Imagine the thrill of your child or grandchild when you give them a beautiful, sculpted rocking chair that is beautiful and just their size. In this class students will make a sculpted rocking chair that is geared at children between the ages of two to six. After that age the rocking chair can become a place for a young girl’s dolls, or just a nice display piece in the family room. In time, this chair will become a legacy piece which will be passed down for generations. Students will use tools such as rasps, gouges, saw rasps and grinders to rhythmically give the chair shape. Participants will be able to design their own chair or use some of Marc’s patterns. The rockers will be cut from solid stock instead of laminating them together as in an adult rocker, which makes the process far easier. It is hard to guess on the final size of the chair but there will be several samples of children rockers on hand to use as guidelines. Students learn which joints work best to give the chair lasting joinery which will involve the hip joint, dowels, mortise and tenons and biscuits. The goal for this workshop will be that every chair be sculpted and glued-up ready to take home and put on the final finish. Students are required to bring pre-dimensioned lumber. This class will not be quite as intense as the full week rocking chair class, but students will need to plan on a few late nights to get the chair completed. Of all the furniture that can be made for family members, NO project will have as much meaning as this rocking chair.