Lost Art Press LLC is a small publishing company in Fort Mitchell, Ky., that seeks to help the modern woodworker learn traditional hand-tool skills. Since World War II, traditional and effective hand skills have disappeared from the home, professional and school woodshops in North America.

Those quickly disappearing hand skills have been replaced by a reliance on machine work, even when it is less effective, slower or sloppier.

The founders of Lost Art Press – Lucy May, Christopher Schwarz and John Hoffman – are trying to restore the balance between hand and machine work by unearthing the lost art of hand skills and explaining how they can be integrated with the machinery in the modern shop to help produce furniture that is crisp, well-proportioned, stout and quickly made.

Christopher Schwarz is editor of Popular Woodworking magazine and Woodworking Magazine, where he has worked since 1996. He also serves as a contributing editor to The Fine Tool Journal and has produced five DVDs in conjunction with Lie-Nielsen Toolworks on traditional skills.

John Hoffman is a home woodworker who is deeply interested in traditional skills and fine furniture-making.

Our Return and Refund Policy

If you wish to return an item, simply return it to us by ground mail within 30 days of your order. We will promptly refund your money and the cost of the ground shipping. Send all returns to: Returns, Lost Art Press LLC, 26 Greenbriar Ave., Fort Mitchell, KY 41017. Please be sure to include your return address and a phone number so we can contact you in case there is a problem with your return. If you have questions about a return, send us an e-mail at sharon@lostartpress.com or call (317) 603-3605.