Arrowmont Connections: Brandy Clements, "Chair Nerd," blogs about her Arrowmont Experience

Arrowmont is a special community full of creative people – a family who know that coming together and making art is important. We talk a lot about the Arrowmont Experience – connecting through craft and community. That connection exists beyond physical proximity. It is in shared memories and new ideas. It lives in the friendships we make with each other. It grows when we learn and support one another.

Whether on campus or off, we are connected as members of the Arrowmont family. Over the next few weeks, we are going to share stories from our community of instructors, residents, and students in a new series, Arrowmont Connections.

Brandy Clements, self-proclaimed “Chair Nerd,” is an Arrowmont instructor. She is a fourth-generation chair caner and an ambassador of the craft of chair seat weaving. She and her husband, Dave Klingler, operate Silver River Center for Chair Caning in Asheville, North Carolina. The school is an official education center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild and is the only chair caning school and museum in North America.

Brandy has taught National Workshops at Arrowmont, and was scheduled to teach a Chair Seat Weaving workshop for Legacy Week participants this summer. She shares her 2019 Arrowmont Experience in a three-part series on her blog:

Chair Nerd Debut at Arrowmont, 2019. Part 1: The experience

Brandy Clements website: https://silverriverchairs.com/

Follow Brandy’s blog: https://silverriverchairs.com/news/

Contact Brandy:

828-707-4553

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Facebook: @brandy.clements.359

Instagram: @silverriverchairs

Arrowmont Connections: Brandy Clements, “Chair Nerd,” blogs about her Arrowmont Experience