(This is the fourth part of a series following the construction of one of our rocking chairs from a walnut log to the finished product. This chair will be on display at the Dwell on Design show in Los Angeles, June 21-23) From a furniture maker’s perspective the Minnesota winter is miserable. Not the snow [...]

(This is the third part of a series following the construction of one of our rocking chairs from a walnut log to the finished process. This chair will be on display at the Dwell on Design show in Los Angeles, June 21-23) Visiting Robert Beauchamp’s shop, and the site of The Walnut Place, is to [...]

(This is the second part of a series following the construction of one of our rocking chairs from a walnut log to the finished process. This chair will be on display at the Dwell on Design show in Los Angeles, June 21-23) Every chair we make begins with a tree. And every tree has a [...]

In the 2012 August/September issue of American Craft Magazine there is an article about Robert Erickson. To find out more please visit: American Craft Magazine  

San Francisco Chronicle ~ Wednesday, August 5, 1992 by Bronwen Hruska … Robert Erickson’s van Muyden chair, an interpretation of a three-legged Norwegian design, has achieved the rank of an objet d’art, residing in the permanent collections of both the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Yale Art Gallery. His trademark, a curve [...]

Woodwork Magazine, February 2006 by Robert Erickson My first wood project was a spoon for my mother when I was 22. Transforming a square block of scrap walnut into a graceful, functional ladle was a magical experience for me, and I too was transformed, hooked on the process of making things from this workable and [...]

The Atlantic Monthly | April 2001 by Marshall Jon Fisher When Mike Richter, the New York Rangers’ All-Star goalie, had back problems a couple of years ago, he flew to Los Angeles to see a specialist. He also started spending more time in his handcrafted rocking chair, made by Robert Erickson, a woodworker in Nevada [...]

Los Angeles Times Magazine ~ March 12, 1995 by Michael Webb Chairs are the stars of a new exhibition opening today at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “Common Forms, High Art: Three Centuries of American Furniture.” Tables, cabinets, chests and sofas play supporting roles. The 200-plus pieces are drawn from the permanent collection, [...]

Woodwork Magazine, October 1998 by Liese Greensfelder My husband Bob Erickson and I live on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains of northern California, surrounded by the mixed broadleaf and evergreen forests typical of these mid-elevation foothills. Looking out my living room window on this rainy March morning, I see the materials of [...]