Joy Gurevitz540-822-5963 "For over thirty years, I have had an interest in the art of chair caning or seat weaving. It all started when I was a newlywed. How, one might ask, are the two connected? Like most newlyweds, we were long on love, but short on money and therefore, furniture, for our very sparsely furnished apartment. However, I discovered a huge old building in Rockville, Connecticut filled with used furniture and antiques. I found a delicate oak pressed-back chair with holes going around the frame of the seat. I was raised with cane and splint seated furniture, so I knew it was a hole-caned chair. Having just read about a class being offered in hole caning in the area, I bought the chair (for $2.00) and enrolled in the class. After I finished that chair (which I still have with its original seat), I then bought a rocking chair for my sister that required a new back and seat. This pretty maple rocker had rails that had to be woven around. I found a booklet on how to replace seats and wove a binder cane seat and back on the chair. She, too, has the rocker today with its original seat. Don't tell my husband, but that's how a second love affair began. NathanNewly married, long on love and short on money, has become a master caner over the past 10 years. He hopes to keep the trade alive and expand our business." |
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There are several antique businesses, restaurants and retail stores in the area who have displayed my work and cards, offered me free access to shows, and encouraged me onward when business was slow at first. |