Lost Art Press

Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Much of the American furniture we admire as the pinnacle of design is often overbearing, overly embellished, and a testament to waste and excess. These elaborate...

Anarchist's Tool Chest Fourteen years after the release of "The Anarchist's Tool Chest," Christopher Schwarz spent nearly a year revising every sentence and idea in the book. The result is a text...

Anarchist's Workbench “The Anarchist’s Workbench” serves as both a comprehensive guide to building a straightforward workbench using construction lumber and basic woodworking tools, and a narrative...

Backwoods Chairmakers For over 200 years, chairmakers in Appalachia have crafted ladderback chairs to sell to their neighbors and the occasional tourist. This tradition has been passed down through...

Dutch Tool Chests "Dutch Tool Chests" provides comprehensive instructions for building your own slant-lid tool chest. It guides you through every step, from selecting materials to joinery and...

Good Eye “Good Eye,” the fifth and newest book in the authors’ "artisan geometry" series, explores furniture design by examining simple proportions in a fresh and profound way. In this book, Jim...

Ingenious Mechanicks For over 2,000 years, woodworkers made complex and beautiful furniture using simple benches that used pegs, wedges, and their own bodies to hold the work. Workbenches with...

Set & File: A Practical Guide to Saw Sharpening In "Set & File," Matt Cianci (also known as The Saw Wright) teaches you the fundamentals of maintaining backsaws and handsaws. You'll learn how to file...

The Essential Woodworker In our opinion, “The Essential Woodworker” is one of the best books on hand-tool usage written in the post-Charles Hayward era. Wearing, who was classically trained in...

The Handcrafted Life of Dick Proenneke Discover how Dick Proenneke built his own cabin and most of the things he needed to live in the Alaskan wilderness, from clever wooden door hinges to metal ice...

The Stick Chair Journal Vol.3 The Crowned King of the Chairmakers: Many have tried to claim the title, but only one truly deserves it. Color Furniture with Dirt, Soot & Oil: This easy and safe method...

Woodworker's Pocket Book The "Woodworker’s Pocket Book" is compact, measuring just 4” x 6-1/2”, yet it contains 112 pages filled with essential woodworking information for hand-tool enthusiasts...