*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:
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
This class has been canceled. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Have a garment you love so much it has worn out? Or you want more in multiple colors or fabrics? Join us to clone your clothing to create a pattern you can make again and again.
Learn how to analyze your garment’s assembly, determine what pattern pieces you need and what they should look like and create a new pattern. Then cut the pattern from your new fabric and, finally, assemble your new garment.
Chosen garments should be woven and fit you reasonably well. Please note: your existing garment may be damaged beyond repair during its analysis.
Students meet with Jackie via Zoom on Jan. 15 to discuss the clothing you’d like to clone and go over any other questions you might have.
Supplies to Bring:
Please click here for BARN's current COVID-19 health & safety protocols.
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:
Jackie Kelly - Jackie taught fashion design and construction for 25 years before her retirement. In the '70s, she was a pattern maker for Santa Cruz Imports, had her own line of clothes, and ran various fashion shows. In the ‘80s, she managed Shirley Hyatt Designs while having one of her own gowns featured in a Nordstrom trunk show. In the ‘90's, Jackie enjoyed a season costuming at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival before moving to Washington to teach full time. Jackie continues her love of sewing and fashion by adding to her own wardrobe and designing and constructing garments on commission.
* This class has prerequisites. See below.
Build a small, Shaker-style table to use as a lamp stand or night stand as you learn to take a project from initial idea to finished project.
This class is designed for students who know the basics of using tools but want to further those skills under the guidance of an experienced instructor.
This class includes:
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.
Ted Newman - Ted studied woodworking and has assisted in classes at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. He is active in BARN's woodworker group and volunteers as a safety monitor.
Join a book club tailored to writers! Each 1.5-hour Zoom meeting includes a short discussion of the assigned reading chapters and relevant exercises to do together during the workshop. Think of it as a guided study group.
This session will cover the entire book NAKED, DRUNK, AND WRITING by Adair Lara, which focuses on learning to write personal essays without insecurities.
Assigned book
Make a sturdy box with hand-cut dovetail corner joints as you build your woodworking skills and learn fundamental steps common to all hand-cut joinery.
As you build a poplar box about 6 inches wide, 12 inches long and 3½-4 inches tall, you will learn how to design, lay out, and mark the dovetails, and how to cut them accurately and efficiently using hand saws and chisels. You'll also learn tricks for getting a perfect fit. Depending on the pace of the class, you will finish your box using a combination of hand and power tools. There may be time to make a lid.
Dovetails started out as a practical solution to keep drawers from coming apart as people tugged and pushed them in and out. Today, they still serve that purpose. But, in an era when there are machine-assisted ways to join wood at right angles and mechanical drawer slides, hand-cut dovetails have become a code for fine craftsmanship.
You must wear safety glasses and closed-toe shoes. We recommend bringing your own safety glasses.
Paul Kury - Paul studied woodworking at Lonnie Bird’s School of Fine Woodworking in Dandridge, Tenn., and has been an active woodworker for more than 40 years. His preference is 18th-century furniture. Paul also volunteers as a woodworking safety monitor at BARN.
Build a unique slab bench or small table in this seven-session class.
Create a piece that highlights the natural beauty in a slab's swirling grain or intriguing color known as spalting. Preserve a live edge, rip a straight-line edge or combine the two styles into your design.
In the first session, design considerations, suitable wood and several options of styles for top and base are covered. The instructor walks you through the process of drawing up your design ideas and turning them into working plans.
Following sessions are devoted to building your project and preparing it for final finish.And the final session covers finish options and application techniques. Take home enough finish to apply multiple coats to your completed project.
Working at your own pace is encouraged. Be prepared to spend additional time during Open Studios if necessary to complete your project. Open Studio is always free for members. Non-members can use the shop during these times without additional charge while working on a class project.
This class is open to students with intermediate skills who are comfortable using the shop tools. At a minimum, you must have completed Orientation to the Woodshop, Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1 and Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2. Multiple sessions are listed on the Woodworking Calendar. Please see "My event registrations" in your BARN account to confirm you have completed the pre-requisites before you register for this class
A $35 materials fee included in the class fee covers a moderate amount of epoxy and other shop materials. If your project requires a lot of epoxy, you may need to pay more; the instructor will discuss this with you.
You need to supply wood for your project. You can buy wood from BARN, purchase it elsewhere or bring what you have from your wood stash. Registrants will receive information about how to select appropriate wood. The moisture issues associated with use of BARN's SawStop table saws aren't critical for this project unless your slab is thicker than two inches. You can store your wood in the shop between sessions.
"An inspirational class! So much cool stuff to practice on many slab projects to come!!" — Ryan Boone (his hall bench is pictured), www.ryanboonedesign.com
Carol Fiedler Kawaguchi - Carol is a professional woodworker who specializes in restoration of antique furniture through her business, C-Saw, on Bainbridge Island. She also makes custom furniture, including the slab coffee table in the Commons at BARN.
Join us as we design, carve, and block print our very own personalized Valentine's Day cards.
Design and carve a heart relief block to print for your very own Valentine's Day card(s). You can make multiple cards with just one heart, repeating hearts, and maybe even partner with a fellow classmate(s) to share each others’ blocks, creating a design mash-up–the artists’ version of exchanging Valentines. We will be using a block substrate that is much easier on the hands than linoleum or wood can be, so hand strength shouldn’t be an impediment. Join us!
You will design, carve, and print a Valentine's Day card or cards.
Materials students should bring:
None
Christa Schoenbrodt is founder and owner of Studio Haus, a thriving design studio for more than 25 years. Much of Christa’s career has involved paper so it’s only natural that it’s also part of her personal exploration of art. She is motivated by a curiosity to explore various forms of media and a pursuit for beauty. A question she often repeats to herself starts with “What if…” and ends with a new creative outlet. She can be found experimenting her way through mediums of paper sculpture, printmaking, and fiber arts - at times individually and, at other times, all at once. She loves being a member of the BARN community!
Make a zipper pouch - quickly - as you learn more about the Solaris 2 Embroidery Machine.
Join Bob Mathisrud as he demonstrates making a zipper pouch “in the hoop." Start with a piece of stabilizer loaded into the embroidery machine hoop, then layer the zipper, pouch front, back, and other pieces and - voila! - make the quickest zipper pouch you ever made!
When you finish this demonstration and make this pouch, you’ll have the skills to make other “in the hoop” projects using files you purchase and download - from bags to holiday ornaments, stuffed toys, and more.
Note: Class size is limited so that everyone can see easily. This class is offered four times this winter-spring. If this or other sessions are full, join the waiting list so we know to schedule additional sessions later this year.
Along with the demonstration, you’ll receive a .pes file (containing several project options) and materials to make a 4”x6” zipper pouch, with directions and a link to the demonstration video. You can stay late or come back later to make the zipper pouch on your own. Schedule time individually with Bob or another mentor if you think you’ll need extra help.
The $15 materials fee included in the price of the class includes:
Skill Level: All levels
Ages 14 and up are welcome
View BARN’s current COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
For those who might need physical assistance, learn more about our Companion Program.
Bob Mathisrud was cross-trained in many trades as a stationary operating engineer, for more than 20 years. His curiosity, fearlessness, and willingness to help have led him to develop skills in several BARN studios. In the Fiber Studio, he is becoming an expert in the Solaris 2 sewing and embroidery machine, figuring out how to use the machine’s many, many features.
This series takes a look at character, setting, and dialog to give your writing more depth, shape and clarity.
Whether you’re developing fiction or non-fiction, a cohesive and engaging story is essential. So often, at the mention of a good book or movie, our first question is, “What’s it about?” While plot is important, it's only one of the elements needed to hold your reader.
Too often writers focus so much on “what happens” that the “who, where, and how” of the narrative, the important elements that allow the piece to be full, complete and “lived-in,” are neglected. It’s as if the plot is the house, and the rest are the furnishings and décor that make it a “home.”
Character, setting and dialog will be the focus of separate workshops designed to allow you to give your piece more depth, shape and clarity as you move forward.
* Please note that for sessions 2-4, we ask participants come with a draft already in process (rough is OK!), as activities will be geared toward works-in-progress.
Session 1: “Let’s Get Writing!” We’ll engage with our creative mind through a series of prompts, activities, and games designed to increase fluency. We should all come away with a toolkit of ideas and inspiration for the meatier stuff later.
Session 2: Character. “Don’t You Know Who I Am?” Mining well-rounded and believable characters is probably the most important element in fiction. By combining brainstorming and craft exercises, you can add dimension to existing characters, develop new characters, and better view the world through the character’s point of view.
Session 3: Setting/Place: “Where Am I and How Did I Get Here?” The well-defined “place” can establish mood, influence character choices/emotions, drive dialog, impact events, and so much more. In this session we look at how settings can be explored and woven into your work, whether in long form or subtle, carefully placed details.
Session 4: Dialog: “Am I Coming Through?” In this workshop, we look at effective dialog in fiction and film, and explore opportunities in our own pieces that can be further developed through character-to-character conversation. We’ll look at dialog that is internal and external, direct and indirect, verbal and nonverbal.
Warren Read - Warren is the author of the novels, One Simple Thing (2021, Ig Publishing), and Ash Falls (2017, Ig Publishing). His memoir, The Lyncher in Me, was released by Borealis Books in 2009. He received his MFA in 2015 from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. His fiction has appeared in Hot Metal Bridge, Mud Season Review, Sliver of Stone, Inklette, Switchback Magazine and the Christmas issue of East Bay Review. He is an assistant principal on Bainbridge Island. Learn more about him at www.warren-read.com.
Learn the basic safety principles of key woodworking power tools you can use during open studio times, once qualified.
You are given a piece of wood to cut and shape in this hands-on class.
Completing this class will qualify you to use the following tools during the Woodshop Studio’s 30 weekly hours of open studio time, and classes that require certification in these tools:
You will shape a piece of wood using specific studio tools.
All needed materials will be provided.
None.
Jeanne Huber
Make a stunning, intriguing Convergence Quilt top and learn basic sewing skills with just four fat quarters, some straight sewing, and some clever cutting and re-sewing.
The technique is based on the 2003 book, Ricky Tims’ Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, and Fun (C&T Publishing). Newer sewists will appreciate making a gorgeous quilt top while perfecting their straight sewing and accurate rotary cutting skills. Both new and experienced sewists will appreciate the range of fascinating design possibilities in this simple technique.
So we can finish within class time, we’ll cut and sew a wall-hanging-size quilt top. After class, you can add more sections to the top to make it bigger, or quilt it as is. You’ll leave with the skills to plan and cut a larger quilt top in the future.
Please note: “Quilt top” means we’re making the top layer of a quilt. We will not be finishing the quilt, though we can discuss options for finishing it with back, borders, binding, batting, and quilting.
Your sewing machine in good working order with a fresh needle (or register to reserve a BARN machine)
Four coordinating fat quarters - a mix of batiks and large and medium prints gives the best results. A “fat quarter” is a piece of quilting cotton measuring 18” by 22”, equal to a 1/4-yard of fabric. You can buy precut fat quarters in any fabric store (recommended for this project), or make your own from your stash.
Thread to coordinate with the fabric
Pencil
Rotary cutter with a fresh blade (or use one of BARN’s)
Skill Level: All Levels.
A $5 materials fee is included in the cost of the class.
Ages 14+ welcome.
Learn through instructor demonstration and guided, hands-on practice how to safely set up a soldering station, ignite your torch, anneal, and begin to solder metal together.
This is an opportunity to work with the industry-standard Smith® Little Torch and propane/oxygen torch during this one-day class.
The skills learned in this class help you feel more comfortable and confident in our studio or yours and ready you for project classes. This class also helps you acquire a studio skills card for access to the torches during jewelry open studio times. You get to take home your soldering sample exercises and handouts for future practice and revision.
Instructor Bio:
Sarah Jones - This Bainbridge Island artist and teacher has experience in fine metal arts, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, stained glass, and photography. She is a BARN founding member and Jewelry Studio programming and steering committee member.
Because Sarah is a visual and tactile learner herself, her classes typically involve a lot of hands-on learning and printed information and resources for her students to refer to when practicing their new skills.
Sarah’s art has been displayed in the Seattle Metals Guild and Bainbridge Arts & Craft exhibitions. Her work is sold at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. To view her recent work, visit at: www.foggyroaddesigns.com.
Designed as a user's guide to BARN ETA studio, this free orientation session is highly recommended for all participants. It will cover everything from studio etiquette and policies to an overview of what we have and where stuff is.
You'll get to see the 3D printers, laser cutter, soldering station, hand tools and more. Overall BARN policies as well as studio-specific ones will also be covered.
Participants will also learn about the leadership structure within ETA and about opportunities to participate in helping everything run smoothly. Volunteer jobs range range from serving as studio monitors to helping with studio maintenance.
This class has prerequisites. Please see the description below before registering.
With your introductory level of linocut printmaking skills in your tool-box, it’s time to take it to the next level! This class explores several linocut printmaking techniques you can use to create multi-color relief prints.
Jigsaw Printmaking:
Using one linoleum block to create multi-color prints by cutting the block into sections, inking each section individually, and then piecing them back together to run through the press.
Multi-Block Printmaking:
Using more than one linoleum block to create multi-layer prints.
Registration Techniques:
Learning how to make sure your blocks and paper line up perfectly!
We talk about several techniques and use Ternes-Burton pins for registration.
Selective Inking Techniques:
Inking different colors on one block
Rainbow rolls and gradients
We will carve on unmounted ‘Battleship Gray Linoleum’ printing blocks and printing on Somerset Satin paper with Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash inks.
Kathryn Anderson - An artist, printmaker and Tacoma resident, Kathryn studied at The Art Students League in Manhattan, N.Y., and was a Fine Arts Printmaking major at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. She sells her work internationally and is represented by two galleries in Washington state.
She is most inspired by the natural world, and many of her works show the influence of her gardening, bird watching, and excursions into the wild.
Kathryn’s work focuses mainly on printmaking, specifically linocut and etching. This work is her passion.
Website (Portfolio): https://www.ktastudio.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathy.traxler.anderson
Learn the basics of MIG (Metal Inert Gas) welding, which is the easiest welding to learn and has broad applications.
In this 2.5-hour, hands-on introduction, you will learn how to weld metal together with both a tack weld and a bead, creating different types of joints. The class will give you the ability to identify and remedy any problems with the bead. The class begins with a safety briefing, and includes instruction on the use of a handheld grinder.
By the end of the class, you will have the opportunity to weld a simple, open-top metal box.
The class is limited to three participants to ensure one-on-one learning and direct mentoring. Each participant will have the use of a fully equipped Miller 215 welder and welding station.
Ages 14 and up are welcome.
Henry Sharpe is an amateur welder and is active in BARN’s Metal and Woodworking Studios. (henrysharpe@gmail.com).
Get checked out on the Woodworking Studio’s major power tools not covered in the Tool Safety Checkout 1 class.
Completing this class qualifies you to use the following tools during open studio time or in classes that have this as a prerequisite:
Achieve proficiency on these power tools.
Dave Roe
This class was orginally scheduled for February 4th, please note the new class date.
Designed for students who have taken Introduction to the Jeweler's Torch and want to learn how to solder earring posts, chain links, bails, joints and mixed metals to hone their torch skills. All of these skills learned in this class, with practice, will help you feel more confident and ready for project classes.
Each student gets to take home their soldering sample exercises and handouts for future practice and revision.
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.
This hands-on class allows you to learn basic blacksmithing techniques such as drawing, bending, and twisting and then advance to splitting, scrolling, and punching. And you get to take home your projects!
Blacksmithing is heating pieces of wrought iron or steel until the metal becomes soft enough for shaping with hand tools, such as a hammer, anvil, and chisel. Heating generally takes place in a forge fueled by propane, natural gas, coal, charcoal, or oil. In this class, you design, complete and take home simple projects such as bracelets, triangles, hooks, spoons, tools, and more. The class includes an introduction to heat treating, if appropriate for the projects undertaken.
Location: This is an off-site class. 9392 Wardwell Ave. NEBainbridge Island
Jeremy Loerch - Jeremy is a successful small-business owner of Monkey Wrench Fabrication, a studio focused on original pieces made from all types of metal. Expertise includes teaching and curriculum development for youth, as well as adult programming. Contact: jeremy_loerch@hotmail.com or (206) 992-8509.
David Hays, Metal Fab Studio, metal.lead@bainbridgebarn.org
Learn the basic features of VCarve Pro, a popular program used to make signs, engravings, intricate inlays and imported 3D shapes and models on computer-controlled routers.
VCarve Pro is easier to learn than Fusion 360, the other 3D design program taught at BARN, and can be used for projects on both the large CNC router in the Woodworking Studio and the small CNC router in the ETA Lab.
Session 1 is in the ETA studio so you can use the VCarve Pro software to design an 8x16" sign and prototype your design on ETA's laser cutter. In session 2, we meet in the Woodworking Studio to carve it on the CNC router.
Please note: To take this class, you need a laptop computer with a mouse and a working copy of VCarve Pro 11 already downloaded to that computer (you can download a free trial at www.vectric.com). The software requires a PC or a MAC that has Windows installed. There is no time during class to download the program. If you have questions or run into problems downloading the program, please email the instructor for help. If you don't have a laptop you can bring to class, you may use an ETA Studio desktop computer with the software already loaded.
Al Ebken - Al is a retired ocean engineer with many years of computer and computer-aided design experience. In the picture, he's using the Woodworking Studio's CNC router to make parts for face shields to protect against coronavirus infection.
Valentine’s Day is coming so let’s create paper sculpture(s) for yourself or that special someone in your life.
Use quilling and paper sculpture to create hearts and/or flowers that can become wall hangings, garlands, or ornaments. It’s up to your imagination!
Small-scale paper sculptures are the focus for this class. Lightweight papers are easiest to work with and shape but we can also explore some lighter cover stock.
You create hearts and flowers for wall hangings, garlands, or ornaments using quilling and paper sculpture.
Some of these will be available for the class but bring your own if you’d like:
Fine motor skills, good vision, and a love for paper are all that are necessary.
Christa Schoenbrodt is founder and owner of Studio Haus, a thriving design studio for more than 25 years. Much of Christa’s career has involved paper so it’s only natural that it’s also part of her personal exploration of art. She is motivated by a curiosity to explore various forms of media and a pursuit for beauty. A question she often repeats to herself starts with “What if…” and ends with a new creative outlet. She can be found experimenting her way through mediums of paper sculpture, printmaking and fiber arts—at times individually and other times all at once. She loves being a member of the BARN community!
If you're interested in becoming a volunteer or a paid dishwasher for our scheduled classes, this is the place to start.
This training is for dishwashers and volunteer kitchen assistants who help out during our classes. Volunteering in classes is a great way to learn new skills and recipes.
In this orientation, we will be making chocolate chip cookies as you learn how to navigate our commercial kitchen.
Curious about what upcoming classes could really use your help? Click here to see the Kitchen Arts volunteer opportunities calendar.
Contact: Marcela Sandoval marcela.sandoval@bainbridgebarn.org
Our Learn to Sew series teaches skills through simple projects – this class project is a zip pouch.
If you’re new to sewing, join us for all or just some of our Learn to Sew classes where you can gain new skills and have your good practices reinforced. Skills covered are cutting with a rotary cutter, sewing with a consistent seam allowance, looking at the typical "order of operations" for a sewing project, and gaining more confidence using a sewing machine.
Projects are designed to teach specific skills:
Feb. 9: Zip Pouch (installing a zipper, making boxed corners)
March 9: Drawstring Bag (making a casing, making buttonholes)
April 13: Simple Tote Bag (sewing a larger project, applying a magnetic snap)
May 11: Apron (applying bias binding, topstitch)
A zip pouch with zipper and boxed corners.
A $15 materials fee is included in the price of the class.
You must have completed Learn How to Use the Fiber Studio Sewing Machines.
Skill Level: Beginning
Fran Fuller learned to sew when she was 6 or 7 from her mother, who was a precise, creative, and inspiring sewist and a very patient teacher. Fran sewed her own clothes through high school and college, and now she sews clothing, home decorating items, and bags.
Discover ways to generate ideas and how to use bindings and structures to express them.
Learning different book structures and bindings is fun and satisfying. But sometimes we want to move beyond the blank book and incorporate meaningful content. This workshop will help you find ways to generate ideas and ways to incorporate them into different bindings.
We begin with some simple exercises, using writing and idea prompts. Then we edit and winnow them down to their essentials and look at different bindings and structures to express those ideas. Time permitting prior to the workshop, you receive some simple tasks via email to provide some initial fodder to work with.
MJ Linford has been an artist for over 50 years, and has been binding books for most of those years. She made her first bound book at age 16, and still has it in her collection. MJ has had extensive training in bookbinding, pop-up and movable structures, both at the University of Washington and a variety of seminars, workshops and courses over the past 40 years. Her limited edition books are in libraries, museums and private collections all over the United States. Examples of her work can be seen at www.badgirlpress.com.
Get introduced to 3D printing by seeing BARN's printers up close and gain an understanding of how they work.
See a computer file get readied for printing in a process called "slicing." See our different printers and learn about filament, the material 3D printers use to make prints.
You will start a print and see the printer actually print. 3D printing has many uses, ranging from practical to fun, such as replacement parts, mold-making, medical models used in surgery, prototypes, and more. Bring your curiosity and questions. You can continue to use the 3D printers during open studio times when a studio monitor or other member can help you.
Optional: Bring a laptop with PrusaSlicer, a software tool for 3D printing, installed.
Rick Gordon
Take an unbiased, unvarnished look at current publishing options and how to approach them, from “Big 5” traditional publishers to small presses, to self-publishing (with or without service companies), to hybrid and other emerging models.
Examine the pros and cons of each choice, realistic costs and income potential, as well as pitfalls to avoid. Most importantly, we’ll look at how each writer’s goals and strengths can help them make a decision that's best for them.
This class will enable you to:
1. Identify the broad range of choices available for publishing: big presses, small presses, independent self publishing, subsidy and “author assisted” presses, and emerging models.
2. Gain a realistic impression of the costs, timing, and logistics involved in producing a book.
3. Have clear guidelines (a checklist of questions) to help you consider the best options for your specific situation.
Beth Jusino -A publishing consultant for both traditional and self-publishing authors, Beth has almost 20 years' experience helping writers navigate the complicated space between manuscript and final book. A former literary agent and marketing director, she’s the author of the award-winning The Author’s Guide to Marketing and has ghostwritten or collaborated on half a dozen additional titles. Beth is a member of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild, a regular speaker for Seattle Public Library’s #SeattleWrites workshops, and has taught at writers’ conferences across the country. Visit her online at www.bethjusino.com or on Twitter @bethjusino.
Learn how to add 24k gold to your creations, using an ancient Korean technique called Keum-boo.
During this project class you will make a pendant or a pair of earrings out of .999 fine silver. Then learn how to bond 24k gold to it creating a stunning and unique piece of wearable art.
The materials and tools needed for the project will be provided for use during this class.
Sarah’s art has been displayed in the Seattle Metals Guild and Bainbridge Arts & Craft exhibitions. Her work is sold at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. To view her recent work, visit at: www.foggyroaddesigns.com
Learn about fine silver, silver foil, and dichroic glass while creating your own cosmic torchworked bead.
Fine silver and dichroic glass are two of the most versatile and attractive applications that can be added to torchwork (often called lampwork or flamework) glass.
This class includes discussions about fine silver and its various forms and applications. Beyond silver's familiar shine, a variety of mystical looking colors and effects can be created with the heat of the torch. Also covered is silver foil, and dichroic glass - a glass that appears to be one color in reflected light, and another color when light shines through it.
Using what's been learned, you create a cosmic bead with the glittering stars and purple-blue atmospheres of faraway galaxies.
Orientation to Torchwork and Introduction to Beadmaking.
Michele has taught lampworking at Oregon Institute of Technology and Klamath Community College, and has written articles for Softflex Jewelry Company.
This free Tech Talk explores how passive listening sonar can be used to screen for cardiovascular disease.
The stethoscope is the iconic low-cost, “passive listening” device in diagnostic medicine. Unfortunately, even with modern digital technology, the basic acoustic principles of the stethoscope have not changed since its invention by Rene Laennec in 1816. The principles are the transduction and aural interpretation of sound-induced vibration performed at a sequence of single points on the body surface. By contrast, modern passive sonar has been evolving rapidly in the naval submarine underwater sound community since World War II. Coincidentally, since World War II, cardiovascular disease has become the number one killer of women and men in America (697,000 deaths in 2020 compared to 598,000 from cancer and 375,000 from Covid). This presentation discusses the nature of coronary artery disease, the options available for early diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD) and why/how modern passive listening SONAR (SOund Navigation and Ranging) is being formulated to screen for CAD.
Norman L. Owsley has had two overlapping careers in the research and development of digital passive sonar systems - four decades in submarine acoustics and three decades in medical acoustics that culminated in the founding of Phonoflow Medical Corp. In both careers, he has applied the same “tool box” to two distinctly different problems - the common threads being statistical signal processing, structural acoustics and turbulent flow and fluid dynamics. Whether it is the hunt for “Red October” or the diagnosis of pre-symptomatic, obstructive coronary artery disease, both are sonar-friendly.
This class offers about two hours of hands-on instruction in Tungsten Inert Gas welding, different types of welds, and torch and filler rod manipulation.
About this Class
Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) welding is generally recognized as the welding technique of choice for artisans and more exotic materials including aluminum and stainless steel.
TIG welding is more difficult to learn than Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding since it requires greater hand/eye coordination and the simultaneous use of both hands and one foot (controlling the amperage pedal.) TIG welding is a precision process particularly useful in high-grade artwork and metal sculpture.
The class includes shop safety and hazard awareness and proper use of personal protection equipment.
Patrick Clanton - Patrick is a professional welder with more than 30 years of experience. He participates in the artisan community on Bainbridge as a welder in support of other artists and as a sculptor in his own right. Patrick Clanton Email: PHClanton@hotmail.com
If you're looking to tackle a project but want some help to develop and complete it, this guided open studio is for you.
You and up to two other woodworkers will have access to an instructor to guide your work. You will share the shop and tools with others, just as in any open studio. These sessions are scheduled on the second and fourth Sundays of each month.
This experience promises to build your woodworking knowledge while increasing confidence and skill using the woodshop. It is open to beginning woodworkers, as well as those with more experience who are seeking help with an unfamiliar process or a technical challenge, such as determining the most suitable joinery or designing a jig.
Purchase your own materials.
Ages 14 and up are welcome. (unless otherwise specified in class details, in which case omit)
Ben Dykstra has been a woodworker for almost 30 years and has expertise in custom furniture and high-end kitchen cabinetry. He has worked with youth for more than 10 years and currently teaches middle school woodshop and high school technical drawing and CAD.
In this class you will learn about basic metal cutting, and the tools in the BARN machine shop studio used for drilling, turning, milling, sawing and grinding. There will be a basic demonstration of what the drill press, lathe, milling machine, cut off saw, band saw, and surface grinder do. Throughout, there will be an emphasis on safety issues surrounding these powerful and potentially dangerous machines.
