[{"id":167872757823,"handle":"the-anarchist-series-of-books","updated_at":"2022-11-28T09:41:46-05:00","published_at":"2020-11-23T15:11:09-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"'The Anarchist' Series of Books","body_html":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Anarchist\" series of books by Christopher Schwarz represent a 10-year effort to make woodworking more accessible, affordable and ethical – and less commercial. Each book addresses an important aspect of the craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Anarchist's Tool Chest\"\u003c\/strong\u003e shows you how you can build furniture with only a small kit of high-quality tools. The first half of the book explains in detail how to choose the right tools, regardless of brand name. You'll learn what makes a good hammer, a good block plane and a good awl – so you can make good decisions when buying new or antique tools. The second half of the book shows you how to build a traditional tool chest to hold these tools and explains: If a tool doesn't fit in the chest, you probably don't need it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Anarchist's Design Book: Expanded Edition\"\u003c\/strong\u003e shows you how to put those tools to work to build an entire house full of furniture with simple tools and methods. The Design Book explores \"staked\" and \"boarded\" forms of furniture – two efficient and nearly forgotten ways of making furniture that is sturdy, good-looking and easy to build. Additionally, the Design Book explores (and debunks) many of the myths we have about furniture and good craftsmanship. Wild ornament, flashy woods and complexity don't always make for good furniture. And the Design Book asks: Why would you want to imitate the taste of your boss's boss's boss?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Anarchist's Workbench\"\u003c\/strong\u003e explains how to build the last workbench you'll ever need using home center construction lumber and simple woodworking tools. This book, the final in the Anarchist Series, encourages you to make the simplest bench possible and then add complexity from there. The bench plans featured in the book are based on a 15th-century design that emerged from France and Low Countries. And it has yet to be eclipsed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese three books have been the most successful titles published by Lost Art Press. Their simple message \"build instead of buy\" has been embraced by woodworkers all over the world and nudged many amateurs to quit their corporate jobs and make a living with their hands. You might not go that far. But then, maybe you will. Here's how to find out.\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2020-11-23T15:11:07-05:00","alt":null,"width":1500,"height":1125,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/3197\/collections\/anarchist-series-of-books-IMG_0179.jpg?v=1606162268"}},{"id":165815124031,"handle":"books-by-christopher-schwarz","updated_at":"2022-11-28T09:41:46-05:00","published_at":"2020-07-21T13:41:03-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Books by Christopher Schwarz","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Schwarz is a furniture maker, writer and publisher who works from a storefront in Covington, Ky. He is, along with John Hoffman, one of the founders and the editor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/lostartpress.com\/\"\u003eLost Art Press\u003c\/a\u003e, which publishes books on hand tool woodworking. And he is one of the founders of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/crucibletool.com\/\"\u003eCrucible Tool\u003c\/a\u003e. He is a former editor of \u003cem\u003ePopular Woodworking Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been published in \u003cem\u003eFine Woodworking\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMortise \u0026amp; Tenon Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and many other woodworking publications. He teaches hand-tool woodworking around the world. Christopher is the author of five Lost Art Press books and a contributor to two, \"The Joiner and Cabinet Maker\" and \"The Art of Joinery.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","image":{"created_at":"2020-07-21T13:41:02-04:00","alt":"Christopher Schwarz at Lost Art Press","width":1000,"height":667,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/3197\/collections\/CS-chair_IMG_7022.jpg?v=1595353527"}},{"id":158051598399,"handle":"chairmaking","title":"Chairmaking","updated_at":"2022-11-28T09:38:22-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2020-02-02T19:22:22-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Chairmaking"}],"published_scope":"global"},{"id":68885184575,"handle":"tools","updated_at":"2022-11-28T02:31:35-05:00","published_at":"2019-03-30T21:15:06-04:00","sort_order":"manual","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Crucible Tool","body_html":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0306\/3197\/files\/slag_IMG_3245_1024x1024.jpg?v=1555360289\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin: 0pxpx 0pxpx 0pxpx 0pxpx; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrucible Tool makes hand tools in the United States using proven materials and (in many cases) new technology. All of our tools are designed by woodworkers (us) and are used at the workbench every day. \u003c\/p\u003e"},{"id":69108891711,"handle":"furniture-plans","title":"Furniture Plans","updated_at":"2022-11-28T09:00:06-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2019-04-03T19:00:45-04:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Furniture Plans"}],"published_scope":"global"}]