Thanks to everyone who has signed up for one of these books. They will arrive in Brooklyn this week for Joel Moskowitz to sign. Then he’ll dispatch them to their final destination. If you reserved a copy, you’ll be hearing from Sharon or Joel soon.
— Christopher Schwarz
Tonight I’m signing and lettering all the black leather “Joiner and Cabinet Maker” books that were bound by hand by the Ohio Book company in Cincinnati.
I am pleased with the quality. The silver lettering is crisp. The leather is applied neatly to the boards and the end papers are quite a sight.
We still have a few of these books available. But because there are so few, we’re not even going to put them in the store. As of this evening, the letters “U,” “V,” “W” and “Y” are available. Everything else is spoken for.
If you are interested in one of the last four, the cost is $165 plus $8.50 for priority mail shipping in the United States (foreign orders can get a quote from Sharon using the link below). Please contact Sharon at sharon@lostartpress.com. Or you can call her at (317) 603-3605.
These books will ship out to Joel Moskowitz at Tools for Working Wood this week. Once he signs them, they’ll be dispatched to their final destinations.
We have used up about half of the unbound editions so far. I’m not sure exactly how many of them are left because some were damaged during transport. If we do another run of these leather-bound books it will be an edition that will be released during the Woodworking in America Conference Oct. 1-3.
— Christopher Schwarz
April 2 update: There is one book left. Letter “Y.”
Have you seen this man?
We chose the dividers from Moxon, our first publication, as our corporate symbol. I say corporate as a joke because if you know us you know we are hardly corporate. Our lofty goals for Lost Art Press are to publish information that other companies won’t and to make enough money to support our tool and alcohol purchases which by the way, are substantial.
Anyway, I wanted to refer you to a podcast that I have found called The Logan Cabinet Shoppe. The purveyor of this blog is Bob Rozaieski. He is a Sith from the dark side of woodworking i.e. hand tool only guy. On his site he has put a video chronicle of the building a porringer top tea table. If you go to Quick tip #4, you get to see how he designed the tea table using proportions based on column orders. The entire design starts with the height of the table which was restricted to fit a particular space in his house. From this known limitation he then designs the remainder of the piece using only dividers, to include determining the curves of the cabriole legs. The video is done in a clear color coded manner and is easy to understand.
I wanted to thank Bob for taking the time to put this information out there for us and let others know about this great video podcast. In case you want to know what a hand tool only Sith looks like, here is a picture of Bob from his site.
Regards John
Demand was stronger than we anticipated for a leather hand-bound edition of “The Joiner and Cabinet Maker.” We sold out of all of our copies within a couple weeks of announcing the run. So at the request of several customers, we are offering a second run of 26 books at the same price.
This run will be different than the first. The book will be bound by hand by the craftsmen at Ohio Books in Cincinnati, but the leather will be a finely grained black cow skin. The title on the cover and spine will be debossed and foiled with a matte silver (we experimented with several sheens and colors). And the marbled end sheets are a matching black and gray. If you’d like details of the shop that does the binding, check out this blog entry.
Each book will be signed by me and Joel Moskowitz and lettered A through Z.
This is one edition that I am buying for myself.
The cost will be $165 plus $8.50 for priority mail shipping in the United States (foreign orders can get a quote from Sharon using the link below). When the books arrive in May we will list them for sale in the store. If you are interested in reserving a copy, please contact Sharon at sharon@lostartpress.com. Or you can call her at (317) 603-3605. Please note that half of this run of black leather books is already reserved.
As always, it’s first-come, first serve.
We might offer a third run later in the year using a different leather (green or deep red, perhaps). However, there are no guarantees. These books are very expensive for us to carry in inventory. I’m not trying to pressure you, just being honest.
— Christopher Schwarz
We chose a pair of dividers as the symbol for Lost Art Press because they are one of the most useful woodworking tools. They are precise. They don’t require mathematics to use. And they simplify many layout operations.
When it came time to choose a new T-shirt slogan we immediately latched onto a suggestion from George R. Walker, the “Design Matters” columnist for Popular Woodworking Magazine. His suggestion: “Divided We Stand.”
We also took the suggestion from many customers that we offer our T-shirts in black and 100-percent cotton. Done. (The next T-shirts will also be made in the United States – we have found a good supplier.)
In addition to black, the $12 shirts are also available in a stonewashed blue. And we have them in sizes from medium to XXL (there’s a $2 upcharge for XXL).
Click here to check them out.
— Christopher Schwarz