Chairs, Benches And Stools

Former industrial designer Gerard Furbershaw now creates art furniture, which he describes as "art you can sit on." He fashions most of his pieces out of 13-ply maple plywood, using positive/negative space to make forms that are about half plywood and half empty space.

Scott McGlasson's chair combines mid-century style and hardwood scraps into a cool, comfortable chair.

Take a look at Ferrazzutti's latest work from his residency at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship.

Myko combines clever design and a leap of faith to create a “di-nest set” that seats five and saves space.

An episode from a Irish docuseries called "Hands" shows Surlis make a stick chair from an ash log.

In the final episode of this series, Dan Faia demonstrates how to fit a seat frame for the chair and how to properly prepare for upholstery.

Peter Galbert learned a method for riving parts from sawn and dried planks. It has changed his perspective, and it might change yours, too.

The chair back gets the last of the chamfers and Dan perfectly carves a return on a round over with his trusty chisel.

Dan continues with the task of shaping every surface of the chair back.

Dan wields his trusty chisel to sculpt and chamfer the back splat of the Queen Anne side chair.