Lost Art Press

Lost Art Press Teaching woodworking techniques through publication of quality books and videos He is now a contributing editor to that magazine. Ever. Just like you.

Founded in 2007, Lost Art Press is a small Midwestern publishing company that seeks to help the modern woodworker learn traditional hand-tool skills. Since World War II, traditional and effective hand skills have disappeared from the home, professional and school woodshops in North America. Those quickly disappearing hand skills have been replaced by a reliance on machine work, even when it is les

s effective, slower or sloppier. The founders of Lost Art Press – Christopher Schwarz and John Hoffman – are trying to restore the balance between hand and machine work by unearthing the so-called "lost arts" of hand skills and explaining how they can be integrated with the machinery in the modern shop to help produce furniture that is crisp, well-proportioned, stout and quickly made. Christopher Schwarz is the former editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine, where he worked between 1996 and 2011. Chris lives in Northern Kentucky. John Hoffman is an enthusiastic home woodworker and lives outside Indianapolis. We pride ourselves on being a company that you can trust. We will never sell or share your personal information with anyone else. We do not accept gifts of free tools from manufacturers or catalogers. When we recommend a tool – in our books or on our blog – we have paid full retail for it.

Time to revisit the Gibson.
06/12/2026

Time to revisit the Gibson.

New video coming. We are *almost* done filming an updated version of my “Build a Stick Chair” video from years ago. Cust...
06/05/2026

New video coming.

We are *almost* done filming an updated version of my “Build a Stick Chair” video from years ago. Customers who bought the original video will automatically get this one for free.

During the last five years I have refined the techniques and reduced the number of tools needed to make a stick chair.

Coming this summer.

It took only 11 years to get this right. Today we added retractable awnings to our Willard Street workshop. They will ke...
06/05/2026

It took only 11 years to get this right.

Today we added retractable awnings to our Willard Street workshop. They will keep the bench room cool during the intense morning sun. (Our shop faces east.)

The awnings change the character of the light in the bench room. And creates a shady place on the public sidewalk in the summer.

Our new fulfillment center, just over the Licking River in Newport, Ky.! This creates room for LAP growth — including a ...
06/04/2026

Our new fulfillment center, just over the Licking River in Newport, Ky.!

This creates room for LAP growth — including a new school in the Anthe building (more on that to come later). For now, you can read a bit about our plans at blog.lostartpress.com.

Spent the day working on another experimental chair with a naturally curved armbow. I think this is going to be an extra...
06/01/2026

Spent the day working on another experimental chair with a naturally curved armbow. I think this is going to be an extra tall comb-back by the way it’s going.

Illegal in six states, plus my home state of Arkansas — unless you are second cousins.
05/30/2026

Illegal in six states, plus my home state of Arkansas — unless you are second cousins.

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Covington, KY
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