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Jane Stafford’s Online Weaving Guild for 2021 will focus on Lace Weaves. BARN is sponsoring watch parties for each episode. We will break the episodes into two viewings, reserving 90 minutes per viewing. You will be sent a zoom link one day prior to each session. We will gather online and through the magic of screen sharing, watch the episode and chat as we view them. You must be a subscriber to the JST guild, per agreement with Jane Stafford. We hope to be back in the studio at some point, and will set up a "hybrid" model, allowing some to come into BARN and others to watch on-line.
Details:
2021 Viewing Schedule
Group Host: Catherine Camp, ccamp@bainbridgebarn.org
More about the instructor Jane Stafford:
Jane began weaving at the age of 21, purchasing a new Fanny with the help of a chattel mortgage on her Chevette. Before two years were up she was accepted as an under-qualified, but very ambitious student at the Baniff School of Fine Arts. Two years later she was a teacher’s assistant there and, in a few more, an instructor herself. In subsequent years, Jane has had the great fortune to be able to earn a living doing what she loves most, weaving, and sharing her passion for excellence in cloth. Jane has been both a production weaver and a workshop instructor, helping students reach their potential across the continent, for over 25 years. She was the recipient of the “Teacher of the Year” award for 2014 from Handwoven Magazine. Jane now teaches exclusively in her studio on beautiful Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
**This workshop will be live streamed via Zoom.**
Inspired by spring herbs and vegetables available at the farmer’s market, you’ll make a seasonal Springtime Herb Quiche with a Simple Salad that’s sure to be a go-to brunch favorite. The quiche will be in the oven by the end of class and the Simple Salad will be ready for the table.
In this class, you’ll make one vegetarian quiche and a seasonal salad plus dressing to serve up to 6 (or with leftovers). You’ll learn tips for making your own crust, how to make store-bought better and how to make a more frittata-like version to meet various dietary needs.
This is a live, hands-on cooking class held in your kitchen via Zoom. Reed will be guiding you through from start to getting the quiche in the oven and the salad on the table. This class is meant to be as interactive as it would be in the BARN Kitchen.
Instructor Bio:
Reed Dunn is an award-winning home cook and founder of Pesto & Potatoes, a food blog centered around creating healthy recipes with a pescatarian flair. His love of cooking started as a child growing up in small-town Kansas and has been fostered in recent years by his passion for the Whole30 program and the benefits he found through creating meals and recipes that are centered around seasonal ingredients. He has been featured on New Day Northwest and Clean Eating Magazine. Find Reed’s blog at pestoandpotatoes.com, or follow him on Instagram and Facebook @pestoandpotatoes.
Feeling a bit rusty on how to use Woodworking Studio tools safely? Sign up for a refresher class where you and a few other students will be able to get a review, ask questions and do some practice cuts on scrap wood.
To take this class, you must have already taken Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1 and Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2. If you haven't taken these classes, you will be able to sign up when we resume offering them in May.
Instructor: Jeff Williams
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Please avoid dangling jewelry or loose clothing. Long hair must be tied back.
The instructor Beth Ireland, is passionate about demystifying tools and sharing her love of woodworking with students at all levels and ages. Beth will show you how to substitute a few clamps for the vise on a dedicated woodworking bench so that you can safely and accurately cut pieces to shape. You will learn fine points of measuring and marking, then progress to cutting two kinds of woodworking joints — a through-tenon and finger joints. You will be able to use these techniques later to build projects such as benches and boxes.
Make a stand for an iPad, cell phone or cookbook in a class designed to inspire and equip you to use easily available materials to make simple things for your home — even if you are an absolute beginner and your only shop space is a kitchen counter or table.
Included in the kit/materials fee:
What you will need to supply:
You will be responsible for supplying the following tools and supplies, some of which you may already have. Shop for the others at your local hardware store or order online. If you need to buy everything, the total will come to around $80, before tax and shipping, if you order via the links below. It's fine to substitute similar tools from other manufacturers. If you are not sure whether a tool you already own will work, please email a picture to the instructor at beth.ireland@verizon.net.
In addition, please set up your work space before the class. If you will be working on a table or countertop, have thin cardboard, such as the back of a writing tablet, to protect the surface. Also have a desk light or other concentrated light source so you can see pencil marks clearly and show your work during the class to get help from the instructor.
Instructor Bio: Beth Ireland earned her undergraduate degree from the State University College at Buffalo and an MFA in sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has been running her company, Beth Ireland Woodworking, since 1983. Her business provides woodworking with a specialization in architectural and artistic woodturning. Ireland has been involved in a traveling art/craft project entitled Turning Around America since 2010. She also teaches the 3-month Professional Woodturning Intensive at The Center For Furniture Craftsmanship. She lives and works in Saint Petersburg, Florida.
The Writers Studio is happy to announce the revival of Word Sprint-- 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
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: Sallie Maron Writers.Lead@bainbridgebarn.org
Fiber friends, you are so missed! We look forward to welcoming you all back to the studio someday, seeing all of your gorgeous projects, and hearing the looms, the sewing machines, and—best of all—your laughter!
A small step toward that day is to rebuild our monitor and volunteer team. You are invited to participate in the monitor training session on revised studio safety protocols, best practices, and monitor procedures.
Of course, masks, social-distancing, hand-sanitizing, and all other BARN and studio protocols will be in force
Note: you do need to be a BARN member to be a studio monitor.
If you've already taken at least one bowl-turning class at BARN but want a refresher after the long closure, this class will help you renew your gouge skills and safety practices.
The instructor will give a brief overview of the lathe, show how to mount stock and review the sequential steps needed to turn a bowl, including mounting and re-mounting, how to present the gouge and how to prevent “catches.” Once you feel comfortable, you will be able to practice on stock that BARN will provide.
Instructor: Jamie Straw
Join us for this demonstration introducing viewers to the Lost Wax Casting Process. BARN is now offering a "Casting by Proxy" service to Members who wish to have their wax or 3d models cast. All are welcome to join this free online event to observe.
Members are encouraged to drop off their wax models or other objects for casting at BARN one week before. Due to limited space in the kiln, you must register for a spot to have your items casted. Reservation must be made by April 14th to have your items casted for this viewing event. Please click here to read more and reserve a spot in the kiln for this presentation.
Nanz Aalund’s wide ranging career as a jewelry designer, goldsmith, and educator, began with high school shop classes. After serving as a fine jewelry designer and marketing consultant for Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Tiffany & Co., Aalund taught jewelry and metals classes at the University of Washington and at the Art Institute in Seattle. Earning a Masters of Fine Art (MFA/Metals) and a Masters of Education/College and Technical Teaching Curriculum (CTTC). Her work has been exhibited both national and internationally since the 1980’s. She authored the book, “Masters Gold,” published by Lark Books in 2009 and her most recent publication, “A Jeweler’s Guide to Apprenticeship” published in 2017 for MJSA, received a national AM&P Excel Award in 2018.
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.
Join Chef Meloni Courtway for a virtual hands-on cooking class (via zoom) to assemble a “fool your family” worthy vegan lasagna. This meal full of veggies and “ricotta” will impress even your most carnivorous diners. Participants will prepare and assemble a large vegan lasagna (6 servings) to be baked after class. During our session we’ll learn lasagna assembly, how to make almond ricotta, and how to make hemp seed parmesan. The shopping and equipment list will be in your registration confirmation email.
This is a great class for a teenage or beginner cook!
Meloni Courtway is a professionally trained chef, published food writer and certified teacher of culinary foundations and consumer sciences at Woodward Middle School on Bainbridge Island. As owner of Courtway Catering, a small event company dedicated to making cooking skills and team building part of every kitchen, she taught intimate in home classes and large scale farm workshops, as well as catering events. She has written for Gannett and New York Times publications, and was one of the New York Times first paid food bloggers (at least 100 years ago). Meloni loves working with kids and adults as they explore their own power and capabilities in the kitchen. She also loves pie.
Let BARN “Zoom” you to Italy! Is there anything more romantic than springtime in Tuscany? BARN is inviting you to spend a lovely morning cooking with our friends Sharon and Alessandro Gargani from their home in Florence. Sharon and Alessandro will teach you how to prepare the delicious, Pesce spada agli agrumi, semi di finocchio e olive (*Swordfish with citrus, fennel seed and black olive sauce) and for dessert, Crostata di Limone (lemon tart). *Note: any firm fish can be substituted; Halibut, or Chilean sea bass, for example.
Have a friend or family member join you in your kitchen. Cooking together is fun!
The class will include recipes, procedures, cooking tips and techniques as well as information about the history of these dishes. The class is taught in English, but some Italian will be spoken as well.
Instructor Bios:
Alessandro Gargani was born into the restaurant business. Like so many Italians, Alessandro grew up with a love of food and tradition. Alessandro started his professional career in the mess hall of the Italian Air Force and then worked in his family's trattoria. He moved to NYC in 2002 where he was executive chef at the award winning Mezzogiorno, an Italian restaurant located in Manhattan’s Soho district. In 2010, Alesssandro returned home to open Cucina del Garga in his hometown of Florence.
Sharon Gargani is an accomplished restaurateur, artist and cookbook author. Originally from Canada, she spent much of her childhood in Winnipeg. As a young woman with a sense of adventure, Sharon traveled to Europe, eventually meeting a young handsome artist named Giuliano Gargani.
In 1979, Giuliano Gargani and Sharon Oddson-Gargani opened Trattoria Garga, a Florentine eatery. Trattoria Garga has been mentioned in articles in Gourmet Magazine, Saveur, Bon Appetit, The New York Times among many others. Recipes from the restaurant have also been featured on The Food Network’s television program, Rachel Ray’s 30-Minute Meals, Diners-Drive Ins and Dives with Guy Fieri and in cookbooks such as Williams Sonoma-Florence. A full collection of recipes from both the trattoria and from Sharon’s cooking school can be found in her book “Once Upon a Tuscan Table – Tales and Recipes from Trattoria Garga” published by Camino Books in 2006.
The international clientele included, among others, Donna Karan, Tom Ford, Oliver Stone, Mel Brooks, Zubin Metha, Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Sting, The Eagles, The Steve Matthew’s Band the King, and Queen of Belgium and the Queen of Denmark.
Escape for a few hours and spend the morning with us exploring the national dish of El Salvador. Chef and teacher Meloni Courtway will share her secrets to making Pupusas and Curtido. Pupusas are corn based griddle cake filled with a savory filling. We will be serving these up with a side of slaw - Curtido. This live, hands-on cooking class will be taught via zoom from the comfort of your home and we invite you to share this experience with others in your household.
Study with University of Washington Printmaking Professor Curt Labitzke. This exciting new class is designed for anyone interested in learning a variety of printmaking processes at home without a press using non-toxic, water-based materials. This is an all levels class, beginners encouraged!
Long before the printing press was invented artists and craft peoples have used direct printmaking techniques to express themselves and embellish their surroundings. In your own space you will learn how to use stencils, relief printing, rubbings, and direct transfer methods along with hand coloring and collage to create your own individual artworks.
No previous print or drawing experience is necessary. Students will be provided with a basic supply kit. This class will incorporate synchronous, live learning. Emphasis will be placed upon personal artistic development along with learning traditional craft skills and innovative contemporary drawing and print techniques. By the end of the third session each student should have several finished pieces suitable for framing.
Curt Labitzke is an associate professor of printmaking at the University of Washington. His work is represented at the Island Gallery on Bainbridge Island and La Bottega dell Acquaforte Gallery in Laguna Beach, California. Curt's work was included in the group of Seattle Regional Printmakers shows at Roby King Gallery in 2013 and 2014. He has shown in galleries internationally in Italy, France, Chile and Mexico.
Share your woodworking successes and challenges and learn what others in the BARN woodworker community are doing in a new series of online meetings.
Scheduled on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of the month these sessions will usually begin with a small bit of prepared content, such as pictures of projects that members want to show, or interviews with local pro woodworkers, or tours of home shops — whatever content members of the group suggest. After the prepared content, we’ll have a chance to touch base on areas of interest with each other. You can ask technical questions, share lessons you've learned, suggest classes you'd like to take.
If you have pictures to share or a topic to suggest, please email woodclasses@bainbridgebarn.org.
Instructor: Greg Engemann
If you've already taken at least one woodturning class at BARN and want to renew your safety practices and gouge skills, this class is for you.
The instructor will lead a brief overview of the lathe and how to mount stock, then review how to present the gouge and prevent “catches.” Once you feel comfortable, you will be able to practice turning some shapes on wood that BARN will provide. The focus of this class is on turning between centers, not making bowls.
Instructor: Bob Abresch
Setting is more than just a backdrop. Distinct, vivid settings can help you create mood, establish your story’s wider world, and even develop your characters. In this workshop, we’ll look at both classic and modern texts to learn how setting can create a variety of effects. We’ll also use prompts to craft settings that are unique and authentic. Workshop participants will create new work in class, but are welcome to bring their works-in-progress to use in some of the exercises.
Tina Tocco is a Pushcart Prize nominee. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, including New Ohio Review, River Styx, Crab Creek Review, Passages North, Potomac Review, Italian Americana, Best Small Fictions 2019, and Best Nonfiction Food (2020). Tina earned her MFA in creative writing from Manhattanville College, where she was editor-in-chief of Inkwell. She is a Reader in Residence for the flash fiction journal SmokeLong Quarterly and teaches both adults and teens for various arts organizations.
To use the shop, you will also need to attend our free one-hour Orientation to the Woodshop class.
Woodshop Tool Safety 1 will qualify you to use the following tools during Open Studio time and in classes that require certification in these tools:
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.
Azure Boure’ is a member of the Suquamish Tribe where she works as an educator in the Traditional Food & Medicine Program for her community, Islandwood, and, other organizations. She has a Bachelors of Science in Native Environmental Science from Northwest Indian College. Gathering traditional foods and plants from our region is a passion of hers and teaching others those skills is what fulfills her!
BARN is delighted to welcome Chinese food cookbook author Hsiao-Ching Chou! She’ll show you (from her lovely kitchen studio via zoom) how to create four delicious vegetarian stir-fries from her newest cookbook, Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food: Deliciously Doable Ways to Cook Asian Greens, Tofu, and Other Plant-Based Ingredients.
Hsiao-Ching Chou celebrates ways to incorporate more vegetables into everyday cooking! Learn about basic wok styles and stir-frying techniques. Most recipes are flexible and can be adapted for ingredients on hand, so once you learn these dishes, you have infinite ways to mix-and-match for future versions.
What you’ll learn:
Basic tips on woks, stir-frying, and ingredients / variations
Seared Tofu with Baby Bok Choy
Dry-Fried Brussels Sprouts
Carrots and Celery with Spiced Tofu
Taiwanese Cabbage with Chili and Garlic
Hsiao-Ching Chou is the author of Chinese Soul Food (Sasquatch, 2018) and Vegetarian Chinese Soul Food (Sasquatch, Jan. 2021). She teaches Chinese home cooking at schools in the Seattle area. She serves as the chair of the James Beard Foundation’s Book Awards Committee, and as a member of the board of directors for the Ballard Food Bank. By day, she’s a communications manager in the biomedical research industry.
**This workshop will be conducted via live streaming with Zoom.**
This classic bead weaving pattern creates a distinctive shape using only two different beads . . . size 11 seed beads and small round top drilled pearls. The simple repetitive pattern, which is easy to learn and fun to practice, results in a lovely delicate necklace that is stunning in any length. Bead weaving basics and tools will be reviewed and alternative supply options for further exploration will be discussed. Satisfaction and “pearl-fection” is guaranteed!
This class is for BEGINNERS and all levels welcome.
Class time is PACIFIC STANDARD TIME.
Chris Eisenberg discovered beading while recovering from an accident and the resulting traumatic brain injury. Beading was intensive therapy for Chris and has been medically credited for helping restore significant brain function. Chris holds a PhD in classical piano performance and opera direction from the University of Northern Colorado and is currently on the faculty at Central Washington University in Ellensburg WA as a performance coach and collaborator. She has previously taught art workshops at the Autumn Artist Retreat and in the Iron Mountain Arts studio near Port Gamble.
Grab your beverage of choice and hop online to visit with others who love GLASS! This event falls on Cinco de Mayo, so feel free to get festive... margaritas, anyone?
This month's Happy Hour will have a 'Show & Tell' theme, so bring a glass project to share with the group, or just come to listen and enjoy seeing what others have created. Each person who wishes to share will have a few minutes to talk about their piece and any special techniques they used or lessons learned through the project. Participants are also welcome to show a piece in their collection made by another artist.
All are welcome, from complete beginners to experienced glass artists. We look forward to seeing you there!
This event 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.
Learn basic safety principles of key woodworking power tools with the goal of being checked out to use them during the BARN Woodshop's 30 hours a week of Open Studio time. This is a hands-on course and students will be given a piece of wood to cut and shape according to specific measurements. (This is a companion to the Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 2 class. The Woodshop Tool Safety 2 class may be taken before or after taking this Woodshop Tool Safety 1 class. Please see the calendar for more details.)
This is a Beta class offered to invited staff, Board and Studio Leads. We will have a class for our members and guests soon!
Homemade Ghee (Clarified Butter) is unparalleled in flavor! Join BARN Kitchen Volunteer Coordinator Sandra Mehta as she walks you through the process of making this liquid gold at home.
From the comfort of your home kitchen, you will learn:
How to prepare a quick & simple Ghee recipe
The various ways Ghee can be used from culinary, health, beauty, and even household applications!
Come join in the fun and keep your pantry well-stocked with this versatile and delicious ingredient. This is a live, virtual, hands-on cooking class from the comfort of your own kitchen via Zoom, as if you were in the BARN Kitchen. Sandra's vast knowledge of Indian cuisine will keep you engaged, following along and asking questions. The aromas you will create in your home will leave you wondering why you haven’t taken more Indian cooking classes. This class is interactive, as well as hands on. Follow along, ask questions, interact with others just like you would if you were in the BARN Kitchen.
Sandra Mehta has been a home cook for 30+ years! Her interest in cooking sparked off as a teenager when she was assigned the job of sous chef in her family’s home kitchens. She didn’t know it at the time but she was getting a rigorous and advanced education of what it means to prepare food, combine complex flavors, detect for ‘doneness’, blend spices, and offer it all up in tantalizing and mouth-watering presentations! Sandra is excited to share her experience, skills, knowledge, heritage, and passion for cooking and entertaining with you in a series of BARN cooking classes!
Join artist Susan Callan and other fellow artists who have traveled, kept journals en route, and didn’t leave the urge-to-art at home. Perhaps the art was an annotated menu, an adorned map, a hurried sketch of a stranger on a train, or a full-page of paint to capture a unique scene. Art stirs the traveler’s memory to re-live that moment, and the trip. Years later, it draws readers in, providing a time capsule – in art and words.
A travel journal can start with either bought or handcrafted books; it can be slim and sparse of content or bursting with your experiences. They are all priceless treasures.
Bring your favorite ‘artified’ travel journal to the Conversation. Bring questions, or tips you’ve picked up along the way. We’ll all be enriched by each other’s efforts.
The challenge between the 1st & 2nd session? Just for an afternoon, be a tourist in your own neighborhood. Create one or two bits of art. Bring them to life with a few well-chosen words. Build on your past AND the Conversation’s first session. We’ll show & share results in the 2nd session...and, wish everyone a Bon Voyage d’ART on their next trip.
These sessions promise to be lively - with comments, Q&As, creativity and laughter. Don't miss it!
The first session will be a presentation of recent work by the guest artist. The second session will be a group sharing of participants' work inspired by the presentation.
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These events will be held each month on the first and second Friday of the month. The subject will change each month.
Wow Mom or a special person with your very own cake masterpiece! In this Master Class, Christine Chapman, creative force of Crumbs Cakery, will teach you how to make the perfect stripes on your cake. In the first part of this class we will bake a delicious vanilla cake, make swiss meringue buttercream and a strawberry conserve. On the second day we will torte, fill and ice the cake. To turn it into something special, Christine will show you how to create colored buttercream stripes on a cake and to top it all off a lovely modeling chocolate peony.
This is a live, hands-on cooking class held in your kitchen via Zoom. This class is meant to be as interactive as it would be in the BARN Kitchen. Participants will learn how to make a deliciously beautiful striped cake from scratch.
To ensure delicious results, every participant will need the following items listed below:
Christine Chapman has 20 years of cake decorating experience. She is the owner of Crumbs Cakery, a custom cake studio on Bainbridge Island. Christine is a self taught cake artist and opened her shop 6 years ago on the island. Her work is known for its realistic art projects (dragons, robots, superheroes, etc ) and has been featured in numerous magazines. Check out her Instagram account crumbs.cakery to see her latest work!
