Price Increase (Boo!), Scholarship Class (Yay!) and a Class in London

Act now before prices go up July 7

View this email in your browser Price Hike July 7, New Scholarship Class, A London Chest Class and… Like every company, Lost Art Press has been buffeted by the increased costs of raw materials during the last three years. We have tried to keep our prices steady, but it's just not possible anymore. On July 7, we will increase retail prices on the following books and tools. The price increases on the books will range from $3 to $10. The increases on the tools will be a lot more. Steel and brass prices have been significant. If you have been meaning to buy any of these products, you can save some money by making your purchase before July 7. Here are the products that will increase in price: Books By Hand & Eye Doormaking & Window-making Campaign Furniture Chairmakers Notebook The Woodworker: The Charles Hayward Years Vol. 3 Joinery Truth to Tools Making Things Work  The Anarchist's Workbench Country Woodcraft: Then & Now Woodworker's Pocketbook The Stick Chair Book Shop Tails The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke Karvsnitt Backwoods Chairmakers Crucible Tools Bevel Monkey  Protractor Lump Hammer Crucible Sliding Bevel Crucible Center Squares Dovetail Templates (both the 1:4 and the 1:6 & 1:8) Crucible Type 2 Dividers Warrington Hammer Crucible Engraving Tool GoDrilla Crucible Card Scraper Crucible Planing Stop Crucible Iron Holdfast — Christopher Schwarz Visit the LAP Store Chairmaker's Toolbox Applications Open Applications are now open for this year's full-scholarship class here at Lost Art Press. Six spots are available for six aspiring chairmakers to build a comb-back stick chair in beautiful Covington, Kentucky. The class will be held Sept. 16-20, 2024. If you aren't familiar, The Chairmaker's Toolbox is an organization founded by fellow under-represented chair nerds for under-represented chair nerds. The Chairmaker's Toolbox aim is to provide access and equity in the field of chairmaking. Are you an aspiring chairmaker who has been historically excluded from the trade? This is your class. We encourage you to apply for the chance to work alongside like-minded individuals who share a love for all things chair. Applications are due by July 12th. Apply via The Chairmaker's Toolbox website. – Kale Read more here Dutch Tool Chest Class & London Woodworking Bazaar There are still a few spots left in my Dutch Tool Chest class, Oct. 30-Nov. 1 in London, England. In the class, you'll learn some fundamental hand-tool woodworking skills (planing, sawing and chisel use, as you cut dados, rabbets, dovetails, thumbnail mouldings, chamfers and more – plus how and why to use cut nails) as you build a solid tool chest that will serve you (and your heirs) well for many years. (Note: It also makes an excellent toy chest – kids love the hidden compartment!) Plus, tickets are go on sale Sat., June 22, for the London IWF Bazaar on Fri., Nov. 1 and Sat. Nov. 2. The bazaar will feature Saturday seminars, with talks on 18th-century furniture, cricket tables, peasant furniture, Shaker furniture, saw sharpening and more, as well as the following vendors: Classic Hand Tools, Lie-Nielsen Toolwords, Lost Art Press (hey – that's us!), Bad Axe Toolworks, Ian Parker, The Windsor Workshop, Niegel Melfi/Melfi Planes, Michel Auriou, Richard Arnold, Veritas, Sean Hellman, Skelton Saws, St.John Starkie & Bryony Roberts/The Quiet Workshop, Oscar Rush/Hand Forged Edge Tools, Philip Edwards/Philly Planes, Southern Fellowship of Woodworkers, Furniture Maker's Company, Lowfat Roubo /Derek Jones, G-Sharp Tools/Gervaise Evans, Festool UK, Lamello. The courses and the bazaar are at the London Design & Engineering UTC, 15 University Way, London E16 2RD. 'The Value of Nothing: A Play in Four Acts' The following is excerpted from Nancy R. Hiller's "Making Things Work: Tales from A Cabinetmaker's Life." Standing in contrast to James Krenov's "The Impractical Cabinetmaker" from 1979, Hiller's "Making Things Work" is not about waiting for a particular plank of wood to tell you its true purpose. It is not an exhortation to fuss over each detail, no matter the personal cost. Instead, Hiller's funny and occasionally ribald story is about a cabinetmaker who was trained to work at the highest level possible and how she has dealt with the personal anxiety that occurs when the desire and drive for excellence collides with paying the monthly bills. 1. On the importance of conjunctions. A few years ago I met one of our town's most respected figures: a husband and father who has held several elected public offices and devoted his career to the cause of social justice. As we shook hands he said, "I understand that your work is very good, but not very cheap." "But?" I wondered, biting my tongue. Read the Rest Follow Us Copyright (C) 2024 Lost Art Press. All rights reserved. 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