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 2012. 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.


2012 Schedule Coming Soon!

2011 Schedule

7th – 8th May - Maryland Sheep and Wool
Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD
Exhibition and Sales of Great Wheels, Chairs, Period Furniture, Fiber Related Tools and Hand Forged Ironwork.

20th – 22nd May - Got To Be NC - Chair Shop at Heritage Circle
North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
Chairmaking Demonstration and Exhibition Of Handcrafted Chairs, Period Furniture and Appalachian Folk Toys.

29th May – 4th June - Teaching "Traditional Appalachian Folk Toy Making"
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

5th June – 10th June - Teaching "Beginning Chairmaking" - Introductory Course in Ladderback Chairmaking
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

25th June - Featured Demonstrator / Chairmaking
Bolick / Traditions Pottery - Blowing Rock, NC
Annual heritage day: kiln opening, craft demos, sawmilling, music, storytelling, and the All Northwest North Carolina Regional whimmy-diddle competition!

21st – 24th July - Exhibition and Sales
Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands - Asheville, NC
Exhibition and Sales - Handcrafted Chairs, Rockers, Footstools, Benches, Period Furniture, Spinning Wheels, Fiber Tools and Appalachian Folk Toys.

5th – 12th August - Teaching "Intermediate to Advanced Chairmaking" - Three Slat Armless Rocker.
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

13 August - Demonstration and sales - Tradional Woodwork
Wood Day at the Folk Art Center - Asheville, NC

28th August – 3rd September - Teaching "Furniture or Firewood" - Introduction to Green Wood Chairmaking
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts - Gatlinburg, TN

17th - 18th September - Demonstration and Sales of Traditional Woodworking Featuring Appalachian Toy Making
World Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle Competition - Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center - Asheville, NC

23rd – 25th September - Chairmaking Demonstration and Sales
Malcolm Blue Farm, Aberdeen, NC

1st October - Chairmaking and Blacksmithing Demonstration and Sales
Brushy Mountain Apple Festival
Front of Wilkes Art Gallery - North Wilkesboro, NC

13th – 23rd October - Woodwright Demonstration and Sales
North Carolina State Fair / Heritage Circle - Raleigh, NC

20th – 23rd October - Represented with Great Wheel Spinning Wheels, Fiber Tools, Chairs and Ironwork.
Southeast Animal Fiber Fair - Western NC Agricultural Center - Fletcher, NC

13th – 19th November - Teaching "Get In Touch With Your Inner Ironmonger" - Recycle It Week
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

2nd – 4th December - Teaching "Beginning Blacksmithing" - Weekend
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC

4th December - Fireside Sale
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown, NC
Holiday Sales, Chairs, Woodwork, Folk Toys and Ironwork.

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