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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2 Weeks Away from Starvation
(This is not a new diet fad.)
I hand the grocery store clerk a personal check then quickly scratch its amount in our checkbook’s register.
Earlywood: Jacob Abbott’s ‘The Boy’s Own Workshop’
Before we present some Earlywood, here’s a quick note that I have a new chair up for sale here. So what’s Earlywood? It’s a weekly excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996. Sometimes, it’s from a magazine articl...
Registering for my 2027 Classes
Workshop Covington will open for class registration at noon tomorrow (Wednesday, Oct. 7), which includes three classes that I’m teaching at the new woodworking school. You can read descriptions of all the classes here.
I’m particularly exc...
How to Fight Loneliness
Plus, below the paywall: New information on the origin of Gibson chairs.
The American Peasant can’t solve all the world’s problems, but we do have a recipe for a soup that will ward away a pack of wolves, and we know the cure for lonelines...
Earlywood: Book-like Objects, a Rant
Welcome October, welcome Earlywood, a weekly excerpt from one of the thousands of pieces I’ve worked on since 1996. Sometimes, it’s from a magazine article. Or a book. Or (in this case) a blog post from 2022. Many of these entries have been...
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