Brandy Clements & David Klingler are the co-owners of Silver River Center for Chair Caning, the nation’s only chair weaving school & museum. The school is an Official Education Center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Brandy is a 4th generation chair caner and the couple are highly regarded in their field as chair caning ambassadors (aka Chair Nerds). They teach and speak at conferences, museums, craft schools and craft shows, and travel the US & Europe to study the heritage craft. They have taught hundreds of students of all ages from across the globe and helped launch 30+ small businesses. They have been published in Mother Earth News, have been featured in American Craft Magazine and other regional publications, as well as on television including CBS, PBS, and The Travel Channel. They love to chat with podcasters about chairs and the chair nerd community, and continue to restore chairs and collaborate with furniture makers alongside their golden retriever, Rosie in Asheville, North Carolina. Find them online at www.SilverRiverChairs.com or @SilverRiverChairs on Instagram and YouTube.

• Foreword and Caned Furniture HistoryForeword—Chair Weaving in the USSilver River Center for Chair Caning IntroductionGETTING STARTEDAnatomy of a ChairCommon Chair IdentificationTools and Skills LibraryStructural Issues and Repairs SEAT WEAVINGOverviewPaper RushPre-Twisted Natural Rush (PTNR)Introduction to Advanced MaterialsFor Hand-Twisted CordsShaker TapeSplint ReedIntroduction to Hickory BarkOpen Weave MID-CENTURYOverviewDanish Cord RushMoeller #71Yugoslavian Folding ChairHans Werner #501 “The Chair” CHAIR CANINGCaning OverviewLaced CanePressed Cane

Brandy Clements & David Klingler are the co-owners of Silver River Center for Chair Caning, the nation’s only chair weaving school & museum. The school is an Official Education Center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Brandy is a 4th generation chair caner and the couple are highly regarded in their field as chair caning ambassadors (aka Chair Nerds). They teach and speak at conferences, museums, craft schools and craft shows, and travel the US & Europe to study the heritage craft. They have taught hundreds of students of all ages from across the globe and helped launch 30+ small businesses. They have been published in Mother Earth News, have been featured in American Craft Magazine and other regional publications, as well as on television including CBS, PBS, and The Travel Channel. They love to chat with podcasters about chairs and the chair nerd community, and continue to restore chairs and collaborate with furniture makers alongside their golden retriever, Rosie in Asheville, North Carolina. Find them online at www.SilverRiverChairs.com or @SilverRiverChairs on Instagram and YouTube.

• Foreword and Caned Furniture HistoryForeword—Chair Weaving in the USSilver River Center for Chair Caning IntroductionGETTING STARTEDAnatomy of a ChairCommon Chair IdentificationTools and Skills LibraryStructural Issues and Repairs SEAT WEAVINGOverviewPaper RushPre-Twisted Natural Rush (PTNR)Introduction to Advanced MaterialsFor Hand-Twisted CordsShaker TapeSplint ReedIntroduction to Hickory BarkOpen Weave MID-CENTURYOverviewDanish Cord RushMoeller #71Yugoslavian Folding ChairHans Werner #501 “The Chair” CHAIR CANINGCaning OverviewLaced CanePressed Cane

Brandy Clements & David Klingler are the co-owners of Silver River Center for Chair Caning, the nation’s only chair weaving school & museum. The school is an Official Education Center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Brandy is a 4th generation chair caner and the couple are highly regarded in their field as chair caning ambassadors (aka Chair Nerds). They teach and speak at conferences, museums, craft schools and craft shows, and travel the US & Europe to study the heritage craft. They have taught hundreds of students of all ages from across the globe and helped launch 30+ small businesses. They have been published in Mother Earth News, have been featured in American Craft Magazine and other regional publications, as well as on television including CBS, PBS, and The Travel Channel. They love to chat with podcasters about chairs and the chair nerd community, and continue to restore chairs and collaborate with furniture makers alongside their golden retriever, Rosie in Asheville, North Carolina. Find them online at www.SilverRiverChairs.com or @SilverRiverChairs on Instagram and YouTube.

• Foreword and Caned Furniture HistoryForeword—Chair Weaving in the USSilver River Center for Chair Caning IntroductionGETTING STARTEDAnatomy of a ChairCommon Chair IdentificationTools and Skills LibraryStructural Issues and Repairs SEAT WEAVINGOverviewPaper RushPre-Twisted Natural Rush (PTNR)Introduction to Advanced MaterialsFor Hand-Twisted CordsShaker TapeSplint ReedIntroduction to Hickory BarkOpen Weave MID-CENTURYOverviewDanish Cord RushMoeller #71Yugoslavian Folding ChairHans Werner #501 “The Chair” CHAIR CANINGCaning OverviewLaced CanePressed Cane