How to Make a Beautiful Rocking Chair

You can follow Hal’s work on instagram at “HALTAYLOR_ROCKS” Hal has been studying the art of the rocking chair since he was a wee lad and has been teaching the art for the last 16 years, having taught close to 1000 people by now through his in house programs and this book.During that time Hal has perfected the action of flexible back braces for rocking chairs which prompted Colin Eden-Eadon, past editor of “Furniture and Cabinet Making”, Britains premier woodworking magazine to say “This is the most comfortable wooden chair I ever sat in!”

Prior to making the 300 plus rocking chairs that he has made to date, Hal worked as a consultant to manufacturing, teaching people how to make products that were both exquisitely made and assembled with intelligence, grace and ease. Hal brings this experience forward into the writing of this book which reduces the seemingly difficult task of creating a beautiful and comfortable rocking chair into a series of small, manageable and understandable steps, the last one of which is to “turn around and have a seat in the most comfortable chair you ever sat in!”

Many of Hal’s students have gone on to make a living making rocking chairs, in part because once the first one is made it seems a natural course of events to start thinking about the next one.