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 lyle@lylewheelerchairmaker.com, but I check my email only once a month or so. Communication will be faster via the U.S. Mail.


Where to find me in person in 2008:

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

17 - 20 July - Exhibition and Sales
Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands - Asheville NC

1 - 8 August - Teaching "Three-Slat Armless Rocker" (intermediate to advanced level)
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown NC

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

20 - 21 September - Chairmaking Demonstration and World Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle Competition
Heritage Weekend at the Folk Art Center - Asheville NC

26 - 29 September - Chairmaking Demonstration and Sales
Malcolm Blue Farm - Aberdeen NC

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

16 - 26 October - Woodwright Demonstration and Sales
North Carolina State Fair
Heritage Circle - Raleigh NC

24 - 26 October - Represented with spinning wheels, chairs, woodwork, and ironwork
Southeast Animal Fiber Fair - Agricultural Center - Asheville, NC

21 - 23 November - Teaching Beginning Blacksmithing
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown NC

5 - 7 December - Team teaching Folk Toys with Will Hines
John C. Campbell Folk School - Brasstown NC

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