Arches Bench Workshop
with Larry White
Tuition includes wood and materials.
Drinks and snacks are also provided, but please pack a lunch for each day’s 1-hour mid-day meal break, to be enjoyed in The Maloof’s olive tree-shaded courtyard, weather permitting.
A truly unforgettable way to learn.
For beginners and intermediate woodworkers.
Three consecutive days:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Participants must attend all 3 days.
Bench Dimensions: 18”h x 27”w x 13.5”d
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2024 Dates
September 20 -22
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December 6 -8
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9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day
Maximum 5 students per course
$1000.00 per person / $950 for members,
includes wood and materials.
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Artist Larry White was Sam Maloof’s first full-time woodworker employee, hired as a college student at the age of 19. Today, more than half a century later, Larry is an accomplished master artist and sculptor, who brings his personal story and expertise to this fantastic workshop.
During 21 hours of intensive instruction over three days, Larry will share his skills and insights across a full spectrum of woodworking tools and techniques. Students will be introduced to design, pattern-making, and selection of wood. Larry then guides the process step-by-step as you learn to saw, shape, join, clamp, glue and finish. The course covers basic set-up, safe use and calibration of the table saw, band saw, jointer/planer, router, rasp, sanders and a range of essential hand tools, materials and finishing products.
This course is modeled after our extraordinary Maloof Veterans Workshop, launched in 2013, and available previously only to men and women veterans of the US military. Now open to participants over 18 years of age with little or no previous woodworking experience, this course is a great way to jumpstart a new woodworking passion, renew and refresh existing skills, or find new inspiration for your next stage of exploration.
The "Butterfly" and Random X Side Table
Workshops
The Random X Table and the the "Butterfly" Table
The "Butterfly" Table with a tempered glass top
The Random X Table with the square wood top
Tuition includes wood and materials.
Drinks and snacks are also provided, but please pack a lunch for each day’s 1-hour mid-day meal break, to be enjoyed in The Maloof’s olive tree-shaded courtyard, weather permitting.
A truly unforgettable way to learn.
The "Butterfly" Table has a slightly challenging "x" based frame and features a 3/8 x 16" diameter tempered glass top.
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The second offering is the Random X side table with a similar base but has a 13" x 13" square wood top and Ziricote plugs.
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Sapele, a dense reddish brown African Mahogany wood is the wood of choice for the Fall workshops. It is a highly figured hardwood that machines and finishes beautifully, complimenting the design of these two new projects.
For intermediate and advanced woodworkers.
Three consecutive days:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Participants must attend all 3 days.
2024 Dates:
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Butterfly X Table
October 11 - 13
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2024 Dates:
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Random X Table
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Check back for more 2024 dates!
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9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day
Maximum 5 students per course
$1000.00 per person / $950 for members,
includes wood and materials.
The Shibui Bench
This workshop has a prerequisite for the completion of a previous Arches Bench Workshop
​​Three consecutive days:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Participants must attend all 3 days.
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2024 Dates
December 27 - 29
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2025 Dates
January 24 - 26
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9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day
Maximum 5 students per course
$1200.00 per person / $1150 for members,
includes wood and materials.
This workshop has a prerequisite for the completion of a previous Arches Bench Workshop
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The Shibui bench is a longer version of the Arches Bench, measuring 18”h x 52”L x 14”d and it’s a new offering for the Maloof workshops. It’s a Friday through Sunday workshop with a more challenging design and guidance. Therefore, it requires a prerequisite of either the completion of a previous Arches Bench Workshop or a portfolio of work exhibiting a familiarity woodworking.
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This workshop has a prerequisite for the completion of a previous Arches Bench Workshop
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