Learn the traditional art of rush and chair caning with instructor Fred Thornbrugh at the West Tisbury library. Participants will learn how to hand-weave a chair seat using traditional caning or rush ...

If you spot a warped cane chair at the thrift store, you don't have to leave it behind. Instead, take it home and use this trick to fix the warping.

A. Don’t despair; chair-caning is not a lost art. There are two kinds of caning, says Cathryn Peters, who runs a Web site dedicated to seat weaving and wicker repair (wickerwoman.com). The original ...

The Pfleegors have a partnership with their caning, “He canes the seats and I cane the backs,” Viola said. It all started when Viola’s mother, who also caned chairs for many years, moved into a ...