This seven-day class is dedicated to making a Maloof-style sculptural rocking chair, with an emphasis on comfort, aesthetics, and ergonomics. Students may design their own chair or use the school’s patterns. Participants will use rasps, gouges, saw rasps, and grinders to shape the chair. A special session will cover rocker design, including how the rockers, the chair, and the sitter’s center of gravity affect whether the chair scoots across the floor or stays in place. Students will learn which joints work best under different loads and practice hip, dowel, and mortise-and-tenon joints. They will also bend the rockers by gluing thin stock over a curved form. The goal is to complete all joinery, including rocker placement, by the final day and begin shaping the chair. Students must bring at least 55 board feet of pre-dimensioned 8/4 lumber, including pre-sawn stock for the rockers and other roughed-out parts, to save shop time. This is an intense, physically demanding class that requires several late nights of work. Sculpting the arms, legs, and spindles takes effort, but the results are well worth it. The goal of the week is to have you sitting and rocking in your chair on the last day but there will still be plenty of sculpting and sanding when you get home.