Lost Art Press

 

My daughters will be selling their soft wax and stickers at our storefront on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. We’ll have them set up to take cash, check and major credit cards.

The stickers are $5 for a set of three. Wax is $12 for a 4 ounce tin (or two tins for $20). We’ll also have some wax out for testing if you’d like to give it a try on some sample boards.

Note that this is on Saturday only. Maddy has class on Friday and Katy has other obligations.

— Christopher Schwarz

This is my mistake. I thought our warehouse had finished shipping all the copies of “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture.” In truth, the last of the orders were boxed up yesterday and go out in the mail today.

Apologies for the error. And personal apologies to Meghan, who has been fielding a lot of your questions because of my error.

Your book is on the way. It won’t be long now.

Additionally, some of you have been asking where your copy of “Roman Workbenches” is because our software has reported your order as “fulfilled.” This is a software glitch (Yay! Not my fault). This book is on press now and should be shipped in April.

Thank you all for your patience.

— Christopher Schwarz

Don Williams, the author of “Virtuoso” and the ringleader of the A.J. Roubo translations, will attend the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event this weekend at Braxton Brewing in Covington, Ky.

Don will be signing books and (no doubt) spreading his wisdom on historical finishing techniques. So bring your copies of “Virtuoso” and Roubo translations. If you ordered the standard edition of “Roubo on Furniture” you’ll receive it this week. They all went out in the mail late last week.

And Don isn’t the only Lost Art Press author who will be attending the Lie-Nielsen event this weekend. Narayan Nayar, the photographer for “Virtuoso,” will be there. And Matt Bickford, the author of “Mouldings in Practice,” will be demonstrating both days.

I’ll be there. And, as you know, I’ll sign anything. So bring your books.

— Christopher Schwarz

 

My daughter Maddy will begin mailing out a new set of stickers this week. She ran out of the previous design last week, so if your SASE is in transit you likely will receive the new designs.

The new stickers include:

1. A round sticker with the Lost Art Press emblem and the “farting divider,” as some people have called it.
2. A die-cut sticker in the shape of the English A-square from the cover of “The Anarchist’s Tool Chest.”
3. A full-color portrait of A.J. Roubo to commemorate the release of “With All the Precision Possible: Roubo on Furniture.”

Want a set? You can order them from her etsy store here.

Or, for customers in the United States, you can send a $5 bill and a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) to Maddy at:

Stick it to the Man
P.O. Box 3284
Columbus, OH 43210

As always, this is not a money-making venture for me or Lost Art Press. All profits help Maddy squeak through college without debt. Also, as her 21st birthday is coming up on March 22, some of that money might go to buying cider.

— Christopher Schwarz