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 Those quickly disappearing hand skills have been replaced by a reliance on machine work, even when it is les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

I worked the students for the class pretty hard today. So hard that I only had time to take these two photos. It’s a a ...
09/16/2025

I worked the students for the class pretty hard today. So hard that I only had time to take these two photos. It’s a a great group of smart and passionate woodworkers. As always!

.woodworking signed her apprenticeship papers today. Let it begin!
09/12/2025

.woodworking signed her apprenticeship papers today.

Let it begin!

Each week I spend a significant amount of time signing books for a customers. All my books that you order directly from ...
09/09/2025

Each week I spend a significant amount of time signing books for a customers. All my books that you order directly from lost art press are signed by me.

There were all kinds (stick and dovetail) of stools made at Lost Art Press this weekend. Here’s the dovetailed variety, ...
09/08/2025

There were all kinds (stick and dovetail) of stools made at Lost Art Press this weekend. Here’s the dovetailed variety, from ’s weekend class.

My favorite milk painted surface — 22 years after application. I prefer finishes that look good with age.
09/07/2025

My favorite milk painted surface — 22 years after application.

I prefer finishes that look good with age.

Woo hoo! .woodworking assembling the undercarriage to her first chair (an Irish armchair). Tomorrow the rest of the chai...
09/04/2025

Woo hoo! .woodworking assembling the undercarriage to her first chair (an Irish armchair). Tomorrow the rest of the chair will go together.

Matt Cianci’s () is now available in German! It’s always wild to see our books in another language.
09/02/2025

Matt Cianci’s () is now available in German! It’s always wild to see our books in another language.

Megan and I are teaching two scholarship classes for The Chairmaker’s Toolbox this fall. I’m teaching a chair class (sur...
09/02/2025

Megan and I are teaching two scholarship classes for The Chairmaker’s Toolbox this fall. I’m teaching a chair class (surprise) Sept. 15-19. Megan is teaching a Dutch toolchest class (double surprise) on Oct. 17-19. For these classes, we supply all the materials, plus lunches, morning pastries and a yay-you-did-it dinner for the students. If you would like to contribute a little something to offset those expenses, we have…...

Megan and I are teaching two scholarship classes for The Chairmaker’s Toolbox this fall. I’m teaching a chair class (surprise) Sept. 15-19. Megan is teaching

Saddling seats — even elm ones — is still fun after too many chairs to count.
08/31/2025

Saddling seats — even elm ones — is still fun after too many chairs to count.

Fresh milk paint. Burnishing with shavings. A coat of soft wax. Very happy with the result.
08/31/2025

Fresh milk paint. Burnishing with shavings. A coat of soft wax.

Very happy with the result.

Staff meeting
08/29/2025

Staff meeting

Just a heads up: if you’re traveling through for the holiday weekend and planning a visit to the storefront, come see us...
08/27/2025

Just a heads up: if you’re traveling through for the holiday weekend and planning a visit to the storefront, come see us on Friday (10 a.m.-2 p.m.). We’ll be closed Monday for Labor Day.

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407 Madison Avenue
Covington, KY
41011

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