www.lylewheelerchairmaker.com

Handcrafted Chairs, Stools, and Rockers

four-slat armless rocker

Four-slat armless rocker of traditional descent. Red oak frame with variegated Shaker tape bottom.

I am currently scheduling classes, workshops, exhibitions, demonstrations, and craft/art shows for 2009 and 2010. Please contact me for availability and scheduling. Also contact me for information, brochures, questions, prognostications, or fishing advice.

Wheeler's Chairs
5651 Boone Trail
Millers Creek, NC 28651

I communicate by postcard, one stamp at a time.

Lyle Wheeler, Chairmaker

You can email me at chairmakr@yahoo.com, but I check my email only once a month or so. Communication will be faster via the U.S. Mail.


2010 Schedule coming soon!


Where I was in 2009:

11 - 17 January - Teaching "Ladderback Chairmaking" - Four slat armed rocker (intermediate to advanced level)
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

2 - 3 May - Exhibition and sales - Spinning Wheels and Fiber Tools
Maryland Sheep and Wool - Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD

7 - 13 June - Teaching "Ladderback Chairmaking" - One slat side chair (introductory/beginning level)
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

27 June - Featured Demonstrator / Chairmaking
Bolick / Traditions Pottery - Blowing Rock, NC
Annual heritage day: kiln opening, craft demos, sawmilling, music, storytelling, and whimmy-diddle competition!

16 - 19 July - Exhibition and Sales
Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands - Asheville, NC

8 August - Chairmaking Demonstration and Sales
Wood Day at the Folk Art Center - Asheville, NC

19 - 20 September - Chairmaking Demonstration and World Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle Competition - Saturday, 19 September, at 2:00 p.m.
Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center - Asheville, NC

3 October - Chairmaking and Blacksmithing Demonstration and Sales
Brushy Mountain Apple Festival
Front of Wilkes Art Gallery - North Wilkesboro, NC

15 - 25 October - Woodwright Demonstration and Sales
North Carolina State Fair
Heritage Circle - Raleigh, NC

23 - 25 October - Represented with spinning wheels, chairs, woodwork, and ironwork
Southeast Animal Fiber Fair - Western NC Agricultural Center - Fletcher, NC

15 - 21 November - Teaching Intermediate Blacksmithing - Repeatability with Jigs and Fixtures
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

4 - 6 December - Teaching Beginning Blacksmithing
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

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