The return of Stephen James Zbornik
I spent last year getting my shop up and running, and doing design and production of my own work. This year I am proud to join the Collective as a satellite shop, producing Brian’s classic side chair design. So in early January I journeyed from my home in Iowa to the Boggs Collective headquarters, in [...]
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The Destination Guide features The Boggs Collective as Best Artisan of Asheville, NC.
The Destination Guide asked its fans to recommend the best places to visit in Asheville, NC, narrowed our favorites down based on highly secretive criteria, then traveled — camera in hand — to go behind the scenes. Below are our Best of Asheville winners. Each is a unique business with a devoted following, encouraging story [...]
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Our new instructor
We welcome a new instructor! I have been teaching traditional greenwood chairmaking and my hybrid approach to ladderback chair production internationally for decades now. Recently I decided to focus my attention on teaching in our shop here in Asheville. I like staying home, but the demand for my classes is greater than I have [...]
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Asheville’s Boggs and Moeller, crafters on a collective mission
Asheville craftsman Brian Boggs is a man on a mission. After 30 years of working in wood, Boggs is recognized as a premier designer and crafter of custom-built tables and chairs. Now he has his eyes on a bigger prize. He has set out to create a new kind of business structure that not [...]
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New Outdoor Chair
Hello everyone, we hope this newsletter finds you full of fond memories of the summer and gearing up for the fall. Our summer has flown by with fun times with family, friends and the opportunity to meet and make new ones.
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The Myth of Original Design
By Brian Boggs I have taught a number of classes on designing chairs and it’s always interesting to watch students’ creative process. I like to keep my classes as fresh as I can for my own benefit if not for the students’ so I plan each class a bit differently. Still, every design class seems [...]
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NEW FINE STUDIO FURNITURE GALLERY
On May 21st, The Boggs Collectively officially opened its new Fine Furniture Gallery and working studio. Located at 8 London Road, Asheville, NC, the new gallery is in the heart of our 4000 square foot workshop. If you’ve been following our blog you will remember that this dynamic new space was constructed by Russell Gale, [...]
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MA: THE SPACE BETWEEN
In the Uses of Not, Taoist philosopher Lao-Tzu wrote about the concept of Ma. We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, [...]
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THE GREENWOOD BAR STOOL
At the request of a very special client, the Boggs Collective has created the newest addition to our gallery — The Greenwood Bar Stool. Starting with our very popular Greenwood chair, craftsmen Michael Waldeck and Russell Gale eagerly approached this project and created a stunning bar stool version of the classic Brian Boggs original. Some [...]
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THE BILTMORE ESTATE
Recently, Robert Carran, The Boggs Collective Woodshed manager brought in some superb high-quality white pine. The logs were all around 13 feet long and 40” in diameter. The best part is that all this wood was sourced locally from the Biltmore Estate. The Biltmore has a long history with responsible forestry practices — in fact [...]
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News
The Boggs Collective is a ground-breaking new company that has already gotten the attention of the press. We have a deep well of ideas and we plan to unleash new ones often. We’ll keep you posted with all the news here.