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Woodworking: Build a Steep Stool

$400.00

Dates: September 23, 24, 30 & Oct 1 in the evenings from 6 to 9 pm. 

Prerequisite: Prior woodworking class experience required

Conifer Step Stool with Domino Joinery

In this hands-on woodworking class, students will build a beautifully crafted step stool from conifer wood, combining practical skills with refined design. The stool features elegantly curved (“swung”) legs and a shaped apron, created using either a bandsaw or a router jig for smooth, flowing lines.

Participants will learn how to use Domino joinery for strong, precise assembly, while also gaining a foundational understanding of traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery by hand. The project includes constructing a comfortable, functional top with an integrated handhold cutout for easy carrying.

Throughout the course, students will focus on proper glue-up techniques for both the stool base and top, ensuring durability and a clean finish. By the end, each student will leave with a sturdy, attractive step stool and a solid grasp of both modern and traditional joinery methods.

Your class tuition helps support Spaulding youth programs and BW101, thank you!

Dates: September 23, 24, 30 & Oct 1 in the evenings from 6 to 9 pm. 

Prerequisite: Prior woodworking class experience required

Conifer Step Stool with Domino Joinery

In this hands-on woodworking class, students will build a beautifully crafted step stool from conifer wood, combining practical skills with refined design. The stool features elegantly curved (“swung”) legs and a shaped apron, created using either a bandsaw or a router jig for smooth, flowing lines.

Participants will learn how to use Domino joinery for strong, precise assembly, while also gaining a foundational understanding of traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery by hand. The project includes constructing a comfortable, functional top with an integrated handhold cutout for easy carrying.

Throughout the course, students will focus on proper glue-up techniques for both the stool base and top, ensuring durability and a clean finish. By the end, each student will leave with a sturdy, attractive step stool and a solid grasp of both modern and traditional joinery methods.

Your class tuition helps support Spaulding youth programs and BW101, thank you!

Class taught by Pierina dell'Avo:

Pierina earned her bachelor degree at the School of Fine Arts and a diploma as a Furniture Maker in Zurich, Switzerland. She worked for the high end Gabella Interior Design in Lausanne, Switzerland, and was involved in numerous projects for hotels such as Beau-Rivage Palace, the concert hall in Turin, Italy, and building and designing tasting rooms for various wineries.

She has been teaching woodworking classes at College of Marin Community Education for over 10 years. Classes include a hand tools only course, beginner machines, as well as intermediate to advanced woodworking classes. Student projects range from building butcher blocks, chairs and tables, to complex furniture built off of the thorough training on hand tools and machines that she teaches. She is also working as the program director at Spaulding Marine Center for the Boatwork 101 apprenticeship program.

She is a creative professional with extensive project experience from concept to development. Her talents include: management, a strong foundation in social and educational pedagogy, networking, communication, and enthusiasm for the trade.