Caning Calgary

Spécialités

Do you have a family heirloom or newly discovered treasure that needs a little loving attention. Don’t delay, contact me now for speciality weaving services or to obtain material to do it yourself.

As a second generation speciality weaver since 1986 Caning Calgary offers breathtaking results in a wide variety of speciality weaving including:

Traditional Caning (w/​drilled holes):

Holes are drilled around the perimeter of chair seat frame and individual strands of cane are hand woven through the series of drilled holes.

Cane Webbing, Pressed Cane, or Sheet Cane:

Pre-​woven sheet cane is set into a routed out groove on the top side of chair, held in place with a reed spline, no holes drilled in framework.

Danish Cord

These very Classic Danish or Scandinavian chairs had seats woven out of a paper cord called Danish Cord.

Rush

A rush seat has a cord like material wrapped around the four dowels framing the square of a seat creating four triangles.

Historique

Fondé en 1986.

Second generation weaver specializing in the craft of woven furnishings since 1986

Caning Calgary offers a wide variety of speciality weaving including:

Cane (Rattan), Danish Cord, Fibre Rush, Seagrass, Shaker Tape & Cordage

Outdoor Furniture Materials including Cordage and Webbing in multiple colours.

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Laurie B.

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Laurie has experience with the following weaver methods.

Traditional Seven Step Hand Caning (with drilled holes)

Holes are drilled around the perimeter of the frame and individual strands of cane are hand woven through the series of drilled holes.

Hand cane weaving is becoming a lost art performed by only a few craft people in Canada. A simple chair can take 20 hours to re-​weave, the average chair or panel takes between 15 – 40 hours to weave.

Cane Webbing, Pressed Cane, Machine Cane or Sheet Cane

Pre-​woven sheet cane is set into a routed out groove on the top side of chair, held in place with a reed spline, no holes drilled in framework.

Danish Cord

These very Classic Danish or Scandinavian chairs had seats woven out of a 3-​ply heavy twisted paper cord called Danish Cord. Danish cord seats have two typical styles. One where there is a single side rail and one where there is a double side rail. Laced Danish cord is tightly twisted creating a braided finish. Unlaced Danish cord