CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — More than rattan is woven into the chair seats produced by the Chair Caners of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Their work is also entwined with effort, artistry, an appreciation of ...
A few modern-day artists are bringing back the centuries-old crafts of caning and weaving furniture. Alice Higgins, who opened Higgins Chair Caning in Augusta County in 2005, said chair caning has ...
PEABODY - There's a chair weaving company north of Boston that's giving people with disabilities the opportunity to be creative and make something beautiful. The Heritage Caning Company in Peabody has ...
While the craft of chair caning takes years to learn and perfect, Emily Uphill can’t help but think her skill at the trade might be a bit genetic, too. After all, she learned to weave cane and other ...
WESTFIELD – From caning chairs to hosting craft classes, the owners of the Seat Weaver have continued an upward climb in success that prompted a move to a bigger location just a year-and-a-half after ...
Wayne Sharp likes to joke that he first learned caning, the art of weaving chair seats and backs, in an attempt to win over Vernon the "Swede" Eriksen, his wife's Scandinavian rattan-plaiting dad. "My ...
CHAIR PAIR: Dave Klingler and Brandy Clements are the masterminds behind Silver River Center for Chair Caning, the nation's first chair caning school and museum. The business was previously housed in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — In a dusty, cluttered workshop that seems oddly out of place in modern New York City, a group of artisans is among the last still practicing a dying trade: chair caning. The ...
FAIRHOPE, Ala. -- The city of Fairhope’s James P. Nix Senior Activity Center is offering chair caning and basket weaving classes in January for members of the Nix Center. Member Sue Heildelberg will ...