggs
After 44 years of designing furniture, tools, and machines, Brian Boggs shares his reflections on craftsmanship, creativity, problem-solving, and the lessons learned from a lifetime of making.
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Sometimes the Making Comes First
A quick note from the bench
This week, the demands of the shop have taken priority. I’m working on a set of eight of our new Grand Lily chairs, and there are only so many hours in a day.
So there won’t be an essay this week. Sometimes the...
From Tree to Chair: The Story of Hickory Bark
Brian harvesting hickory bark by hand in the forest.
In my recent essay, How Far a Chair Travels, I mentioned a machine I designed and built to process hickory bark for weaving chair seats.
For many years, hickory bark seating was an impo...
How Far a Chair Travels
Every now and then, someone sends me an Instagram post or a photograph of a Boggs chair they’ve made. Sometimes it’s from someone I taught years ago. Other times it’s from a person I’ve never met, working in a shop halfway around the world....
Holding Questions
Thinking through the Cio chair.
For those of you who have read many of these essays, you know that I love questions. And my fascination with them seems to be increasing almost daily.
One of the things I’ve enjoyed about writing here is th...
Extreme Hollow Grinding
These two blades actually have the same clearance angle even though the one on the left looks like it would have more. The heel on the right hand blade will sit lower on the frog giving the edge more support. The clearance only matters bein...
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The Why Behind the How — Brian Boggs has been exploring the relationship between ergonomics, sustainability, and the structural intelligence of wood through decades of design and teaching.
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