If you liked Jim's first book THE CANER'S HANDBOOK you will love this one COMPLETE GUIDE TO CHAIR CANING. This is is a must have item. I have been professionally caning for 33 years. The selection of chairs pictured in this book is impressive. Most any time you can find several of them in my shoppe. The pictures and descriptions are clear and easy to follow. The book is useful and beautiful. I wish I had written it.
Complete step-by-step photographs for machine caning, hand caning, rush weaving, splint weaving, wicker and rattan wraps.
Find out how to use machine-made caning to restore an old chair. Clear, detailed, close-up step-by-step photographic instruction from cleaning out the old cane through installing the new webbing.
Step-by-step instructions for recreating complicated rattan wraps on furniture joins, teapot handles and baskets and for providing valuable information on the different types of available cane and various woven patterns.
Fashion a durable and comfortable rush seat using fiber that's twisted into long strands with clear photographed instructions. Learn how to incorporate color patterns using paper rush to mimic the French colored straw-wrapped rush.
Detailed weaving of wicker from start to finish.
Learn about the processing of rattan in Indonesia as well as French needle caning.
