Workshops

Women's Workshop: Making an El Salvador Stool

The Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts & Crafts / Alta Loma, CA

The workshop is suitable for first-time women (includes non-binary) woodworkers, providing 16 hours of hands-on experience in the making of a three-legged wooden stool. Designed by Lauren Verdugo and inspired by Maloof’s own teaching of students during a 1963 trip to El Salvador arranged by the U.S. State Department. Each participant will saw, join, shape and finish an artful stool made of solid walnut.

Sculpting: Brushes

Allied Woodshop / Los Angeles, CA

Open to new and advanced woodworkers, this course is an introduction to sculpting hardwood using tools and techniques involved in fine furniture making. Guided by Lauren Verdugo from The Maloof Foundation, you will learn how to design your own template as a guide for removing material, and discover the sculpting potential of rasps and files. Whether you want to take your furniture to the next level or learn how to make a fun gift for your family and friends, this class will teach you how to turn a block of wood into a handmade sculptural brush in one day.

Wall Clocks: Bandsaw Intensive

Allied Woodshop / Los Angeles, CA

Create a unique and artistic reinterpretation of the traditional clock. This bandsaw intensive workshop will teach you how to create, cut, and inlay complex shapes all while helping you use up short hardwood scraps laying around in your shop. Students will take home their own functional clock complete with mechanism and clock hands.