Your purchase provides work for people who are living in poverty
New! From our Store
LA City Blocks
$120.00
A one-of-a kind piece of interactive art for grownups and kids alike. Place a tray of these handsome city blocks on your coffee table or office desk and your colleagues and friends will enjoy them as much as their kids would.
This limited edition block set comes from a salvaged sycamore tree from the Hollywood Dell neighborhood of LA. Though harvested from a single city tree--each block exhibits unique grain, tones and rare spalting--echoing the diversity of the people who make Los Angeles buzz.
Each block is hand sanded by a Would Works artisan, and hand finished using non-toxic all-natural mineral oil and wax blend. Block sets come in a solid Beech wood tray with the Would Works logo hand-burned in the corner.
Set in tray dimensions: 11"x7.5"x2"
For safety, no block is smaller than 1.25" in any dimension
Custom initials are available on center top trim of the tray.
Custom Orders and Group Gifts
Give great gifts that give back! We specialize in customized products for restaurants, corporate gifts, weddings, and more.
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E'dran
E'dran is an artist and a self described adventurist who is looking to re-enter the work force. His Would Works goal is to pay off his past due rent, but in the process he's been learning from the wood "...now that I started working with this wood, I ended up buying two plants! And it trips me out--the little small things like that, where you really start to appreciate-- because even though its wood, its life."
Nathanie
A four time published writer with a background in modeling, acting and performance arts--Nathanie brings an artist's sense of awe and transformation to the wood shop: "Anything I can create with my hands and see an outcome from it, its just amazing...at the end of the day I look at it and I'm like wow--it doesn't even feel like wood any more-it feels like glass."
My favorite author, Wendell Berry, writes that "Good work is our salvation and joy," a sentiment I wholeheartedly second. The opportunity to simply work hard for wages in order to afford the basic comforts of life is a great privilege that many of us in this country enjoy, and even take for granted. Would Works provides people who are homeless or living in poverty with the simple dignity of doing good work.
Would Works brings furniture to the streets!
We are proud to be participating in a broad collaboration between City of Los Angeles, the Skid Row Community Improvement Coalition, along with designers and community organizations across LA to furnish a pilot hygiene center in Skid Row.
Custom cocktail boards lift LA-Made spirits
We recently partnered with LA's oldest distillery--Green Bar Distillery--to create a line of branded cocktail boards for use behind their bars and for sale in their retail shop. Stop by the distillery for a cocktail making class or to outfit your home bar with delicious organic spirits, cocktail making supplies and of course a Greenbar/Would Works cocktail board!
New Tools=New Skills: Custom Laser Etching by Would Works
Thanks to a generous in-kind-donation from an outstanding member of our woodworking community, Would Works is now equipped with a state of the art laser engraver. This allows us to custom engrave any of our existing products, or design new branded products for businesses, TV shows (it is LA after all), or private events.
We rely on the generous support of our community partners
