Following on from my instructional videos, I've made a much longer film explaining how I work on real chairs. This particular chair is curved, so there is some information on how to deal with irregular shapes as well. The chair as it arrived in the workshop The client started to weave the seat herself but decided part way through that she didn't want to finish it. She is happy with the finish, so all I needed to do was clean and cane it. As you can see, the chair is a horsesh

Two posts in a week! Here is another video, this time going over the lockstep method for caning a chair in the six way weave. It produces...

Colour coded tutorial for the basic weaving pattern

Introducing myself and the business

Paint, stain, colour matching and beyond

Cane furniture - what's it all about, then?