
Wegner The Chair
rattan / 2019 n/aVintage Wegner 501 Round Chair woven in modified plain weave with binder cane

- About
Brandy & Dave are the owners of Silver River Center for Chair Caning in Asheville, NC, the nation’s only fully dedicated chair caning school and museum. As a 4th generation Chair Caner, Brandy is a Heritage Member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and the school is an official education center of the guild. Aside from teaching a variety of classes in their River Arts District studio, they also teach at John C Campbell Folk School, Penland, The Island Farm & Arrowmont. Their @SilverRiverChairs YouTube Channel has been popular worldwide and they continue to create videos to help everyone restore their own chair and create a new generation of chair weavers. Brandy & Dave are respected educators and ambassadors of the craft, demonstrating and lecturing at the Folk Art Center, The William King Museum, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum, The Furniture Society Conference 2019, Let’s Make at the ACC show in Atlanta, and for many other organizations around the country. They have served on the boards of The SeatWeavers Guild and the River Arts District Artists, and are members of The Furniture Society and The American Craft Council. Brandy & Dave have taught over 500 sessions to 250 students in their shop and off site at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. They teach a younger generation as much as possible, welcoming field trips and clubs, incorporating arts integration at public schools in NC & SC. They have hosted Haywood Community College’s Professional Woodworking students, Penland students from a chair making class, and individual chair makers who want to incorporate woven elements into their designs. Silver River’s mission is to inspire a reverence for a worldwide chair caning legacy and to promote and perpetuate the craft.
- Region
- Asheville, NC
- Website
- silverriverchairs.com
- Media
- Chair caning
- Professional Status
- Chair nerd: ambassador of the craft, curator, educator, weaver
Portfolio

Silver River Chairs Museum "The Chair Wall"
Rattan, Danish Cord / 2015 n/aExhibit. Includes 8 basic types of woven seats with variations in pattern and construction elements. Featured here are hand-woven chair caning, dyed reed in a diamond pattern, and Danish Cord on a vintage Møller #71

Wegner Chair with binder cane
Rattan / 2020 n/aBinder Cane woven on Vintage Hans Werner Chair frame

MESDA cattail rush chairs
cattail rush / 2017 n/aAntique and reproduction chair frames — collaboration with conservator Martin O’Brien — seats are hand-twisted cattail rush leaves in a continental pattern

WT Bench
cotton / 2019 n/aBraided cotton cord woven in advancing point twill on maple frame

Van der Rohe chair
rattan / 2019 n/amodified wicker woven on vintage, tubular steel cantilevered frame

Shaker tape chair Dillehay SRCCC 2
Cotton / 2019 n/aJennie Alexander chair frame with Flame Stitch Shaker Tape seat

Greek Key to the Log Cabin
cotton yarn / 2021 n/aFlat-Braided Cord by Silver River Chairs, woven in a greek key and maze or log cabin variation on vintage Italian chairs.

Wegner The Chair
rattan / 2019 n/aVintage Wegner 501 Round Chair woven in modified plain weave with binder cane

Hand Woven Chair Caning SRCCC
rattan / 2020 n/aExtensive reconstruction of Thonet Chair frame, hand-woven in 6 way pattern

Hickory bark heirloom chair
hickory bark / 2022 n/aTapered bark seat on heritage chair frame