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 Those quickly disappearing hand skills have been replaced by a reliance on machine work, even when it is les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.

Coming this week.
10/28/2025

Coming this week.

If you need a glue that has a long open time – up to two hours – and is reversible, then fish glue is your best choice. ...
10/24/2025

If you need a glue that has a long open time – up to two hours – and is reversible, then fish glue is your best choice.

Fish Stick Glue is made from cod skin, a waste product from the food industry, an excellent adhesive for complex casework assemblies and chairmaking. We’ve been testing it for the last two years and love it.

(No, it does not smell like fish).

Complete details in our store.

Farewell Australia. You were great. See you in 2027.
10/19/2025

Farewell Australia. You were great. See you in 2027.

This Australia trip was — frankly — amazing. Good people. Good food. Good woodworking. But the peak was getting to spend...
10/18/2025

This Australia trip was — frankly — amazing. Good people. Good food. Good woodworking. But the peak was getting to spend two solid weeks with . He’s an amazing individual and woodworker.

Thanks to John Madden at for making this happen. I hope/plan to come back in 2027. We are already cooking up plans.

The workshop for the next week — the Newrybar community hall. Here, and I will teach 11 students to make a stick chair ...
10/13/2025

The workshop for the next week — the Newrybar community hall. Here, and I will teach 11 students to make a stick chair in conjunction with .

Visited Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. So many great things to see — the wheelwright’s shop was my favorite. Especially the...
10/12/2025

Visited Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. So many great things to see — the wheelwright’s shop was my favorite. Especially the mechanical bending machine. Gotta get me one of those.

10/12/2025

1. Where I’m teaching this week (I’ve been posted to drearier places…..)

2. My new teaching assistant, who was waiting in the car park for me. (Where were you ?)

I spent a couple hours at in Melbourne, trying to take in everything they had arranged on shelves and stashed in corner...
10/11/2025

I spent a couple hours at in Melbourne, trying to take in everything they had arranged on shelves and stashed in corners. Truly an amazing vintage tool store. They also make nice handsaws…. Mike and Ben opened every cabinet and drawer for my grubby little hands.

A great visit.

Now I’ve got to wash my un**es and get on a plane to Newrybar for the second chair class with .

Our most up-to-date formula
10/04/2025

Our most up-to-date formula

Propmasters/photographers .woodworking and
10/02/2025

Propmasters/photographers .woodworking and

If you like our Piggly No Wiggly glue, wait until you try what’s next on the menu.
10/02/2025

If you like our Piggly No Wiggly glue, wait until you try what’s next on the menu.

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Covington, KY
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