Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: How would you describe precisely what it is you do? A: I guess the broadest term would be “seat weaving,” or natural weaving in general. At one time, the ...

Lin Golombosky never planned on caning chairs for a living. The Willington resident had worked for 10 years as a union carpenter, a job she describes as the best years of her life. As time passed, ...

Corn husk seat weaving is a skill of the past, but Island Farm in Manteo is bringing the craft back to life with expert weaver David Russell. From Sept. 10-13, visitors to the living history farm can ...

The ninth Annual Gathering of The SeatWeavers’ Guild brings the craft of chair caning to the Folk Art Center from July 29-31. Asheville’s Silver River Center for Chair Caning is hosting the conference ...

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 ...

Many people know the ups and downs of retirement. Steve Ambrose, 68, knows the overs and unders as he repairs woven cane chair seats. Working out of his garage in the Avenues area in the west end of ...

Cathryn Peters got into chair weaving nearly 50 years ago as a favor to her mother-in-law and as a way to make some money while at home caring for her young son. From July 26-28, she will be one of ...

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