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In the immortal words of Steven Tyler "I'm back in the saddle again!"

This weekend I was able to finish a press seat and a small open weave seat in medium cane. Just a small rush seat to finish and all my guilt work will be out of the way. I think the extra wide press is a tad unattractive, but beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Gooseneck

I can't believe it! I just finished 3 really great chairs and I forgot to photograph any of them.
Bummer!
On another note: I'm working on a Gooseneck Rocker (known outside of the South as a Lincoln Rocker... I guess he's not that popular here!) The owner had the cane sprayed with a dark tinted polyurethane. The cane dried out and the owner's son in law busted out the seat while rocking his daughter. Now she wants it stained again. I won't void my own warranty, so she'l have to do it herself or pay someone else to do it.

Finally!

Here are my latest 2 chairs. They took a long time as I'm moving house and don't have a lot of time to work on my caning. They're pretty but not in great shape.

My new best friend

Yesterday I tried out my adapted grout steamer. I got my idea from Mindy King who is in the Seatweavers' Guild. I saw her YouTube video on using a steamer to loosen spline on a pressed cane chair. Oh My! 45 minutes and I cleaned out 3 chairs. It can take me over an hour to clean out one with a spline chisel and a mallet. The steam was wonderful, softened the glue right away. My fingers got very sticky, but that was the only unpleasantness in the process. That might be the best $30.00 I've spent on a caning tool. Now it will take longer to put in the cane that it takes to clean out the groove. Now That's progress!

Christmas (and other times) decoration

My Carolina Snowflakes are quite popular, especially at Christmas. Shown is one made of 1/2 inch Flat Reed with 13 inch strands.

Sewing rocker

This is a little sewing rocker I rebuilt and re-caned for a co-worker. It has no nails, only wooden pegs. Again it's Binder Cane in a 4 count herringbone.
1/30/2013 One of the students broke one of the rockers so I repaired it and advised my co-worker to take it home.

Stool

Here's a little stool I did in Binder Cane using a herringbone pattern of 4