Come learn new skills with Would Works, a nonprofit social enterprise that provides at-risk youth with barriers to employment heal, learn new skills, grow their confidence and prepare for their next opportunities, by providing paid, creative, hands-on woodworking training in a supportive community. Their Community Courses, which are separate from their regular training program, are intended to create opportunities for all in LA who are interested in learning woodworking techniques.

In this second collaborative workshop with Usal, Would Works will walk participants through how to make a plant stand that employs the classic half lap joint. In the first Usal x WW workshop, students made half laps with machines. For this new class, students will be hand cutting the joints with a chisel and mallet.