Curtis Buchanan

Change your cover photo
Upload
CurtisBuchanan
Change your cover photo
Wood
This user account status is Approved

This user has not added any information to their profile yet.

I make Windsor Chairs in much the same way they were made 200 years ago. My small, one-man shop is located in Tennessee, in the heart of Jonesborough’s Historic District. I have published numerous articles on chairmaking and have taught in craft schools both here and abroad. My chairs are in the permanent collection of the Tennessee State Museum, the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, the Tennessee State Governor’s Mansion and Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.

Jonesborough
TN

In 1983, I was fortunate to meet Windsor chairmaker Dave Sawyer. Dave is well-known for sharing his knowledge of chair making and because of his generosity, I was able to start making chairs full-time in 1984. A year later, my wife Marilyn, our two daughters and I moved to Jonesborough TN.

I am co-founder of GreenWood, a sustainable forestry project in Latin America and co-founder of Jonesborough Locally Grown, a local food initiative that includes the Jonesborough Farmers Market, a yearly farm to table dinner and Boone Street Market . My main avocation is gardening but a lot of my spare time is spent enjoying family, friends and my town.

Take a Chair Making Class in The Workshop
A comfortable place to be… my workshop is a 16’ x 20’ timber-framed building with enough doors and windows to invite the outside in. Tucked away in my backyard, it is within Jonesborough’s Historic District but feels as if it were out in the country.

Leave a Comment

You must be logged in to post a comment.