BARN Contact Marcela Sandoval

ETA Steering Committee meeting held the 4th Sunday of the month.

Contact: ETA.Lead@BainbridgeBARN.org

Contact: Joanna Bressel-Wilder

kitchen.lead@bainbridgebarn.org

Work on projects of your own choosing in BARN’s spectacularly equipped Woodworking & Small Boatbuilding Studio. Open Studio time is a collaborative, informal-learning situation where woodworkers of various skill levels share tips and offer a hand when needed. A trained safety monitor is always on duty.

Details:

• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 

• To be eligible to work during our Open Studio hours, you must take our free one-hour Orientation to the Woodshop class.
• To use specific power tools, you must also take appropriate tool safety checkout classes. Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1 qualifies you for the jointers, planers, table saws, chop saw and drill presses. Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2 covers the band saws, routers and router tables, scroll saws and three stationary sanding machines: edge, drum and spindle. Check the Woodworking and Small Boatbuilding Studio calendar for class dates.
• BARN supplies tools and basic shop supplies, such as sandpaper. Participants are expected to bring their own wood, hardware, etc.
• Free for members. $20 drop-in fee for non-members. Please bring check or cash for payment. 
• Protective eye wear that complies with ANSI Standard Z87 or the equivalent European Union Standard EN 166 is required at all times in the Woodshop Studio. Avoid loose clothing and wear closed-toe shoes. Noisy equipment may warrant wearing hearing protection.
  

Work on projects of your own choosing in BARN’s spectacularly equipped Woodworking & Small Boatbuilding Studio. Open Studio time is a collaborative, informal-learning situation where woodworkers of various skill levels share tips and offer a hand when needed. A trained safety monitor is always on duty.

Details:

• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 

• To be eligible to work during our Open Studio hours, you must take our free one-hour Orientation to the Woodshop class.
• To use specific power tools, you must also take appropriate tool safety checkout classes. Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1 qualifies you for the jointers, planers, table saws, chop saw and drill presses. Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2 covers the band saws, routers and router tables, scroll saws and three stationary sanding machines: edge, drum and spindle. Check the Woodworking and Small Boatbuilding Studio calendar for class dates.
• BARN supplies tools and basic shop supplies, such as sandpaper. Participants are expected to bring their own wood, hardware, etc.
• Free for members; $20 for non-members. Please bring check or cash for payment. 
• Protective eye wear that complies with ANSI Standard Z87 or the equivalent European Union Standard EN 166 is required at all times in the Woodshop Studio. Avoid loose clothing and wear closed-toe shoes. Noisy equipment may warrant wearing hearing protection.
  

Calling All Weavers: 

Do you like to weave on a rigid heddle loom? 

Crazy about frame loom weaving?

In love with weaving on floor looms? 

Does weaving tapestry pieces make your heart flutter?

Do you love turning cards when you tablet weave?

Do you want to practice your inkle loom weaving?

If your answer to one or more of these questions is yes, then drop on by and come hang out with your fellow weavers every Wednesday from 2:00 to 4:00 PM.

Registration is not necessary. BARN is practicing safety measures for the health and well-being of all participants, in accordance with state and CDC guidelines. Please read our overall BARN safety policies here.

Come spin with us!

Everyone - first-timers to experts are welcome! Spin on one of BARN's spinning wheels or bring your own. Dive into BARN's stash of fleece or bring your own.

Sessions will resume starting May 2nd.

Whether you've been spinning for years or you are just curious, drop by and check out BARN's spinning community.

Registration is not required. Please click here to read BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols before you attend.

Calling All Open Weavers: 

This Open Weave is a place (vessel) to expand your knowledge, experience, and artistic talents in creating fiber arts. Come see what these enthusiasts are doing, share ideas and create. A place to share, support and inspire one another. Open Weave studio will be once a month on the third Tuesday of the month.

These open weave gatherings started in the studio of weaver artist and instructor JoAnn Hart, who has mentored many basket weavers in the area. We would like to welcome BARN's open weavers to this gathering! 

Registration is not necessary. Free for BARN Members and a suggested $10 donation for non-members.

BARN is practicing safety measures for the health and well-being of all participants, in accordance with state and CDC guidelines. Please read our overall BARN safety policies here before you attend.

If you have questions,  please contact Dale Walker, Fiber Studio lead at fiber.lead@bainbridgebarn.org

**This event will be live-streamed via Zoom. Event time is Pacific Time.** 

Virtual Slow Stitch Tuesday
Tuesday, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Join Dale Walker for a virtual open studio on Tuesday afternoon. Since we can't meet in person, or if you’re not comfortable coming in, drop by via Zoom to see what others are doing and show your work. Or just to say hi and let us know how you're doing! 

What is slow stitch?  Basically, we’re considering anything you do with yarn or thread by hand, slow stitch.  This includes knitting, crochet, embroidery, needlepoint, mending, tatting and other handwork.

Details:

• Because this is an ongoing free event, you can register at any time even if a session has passed.
• You will get reminder emails on Monday, one day before the event with the Zoom link to join.
• This event will be presented via Zoom. For a great video on how to use Zoom, watch this tutorial. Please make sure you have the most current version of the Zoom software.

*Prerequisites are required to take this class. Please see below.

In the first session of this two-session class, you’ll learn the essentials of BARN’s CNC Lathe, and the operating concepts to safely operate it. We’ll cover CNC lathe basics beginning with the details of the machine, understand lathe motion on the Z & X axes, selecting and establishing part-zeros, various cutting tools in the tool library, and diameter & Z-offsets. We’ll also touch on different ways to generate g-code (the language that instructs the CNC machine what to do and where to do it).

In the second session, we’ll load a model created by one of the students into Fusion 360, examine and prove the CAM setup and g-code, cut some air, and then cut some metal.

Prerequisites - The prerequisites provide an important foundation for learning how to use the CNC Lathe and use of it during open studio:

• A manual lathe class (or commensurate experience) 
• Intro to Centroid CNC Interface
• Fusion 360 CAM for the CNC Lathe (or CNC Mill) prior to the second session of this class

• Please login to your BARN account and click on "My event registrations" to ensure you have completed the required prerequisites before you register for this class.

Details:

Instructor Bio: As a young man, David Hays worked as a machinist while gaining his engineering degrees and went on in his later years to create his own hobby machine shop that included a DIY CNC mill.

Contact: David Hays at David@Haysys.com

Bring your handwork projects and stitch with your BARN friends.

What is slow stitch?  Basically, we’re considering anything you do with yarn or thread by hand, slow stitch.  This includes knitting, crochet, embroidery, needlepoint, mending, tatting and other handwork

Free to members, we welcome a $10.00 donation from guests.

Please read the Fiber Arts Studio specific safety protocols here.

Registration is not necessary. BARN is practicing safety measures for the health and well-being of all participants, in accordance with state and CDC guidelines. Please read our overall BARN safety policies here.

This workshop will be live streamed via Zoom.

Write Now-- a weekly time to write in the company of others. Using Zoom to come together, we'll write for twenty-five minutes, take a break, repeat. There is no sharing or critique of your writing, only fast-paced, supportive productivity in the company of other writers. It will be fun, exciting, and might be the thing to help you finish (or start...) your manuscript. These virtual sessions will help participants set aside time to write and be with other writers in an informal setting. 

The sessions will be led by Steve Bice.

Additional sessions on Tuesdays, 9:30 AM - 11:30 and Thursdays, 9:30 - 11:30 AM.

Details:

• You can register at anytime even if a session has passed.

• A Zoom link will be sent one day prior to each session to the email you registered with. Please watch for this email. Signing up does not mean you have to commit to all the sessions.

Studio Lead: Jessica Dubey  Writers.Lead@bainbridgebarn.org

**This workshop will be live streamed via Zoom.** 

Write Now-- a weekly time to write in the company of others. Using Zoom to come together, we'll write for twenty-five minutes, take a break, repeat. There is no sharing or critique of your writing, only fast-paced, supportive productivity in the company of other writers. It will be fun, exciting, and might be the thing to help you finish (or start...) your manuscript. These virtual sessions will help participants set aside time to write and be with other writers in an informal setting. 

The sessions will be led by a rotating team of hosts including Jen Scheiderman, Amelia Ramsey, Kassia Sing, Genevieve Douglass, and Steve Bice.

Additional sessions held on Tuesdays, 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM and Wednesdays, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM.

Details:

• You can register at any time even if some sessions have passed.

• This class will be conducted via Zoom. For a great video on how to use Zoom, watch this tutorial. Please make sure you have the most current version of the Zoom software.

• A Zoom link will be sent one day prior to each session to the email you registered with. Please watch for this email. Signing up does not mean you have to commit to all the sessions.

Studio Lead: Jessica Dubey  Writers.Lead@bainbridgebarn.org

Sketching is an important skill shared by makers across many disciplines! BARN is offering a weekly Sketching Open Studio for BARN Members to practice and improve their drawing skills. Sessions will include visual prompts and an opportunity to ask questions as you practice. Michael Gunderson, a veteran BARN instructor, will facilitate the sessions. 

Details:

• Paper and pencils will be supplied if needed, or participants are encouraged to use their own sketchbooks and drawing tools.
• This Open Studio is only open to BARN members as a member benefit. Members are welcome to participate for free. Registration is not required. Drop on by!
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 

Monitor Bio:

Michael Gunderson moved to Bainbridge after a thirty-plus year career in California Public education. His degree is in the arts and has taught classes in art, jewelry, ceramics, and the trades, as well as serving as an activities and athletic director. He is a founding member of BARN and a past lead of BARN Woodworking.

He thinks of himself as a person who solves visual problems. He proposes a situation and looks to openly create a visual answer, whether it be paint, wood or combinations of media. “Drawing is a language that creatives share,” he said recently. His sketchbook is a companion that he converses with daily.

Treat yourself to a weekend of weaving! Join your fellow weavers for a three-day retreat where we blast through a project, start to finish. Enjoy sharing your project with your fellow weavers and marvel at the variety of projects warped and ready to weave.

This is how it works: you reserve a loom (or bring your own), bring your own project to work on, and weave… all types of weaving are welcome.

We hope to add in some evening adventures, so stay tuned for the entire itinerary.

NOTE: To reserve a loom, please click on the registration type for "Reserve Loom".

Details:

• This retreat is for those weavers that are experienced in setting up a loom and have the ability to do a self-guided project. This is not a formal class.
• On Thursday, May 26th you can come into the Fiber Studio and set up your loom.
• Bring your own lunch or we will have menus you can order for delivery. We have a microwave for use and a refrigerator to store your lunch.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 

Work on projects of your own choosing in BARN’s spectacularly equipped Woodworking & Small Boatbuilding Studio. Open Studio time is a collaborative, informal-learning situation where woodworkers of various skill levels share tips and offer a hand when needed. A trained safety monitor is always on duty.

Details:

• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 

• Studio-specific safety policies are here.
• To be eligible to work during our Open Studio hours, you must take our free one-hour Orientation to the Woodshop class.
• To use specific power tools, you must also take appropriate tool safety checkout classes. Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1 qualifies you for the jointers, planers, table saws, chop saw and drill presses. Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2 covers the band saws, routers and router tables, scroll saws and three stationary sanding machines: edge, drum and spindle. Check the Woodworking and Small Boatbuilding Studio calendar for class dates.
• BARN supplies tools and basic shop supplies, such as sandpaper. Participants are expected to bring their own wood, hardware, etc.
• Free for members.
  $20 drop-in fee for non-members. Please bring cash or check made out to BARN.
  
• Protective eye wear that complies with ANSI Standard Z87 or the equivalent European Union Standard EN 166 is required at all times in the Woodshop Studio. Avoid loose clothing and wear closed-toe shoes. Noisy equipment may warrant wearing hearing protection.
  

This class has been cancelled. We are sorry for the inconvenience. 

In this class, you will learn how to use geometric symbol stamping tools to configure a mandala-style pattern. Using this technique you will make your own unique mandala pendant to take home or give to someone special.

No experience is needed, all materials and tools will be provided. 

Details:

Instructor Sarah Jones is a BARN founding member, jewelry studio programming, and steering committee member. She is a local Bainbridge Island artist, and teacher with experience in fine metal arts, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, stained glass, and photography. Because Sarah is a visual and tactile learner herself, her classes typically involve a lot of hands-on learning time. In addition, Sarah’s classes are accompanied by printed information and resources for her students to refer back to when practicing their new skills. Sarah’s art has been displayed in the Seattle Metals Guild exhibitions and Bainbridge Arts & Craft exhibitions. You can view her recent work on Instagram at: @sarahjonesjewelry and @foggyroaddesigns

The Glass Studio is now offering limited open studios for participants to come into BARN and work on projects. 

This open studio has a focus on coldworking and lampworking.

In order to maintain physical distancing in our studios we have limited the number of members who can use the studio at one time. 

Monitor: Nancy Adams can help with coldworking, torchwork, stained glass, lampworking, or fused glass. Please note that this is not a formal class. Assistance is for students who have completed classes in these techniques.

Details:

• Prerequisites: Open Studios are available to those who have taken at least one skill-building class in the glass studio or have otherwise been checked off on their skills card to use the studio.
  
• All participants must register. Please register with the type of work you plan to do in the studio.
• No drop-ins please. Please click Join Waitlist if this open studio fills.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.
  

You are welcome to attend the Print & Book Arts Open Studios, regardless of the type of book or printing project you have in mind. Each session will have a monitor on hand to answer questions. All studio equipment is available but participants must be certified on any press they plan to use. The last half hour is devoted to cleanup. 

Please register for the Open Studio, as we have a set number of artisans that can be in the workspace at one time. Open studios are only for those who have taken introductory classes in either Printmaking, Letterpress, or Book Arts.

If you are interested in becoming a Studio Monitor please contact Amy Goldthwaite, printandbook.lead@bainbridgebarn.org. 

Important Details:

• You must register. No drop-ins, please. At this time, Open studios are only for those who have taken introductory classes in either Printmaking, Letterpress, or Book Arts. Please login to your BARN account, click on your profile name and check the link "My event registrations" to ensure you have completed these classes.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 
• If you have questions, please email Print & Book Arts Studio Lead, Amy Goldthwaite, printandbook.lead@bainbridgebarn.org.

Monitor: Laura Dwelley Samant

Work on your project during ETA Open Studio. Use studio tools and equipment, or check out what's going on, talk shop and hang out. It's maker time for tech enthusiasts of varying skill levels and interests.

A trained monitor is present. Open Studio is, however, not like a class where instruction can be given. 

Monitor: Keith La Plain
Keith likes to work with microcontrollers such as the Arduino, ESP32 and Raspberry Pi using his electronics and software knowledge.  He's interested in home automation and is currently working on several projects for his house.  When he's not in the ETA studio, you might find him building furniture in the BARN Woodshop.

Important Details:

• Registration is required. No drop-ins, please.
• There are 7 spots available per open studio to maintain safety protocols. Please click "Join Waitlist" if this open studio fills. If a spot becomes available we will notify you via email. Please register for only two sessions per week.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 

Contact: ETA.LEAD@BainbridgeBARN.org

Designed as a user's guide to BARN's Woodworking & Small Boatbuilding Studio, this free orientation session is required for all who wish to work in the Woodworking Studio. It will cover everything from shop etiquette to specifics of how to use the shop's dust collection and compressed air systems. Overall BARN policies, as well as shop-specific ones, will also be covered. 

Participants will also learn about the leadership structure within the shop and about opportunities to participate in helping everything run smoothly. Volunteer jobs range from serving as safety monitors to helping on Maintenance Mondays.

Details:

• This class is free, but registration is required.
• BARN is practicing safety measures for the health and well-being of all participants, in accordance with state and CDC guidelines.  BARN safety policies are here.
  
• Wear closed-toe shoes.
  

Instructor: Jeff Williams

The Glass Studio is now offering limited open studios for participants to come into BARN and work on projects. 

This open studio has a focus on coldworking and lampworking.

In order to maintain physical distancing in our studios we have limited the number of members who can use the studio at one time. 

Monitor: Nancy Adams  can help with coldworking, torchwork, stained glass, lampworking, or fused glass. Please note that this is not a formal class. Assistance is for students who have completed classes in these techniques.

Details:

• Prerequisites: Open Studios are available to those who have taken at least one skill-building class in the glass studio or have otherwise been checked off on their skills card to use the studio.
  
• All participants must register. Please register with the type of work you plan to do in the studio.
• No drop-ins please. Please click Join Waitlist if this open studio fills.
• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.
  

This class has a prerequisite. Please see below.

Get started on your woodturning adventure with this three-session beginner's class, where you will learn safety, tool control, and how to create the basic shapes involved in spindle and bowl turning. A small project will be started and completed as time permits.

By successfully completing this class, you will be cleared to use the wood lathes for spindle turning during Open Studio. While you will also be eligible to take a bowl-turning class, it is strongly suggested that you spend time turning in Open Studio a few times before you enroll in a bowl class. 

In Session 1, you will learn about woodturning safety, bevel contact, and gouge technique focusing on good body mechanics - all important to building a foundation to launch your turning skills. You will use the roughing gouge during most of the class, followed by an introduction to the regular (“fingernail”) spindle gouge. Tools you will use: spindle roughing gouge and fingernail spindle gouge.

In Session 2, you will review the earlier lesson, and then focus on the spindle gouge and parting tool, learning new mechanics for turning beads and coves. Toward the end of class, you will learn how a scroll chuck and tenon work in preparation for Session 3.

In Session 3, you will increase the precision of your turning technique by making a small project such as a honey dipper, finial, spinning top, or goblet, with your own design elements.  You will use a scroll chuck, a Jacobs chuck and Forstner bit. 

Details:

• Ages 14+ are welcome.
• Prerequisite: To take this class, you must first complete Orientation to the Woodshop. Multiple sessions of this free, one-hour class are listed on the Woodworking Calendar. Please login to your BARN account and click on "My event registrations" to ensure you will have completed this class before Intro to Woodturning begins.
  

• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols. 

• You must wear safety glasses and closed-toe shoes, tie back long hair, and avoid loose-fitting clothing and jewelry. We recommend bringing your own safety glasses.

• BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available - click here to fill out the simple application before registering for a class. For those who might need physical assistance, please learn about BARN's Companion Program here.

Instructor: Jamie Straw has been turning wood for several years, working on both spindle and bowl projects, and has taught woodturning at BARN since July 2017. She also serves as coordinator of BARN’s woodturning classes.  She is past Vice President for Education and Training for the local chapter of the American Association of Woodturners. Her focus is on helping students build skills progressively as they design and create their woodturning projects.

This class has prerequisites. Please see below.

Learn the basic features of LightBurn, essential software that controls both of our new laser machines. This is the software you'll use whether you are quickly cutting out some parts for your project or are fine tuning your complex etching. LightBurn software replaces RetinaEngrave you may have used previously.

This class will get you started and will help you implement your own creative laser designs. This class is not a substitute for "Intro to the Laser Cutter".

Who should take this class?

If you took "Intro to the Laser Cutter" on the Full Spectrum Laser, this class can get you up and running with our new laser cutters. If you've taken "Intro to the Laser Cutter" on the new lasers and are ready to see how to get more from LightBurn, this class is for you. If you used Inkscape and RetinaEngrave with the FSL and didn't like the software, this class is for you. If you loved using Inkscape and RetinaEngrave, you'll learn how LightBurn fits into your workflow.

The class covers the basics of LightBurn in the laser cutter workflow. It also covers setting laser parameters for cutting and engraving, importing your designs, vector graphics (line art) vs raster graphics (pixel art), manipulating shapes and tuning images, using the laser libraries, and previewing your work.

Prerequisite: Laser 101: Intro to Laser Cutter Operations. Please login to your BARN account and click on "My event registrations" to ensure you have completed the required prerequisites before you register for this class.

Details:

• Class size is limited to 6.
• Students should bring a laptop with LightBurn downloaded: https://lightburnsoftware.com/pages/trial-version-try-before-you-buy
  

• Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.

• Students are requested to wear a mask for this class by the instructor.  

• BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available - click here to fill out the simple application before registering for a class. For those who might need physical assistance, please learn about BARN's Companion Program here.

Instructor:

Mike Schrempp is enjoying retirement after spending 39 years in the design and development of computers.  He’s done product development, mechanical part design, engineering management, and architected servers used in big data centers at Amazon and Microsoft.  Now he enjoys making things -- from wood, plastic, metal, food, and Python code -- and showing others some of the tricks he’s learned along the way.

This class has a prerequisite. Please see below before registering.

In this class, you will learn several techniques on how to set a stone on another stone. You will learn how to drill a hole in stone, how to make bezel and set a stone, and how to set a faceted stone in a tube (tube setting). We will also learn how to make some essential tools to finish this project and use them at your bench in your everyday creations.  

You may want to further your skills by attending the  Introduction to Jewelry - Skills Class and Introduction to the Jeweler's Torch class check here for schedule.

Details:

Karin Lee Luvaas is a local Bainbridge Island artist and jeweler. With an art degree in encaustics, painting, and metal sculpture, Karin has studied under acclaimed jewelry masters Michael Boyd, Kent Raible, Petra Class, and Sarah Graham and achieved Graduate Jeweler status under Alan Revere of the world-renowned Revere Academy of San Francisco, California.  Karin is also a GIA certified Graduate Gemologist and holds a Jewelers of America Bench Jeweler Technician certificate.

Karin’s current work can be viewed on Instagram @karinluvaas.

Work on your project during the Welding/Sheet Metal Open Studio. Use studio tools and equipment, or check out what's going on, talk shop and hang out. It's maker time for enthusiasts of varying skill levels and interests.

A trained monitor is present. Open Studio is, however, not like a class where instruction can be given. 

Important Details:

• Prerequisite: Participants must have already taken Welding/Sheet Metal Orientation.
  
• Registration is mandatory. No drop-ins please. There are 4 spots available per open studio to maintain safety protocols. Please click "Join Waitlist" if this open studio fills. If a spot becomes available we will notify you via email. 
• You will be able to work on your project from 10am to 12pm. The last half hour (12-12:30) is blocked for you to clean up your work area.
• Please read the Metal Fabrication Studio specific safety protocols here.
• Click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.