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The Reader’s Bench.

“Sign it. Somebody strips this seat in forty years and finds you.”— from the Drop-In Dining Seat chapter


Every workshop has a wall where the first pieces go up. This is ours — and it’s yours. If you’ve made your first drop-in seat from the Start Here path — or your fifth, or the stuffover you finally dared — send a photo and it goes on the bench for everyone to see. First seats especially: wonky pleats and all. Nobody’s first seat is perfect, and the wall is better for it.

On the bench

Put yours up

A photo, a first name, a town, and a line or two about the job if you like. Shaun looks at every submission before it appears — nothing goes up unchecked — and you’ll get an email when yours is on the bench.

Preview of your photo

One good shot of the finished piece — daylight, straight on. Large photos are resized in your browser before they’re sent.

House rules

Your own work, photographed by you. First name and town only ever appear — never your email. If you’d like a piece taken down later, get in touch and it goes. Full details in the privacy policy.