ITEM 205
ARTIST Randy Ogle
TITLE “Arm Rocker” Rocking Chair
MEDIA Oak with woven seagrass and back panel
DIMENSIONS 45″ h x 26″ w x 34″ d
VALUE $800
MEET THE ARTIST ∙ RANDY OGLE ∙ ogleschairshop.com
“I don’t think I ever decided to be a chairmaker,” said Randy Ogle. “You grow up with it, helping in the family trade. By the time you’re 17, 18, you’re a pretty good hand in the shop,” said Ogle.
Randy Ogle owns The Chair Shop in Gatlinburg, TN and has made chairs and other furniture for nearly 40 years. Traditional Appalachian chair making has been passed down to Randy through four generations – his father Wade, grandfather Isaac, and great great aunt Mary L. McCarter Ownby. He uses some of his father’s and grandfather’s tools. Like them, he builds custom furniture and chairs, bowls, rolling pins and cutting boards. “This is a custom shop; we will build about anything. I’m doing what my grandfather, and my father did, and I am satisfied.”
