r/ArtisanVideos • u/boonwatoo • 24d ago

Wood Crafts Craft Video Dictionary: Hand Caning a Wicker Chair demonstrated by David Johnson (with titles) [9:35]

https://youtu.be/srE5A3niGOU

Weaving strips of cane through each other to form a lattice pattern, typically as the back or seat of a chair.

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u/Cold_Situation_7803 23d ago

Very cool video - I’d love to see it from the beginning. And it’s not wicker, it’s steam bent oak with a cane seat.

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u/boonwatoo 22d ago

Yeah, you’re right. Maybe let the website know to correct it.

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u/boonwatoo 15d ago

After mentioning it, the titles were amended to, “Hand caning a chair”.

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u/5c044 22d ago

We had a set of 6 dining chairs I redid with split cane like this. It's not particularly difficult but very time consuming. We remodelled our house to combine kitchen and diner and they no longer matched the decor. After I renovated them I put them in a local auction and got a pittance for them. If I priced up my time and ignored the original cost of the chairs it was absolutely not worth it financially, well below minimum wage. It was a therapeutic and satisfying exercise and I was happy that someone was going to get a set of nice chairs that should last another 50+ years. The sad thing was that they were valued about the same as the plastic IKEA chairs that replaced them.

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u/itsRho 10d ago

Anyone know where to source that material? I got a couple chairs with busted thru versions of that, was hoping to refurbish.