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Splint-Style Chair Seat Weaving
Gwen Chafin

Bio: Gwen Chafin
The Alabama State Council on the Arts says of her, "Gwen was a student of her father Jesse Thomason and later developed as a master artist in her own right. He taught her how to use white oak strips to bottom chairs and to construct several basket types, including the intricate egg basket. Later she helped him teach students including Carolyn Chafin and Beverly Thomason." Gwen also learned from instructor Cliff Pair. Chafin’s chair bottoming and caning skills are highly sought after. She teaches at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina, and at her chair caning shop in Arab, Alabama. Gwen, her husband, Don, and their son, Jared, demonstrate at Homestead Hollow in Springville and at the Kentuck Festival in Northport.

Course Description:
Give your favorite old chair or stool a new life! The material to be used is flat reed. In this beginner to intermediate class, you can expect to complet two to three projects. (Chairs should be clean and in good repair.) If you can count to three, you can weave this seat!

Extra supplies fee: $15.00 per regular size chair or stool

Please bring: Scissors, pliers, office-type stapler, small flathead screwdriver, and a large flathead screwdriver.

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