(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 [...]
With Dwell on Design a little more than a month away we’re starting to build some of the unique pieces that we’ll take to that show. We wanted to create pieces that exemplified what we stand for: luxurious comfort coupled with exquisite hand-craftsmanship. We chose a number of our classics – the South Yuba Floating [...]
A Modern Chair Recently I was given the enviable and challenging task of revisiting a classic Hans Wegner chair design, the PP503, or “Round Chair” or simply “The Chair”. Designed and released in 1949, it was featured on the cover of Interiors Magazine and became an international success. My clients gave me an old original [...]
At first glance this plank back chair may not look like the first seat to grab for an evening of reading but you might be surprised. Because of several body-adapted details this is one of our most comfortable chairs. Please note the slight curve to the seat and the narrowness of the back and of [...]
Today we shipped a van full of new furniture to Baltimore, a trip that we have been working towards for many months. It is an exciting moment to send some new work out and experience its response on the street. Feed back from our clientele tells us if we are on track, developing useful and [...]
American Craft Council Show Baltimore February 22-24, 2013 http://shows.craftcouncil.org/baltimore Tor and Robert will be in Baltimore with several new works for 2013, including two new chairs and a table/desk.
Westport Adirondack Chair $4100 plus shipping (approximately $550 fully insured within the continental US.) Delivery date 6 months. Please call or email for details. contact Erickson Woodworking 530 292-3777 In 2009 I visited the Rockefeller Preserve in Teton National Park and saw and sat in what looked to me like a very distinctive Adirondack [...]
We just finished and delivered a dining set designed and made for clients here in northern California. The house was built from local wood and the dining table and chairs were made from local Pacific maple, an homage to the trees that grow outside the house with a few details from California walnut from Zamora in [...]
Michael Killigrew Des Tombe has returned to Erickson Woodworking after 15 years. His skills in organization, construction strategies, attention to detail and commitment to creating museum quality work have upgraded and refined new designs and given old standards new energy. Mike came to E.W. when he was a high school prodigy in woodshop. After a [...]
