Darryn Smalley violin, 2023, Eureka, CA, USAThis instrument is part of our 7th annual Contemporary American Makers Exhibition, 2024 Darryn Smalley is a violin maker living and working in Humboldt County, CA. Before violins he made traditional Native American wooden bows and lived in Czechia. While bow making he became exposed to and interested in violin making. He returned to the US to attend the Violin Making School of American in Salt Lake City in 2016. He studied under Aubrey Alexander at