A few modern-day artists are bringing back the centuries-old crafts of caning and weaving furniture. Alice Higgins, who opened Higgins Chair Caning in Augusta County in 2005, said chair caning has ...

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — More than rattan is woven into the chair seats produced by the Chair Caners of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Their work is also entwined with effort, artistry, an appreciation of ...

While the craft of chair caning takes years to learn and perfect, Emily Uphill can’t help but think her skill at the trade might be a bit genetic, too. After all, she learned to weave cane and other ...

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, ...

Wayne Sharp likes to joke that he first learned caning, the art of weaving chair seats and backs, in an attempt to win over Vernon the "Swede" Eriksen, his wife's Scandinavian rattan-plaiting dad. "My ...

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 ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Rolan Barrall’s house is cluttered with broken chairs awaiting his attention, and he has vowed to restore them all, eventually, even the ones tucked away in his old coal cellar. At 51 ...

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 ...

Wicker has long held the hearts of designers and decorators. It is an extremely tactile, natural material, imbued with a ...