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Hand shaped with hand tools, this rocker is the culmination of 30 years of experimentation and refinement. The Elemental Rocker is a distillation of more than 25 years of chairmaking experience. I designed it with the fair curves of wooden boat building, wanting to evoke the 1890s Henry Rushton canoes. My original concept in designing this chair was to make a rocker less expensive than, but equally comfortable as, the Floating Back Rocking Chair. To make this possible, I had to standardize the sizing and templates used for this chair. And I limit the woods I make the chair in to six classics in the woodworker's palette: walnut, cherry, oak, elm, ash and maple. Cherry I made my first rocking chair in 1974. Although it sported the organic curved shapes that evolved from the heyday of California's hippie crafts movement, it also incorporated a rudimentary floating back. That is, the flat slats of the back of the chair were not glued into place, but floated loose in grooves (mortices) routed into the chair's seat and headboard. Now, 29 years later, I'm still using the floating back in most of my chair designs, but I've spent years improving and refining the feature. With traditional bow-making techniques and triple laminations, I make resilient and flexible slats that conform to the human back. These slats support the person who sits in the chair with a comfortable, nearly massage-like springiness. Anyone who knows the American crafts movement will recognize the influence of the great furniture maker, Sam Maloof, in the lines of this rocker. Equally inspiring to me have been the mid-century Scandinavian designers, particularly the Danes, among them Hans Wegner. California black walnut
Fiddleback Maple Floating Back Cherry Elemental Walnut Floating Back
Upon first seeing this chair many of my old customers have said something like "interesting, different design but, the arms..." Upon sitting they find the curved slope of the arms comfortable and appropriate. Named for the constellation. This chair is made from sycamore with Indian rosewood slats. Design 2007 Anderson Ranch Rocker 2008_ created during a resident fellowship at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center near Aspen, Colorado. It is a variation on the Connemara Chair. California walnut from Zamora. Collaboratively designed by Robert and Tor Erickson this is an Arts and Crafts rocker that respects the human form. Made from recycled elm.
Cygnus Rocker Anderson Ranch Rocker 2008 Elm Rocking Chair
     
     
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