Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Rocking chairs
John Lucas
>I thought you all would like these. My friend Jim MCgie brought these in to be photographed. The one on the right is Sassafrass that was wrapped with Honeysuckle vine. Jim is Amish and sells these at craft fairs. He has won several best of show awards.
They ROCK!
Mike Schwing from Md.
>Ooh..bad choice. Neat!
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Jennifer@Indy.USA
>Beautiful Chairs!....and what lovely photographs :)
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Peter Teubel
>Wow! Those are definitly unique. May we ask how much he sells them for?
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john Lucas
>Peter The first ones I photographed about 5 years ago were sold for about $500. He now gets $1500 and up. Many of them are one of a kind. I think his personality helps sell them. He is a great guy. John
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Don Henthorn
>As I mentioned on the messages forum we can sure see where the idea for barley twist spindles came from.
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john Lucas
>Don
I went to a lot trouble to learn to carve barley twist and Jim just goes out and harvests what God created.
