CHAIR SEATING

Techniques in Cane, Rush, Willow and Cords

By: Kay Johnson, Olivia Elton Barratt and Mary Butcher

Re-seating chairs and stools in a wide variety of natural materials is the essential skill taught by this book. Whilst the techniques differ with each medium the overall result will be the same - a professional finish in a natural and sympathetic style.

The authors are experts in working with these materials, and together they cover all shapes of seat and a vast number of patterns. Easy-to-follow sketches show each working step and weave, and pattern diagrams are complemented by clear photographs of the finished work.

With over 400 photographs and drawings, and written by three of the country’s most knowledgeable teachers, this is a book which will suit all types of craft workers and renovators as well as, importantly, those who teach therapeutic skills.

The authors are all professional teachers, lecturers and practicing crafts women in chair seating and basketmaking. All are interested in the history of these and related crafts and have been central members of the Basketmakers’ Association.

• 320 Diagrams and Sketches
• 89 Photographs