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• BARN Facility Closed Until Phase 3 Has Been Approved

  • Start
    Monday, June 29, 2020
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  • End
    Monday, August 17, 2020
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  BARN will remain closed to members and the public until Kitsap County is approved for Phase 3 of the state's Safe Start plan. The calendar will be updated once we can safely reopen.
  

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• Rhino3D Training with Gary Dawson (Online)

  • Start
    Wednesday, July 22, 2020
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    (PDT)
  • End
    Wednesday, September 02, 2020
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    (PDT)
  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom Online Class, Class Code JE072220GD
  • Spaces left
    8

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

  In March 2020, McNeel & Assoc. released the 6.0 version of their software Rhinoceros3D for Windows or Mac. This glitch free, 3D modeling software has been an industry standard for boat design, interior design, model making, furniture design, and jewelry design for 30 years.

  This class, taught by a McNeel & Assoc. certified Rhino trainer, Gary Dawson, is a Level I Training for the Rhinoceros3D CAD application, suitable for beginning to intermediate users of Rhino 6. Students will learn to use the command pathways necessary to utilize this software in creating files for use with BARN’s 3D printers, laser cutter, lathes, and CnC routers.

  Continuing additional classes in applying Rhino 3D files to run each different tool in the Jewelry, Metal Fabrication or Electronic & Technical arts studios will be required. Please watch studio calendars or subscribe to studio email alerts for upcoming classes by clicking here.
  

  Details:

  • This 7 session class will be presented through video live streaming.
  • IMPORTANT: A link to join the class will be sent to you by the instructor before the start of each session. Please watch for these emails as the links will be unique to each session.

  Students should have: 

  • A good working knowledge of the Windows operating system.
  • Ability to control a mouse or equivalent pointing device with precision.
  • Students will receive an email from Rhino a few days after registering on how to download the Rhino software. All students will receive a full version for free. In the email you receive, please click the link to accept. That takes you to a Rhino3D sign in page where you create a user login. After you login to the group you see a link "view and download products available to BARN Rhino". From there you can download Rhino3D for Mac or Windows. After installing the software, when it starts up, you choose the option to sign in using the same username and password you created for the BARN Rhino group. You will then use that same login and password to start the program when the class begins.
    
    

  Instructor Bio:

  Gary Dawson is owner of Gary Dawson Designs, an online custom design operation that was featured as a “Best of the Best” by Instore Magazine. Dawson has nearly 45 years experience in creating designs that capture the personalities and stories of his customers. "My 'thing' as an instructor, is that with over 40 years of designing and manufacturing, I'm quite keen on passing along the skills it takes to generate digital designs that can realistically be produced. I keep 'Manufacturing in Mind' in my instruction!" 

  
  

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• Woodworkers Online Gathering (2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month)

  • Start
    Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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    (PDT)
  • End
    Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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    (PDT)
  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    Zoom Room 2

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

  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.
  

  Details:

  • Free and open to all.
  • Registration is not required. But if you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom login instructions 1 day before each session. Please watch for this email. The login will be the same from week to week. You can sign up even if some sessions have already happened.
    
  • These meetings will be held via the Zoom video conferencing program. For a great video on how to use Zoom, watch this tutorial.

  
  

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• Labor Day Holiday

  • When
    Monday, September 07, 2020
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• Beginning Carving

  • Start
    Tuesday, September 08, 2020
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    (PDT)
  • End
    Tuesday, September 22, 2020
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    (PDT)
  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    BARN Woodshop, Class Code: WO090820JI
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Get a good foundation in carving techniques, including push, stop and draw cuts. In this three-session class, you will learn the basics of safe handling and use of carving knives the first night, then go on to learn how to deal with changes in wood grain, hollowing techniques, and other concepts as you make a spoon and carve a figure during the second and third sessions.

  This class is open to both beginning carvers and those who already have some carving experience. Each time BARN schedules this class, the carving projects are new.

  The instructor will use a close-up camera and projector while demonstrating techniques so you will be able to see details without needing to be closer than social distancing rules require. You will also be able to use the camera to show the instructor closeups of your work so he can give detailed advice.
  

  Details:

  • Open to ages 12 and older. No prior experience is needed.
  • Tuition assistance is available. Click here to apply.
  • BARN will supply carving tools to share, but students are also encouraged to bring their own.
    
  • Closed-toe shoes and a face mask are required. More safety details can be found here.
    
    

  Instructor: As a third-generation woodworker, Jeff Iller learned about woodworking tools and knives early on. By high school, he was winning ribbons with his wood carvings at his hometown fair. Around 1996 Jeff found room for a shop and he has carved ever since. He’ll carve most anything, but prefers to innovate with the working tools to carve multiple parts inside one piece of wood and to make physically detailed and accurate carvings of women's faces. Carvings on the entry sign to the BARN Woodworking Studio shows the quality of his work.

  Iller says he was taught early on that he could make anything from wood. He is still trying to prove that statement wrong.

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• Woodshop monthly meeting

  • When
    Saturday, September 12, 2020
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PDT)
  • Location
    BARN Great Room

  Join other woodworkers and those new to woodworking for the monthly general membership meeting of  BARN's Woodworking & Small Boatbuilding Studio. Held every second Saturday of the month.

  
  

  We always offer an informative presentation on some aspect of this craft, plus a short business meeting. It's a good opportunity to meet other woodworkers of all skill levels, learn what's new in the shop, and share your thoughts on class offerings and shop operations.

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• Woodshop monthly meeting

  • When
    Saturday, October 10, 2020
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PDT)
  • Location
    BARN Great Room

  Join other woodworkers and those new to woodworking for the monthly general membership meeting of  BARN's Woodworking & Small Boatbuilding Studio. Held every second Saturday of the month.

  
  

  We always offer an informative presentation on some aspect of this craft, plus a short business meeting. It's a good opportunity to meet other woodworkers of all skill levels, learn what's new in the shop, and share your thoughts on class offerings and shop operations.

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• Sketching for Creative Craftworkers

  • When
    Wednesday, October 28, 2020
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    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    BARN Small Classroom, Class Code: WO102820MG
  • Spaces left
    1

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  The first step in designing and making any object is translating the idea into a two-dimensional plan, and that starts with a drawing. In this class, you will learn how to add one- and two-point perspective to sketches as you experiment with different design ideas and settle on a final plan.

  This class is for beginners and people who want to revisit their drawing skills.  This class will be useful to you whatever your discipline.  

  Details:

  • Ages 14+ are welcome.
    

  Instructor: 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 has always found a great pleasure in communicating with young people.

  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. He is not political in his work - not even angry. He's looking for the fun and the whacky.

    

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• Woodshop monthly meeting

  • When
    Saturday, November 14, 2020
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    9:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PST)
  • Location
    BARN Great Room

  Join other woodworkers and those new to woodworking for the monthly general membership meeting of  BARN's Woodworking & Small Boatbuilding Studio. Held every second Saturday of the month.

  
  

  We always offer an informative presentation on some aspect of this craft, plus a short business meeting. It's a good opportunity to meet other woodworkers of all skill levels, learn what's new in the shop, and share your thoughts on class offerings and shop operations.

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• BARN CLOSED @ 7:00 pm - Preparations for Bazaar - No Member/Public Entry

  • When
    Friday, November 20, 2020
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    7:00 PM - 11:30 PM (PST)
  • Location
    BARN Wide Event

  BARN will be closed and the front and back doors locked down to both Members and Non-Members beginning at 7:00 PM on Friday night as we begin preparations for the Bazaar at BARN.

  Doors will reopen to all on Saturday, at 8:00 AM.

  If you have questions, please contact Carla our Membership Coordinator at Membership@bainbridgebarn.org.

  
  

  
  

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• 2020 BARN Bazaar

  • When
    Saturday, November 21, 2020
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    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (PST)
  • Location
    BARN wide event- No classes scheduled

  The BARN Bazaar is a new Bainbridge Island holiday tradition featuring a wide variety of art, crafts, and artisan foods, all made by hand. Buy direct from the maker at this annual celebration of the creativity that happens all year round at BARN. From jewelry to wood arts, basketry to weaving, you’ll find an unmatched selection of original handmade items.
  
  Kick off the holidays in homegrown style. Join us for a day of shopping, food, and community!
  

  BARN members wishing to participate in this event must be a member for a minimum of 3 months (must join by August 31st) to participate. You can contact Carla Mackey at membership@bainbridgebarn.org for an application which will be available TBD.

  

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• Beginning Woodworking: Power Tools

  • Start
    Saturday, December 05, 2020
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    (PST)
  • End
    Sunday, December 13, 2020
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    (PST)
  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    BARN Woodshop, Class Code: WO120520ME
  • Spaces left
    5

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  *This class has prerequisites. See below.

  Gain confidence in using a wide array of power tools safely in this three-week component of BARN's Intro to Woodworking series.

  You will build a sturdy, two-step stepstool of solid wood and plywood. The project was specifically designed to give you experience with the most common stationary and portable tools in the woodshop:
  

  • table saw
  • band saw
  • miter saw
  • jointer
    
  • planer
  • drill press
  • oscilating spindle sander
  • router
  • biscuit joiner
  • hand drill
  • impact driver
  • random orbit sander

  Details:

  • Open to ages 14+
  • * Prerequisites: Beginners are welcome, but you must first complete our free, one-hour Orientation to the Woodshop class plus Woodshop Tool Safety Checkout 1 and 2. If you have not taken these classes, please register for them before you sign up for this class. For more details, see the Woodshop calendar here.
    
  • If you want to take our full Beginning Woodworking series, you can take this class or Beginning Woodworking: Hand Tools in either order. Both classes are required to take Beginning Woodworking: Design & Build a Table.
  • Wear close-toe shoes, avoid loose clothing and dangling jewelry, and tie back long hair.

  Instructor: Mo Ellis
  

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• Model Making as an Aid to Design

  • Start
    Monday, February 22, 2021
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    (PST)
  • End
    Wednesday, February 24, 2021
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    (PST)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    BARN Small Classroom, Class Code: JE022221AV
  • Spaces left
    2

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  Have you ever built a project and then been disappointed by the design result? By making quick, easy scaled models first, you can play around with different design solutions and settle on one that incorporates your favorite elements — before you embark on building the full-size project in wood, metal or other materials. Scaled models are also useful for artists working on projects such as books with popup or fold-out elements.
  

  Designing anything in three dimensions really benefits from using three-dimensional models. In this two-session class, you will learn how to build scaled physical models that are classic 3-D design aids. You'll be working mostly with paper, card stock and basswood, and you will be encouraged to modify your models as you experiment with design and technique.

  This two session class covers:

  • tools and materials that professional modelmakers use.
  • how to choose the appropriate scale for your model, and why it's sometimes useful to scale up a model (if your ultimate project is small, such as a ring) as well as to scale down (if you are designing something big, such as a table).
  • tools useful for ensuring accurate models.
    
  • techniques for cutting, assembling and modifying accurate models.

  At the first session, you will learn about the tools and materials and make a simple model of a project suggested by the instructor. At the second session, you will make models and experiment with design options for a project of your own choosing. The overriding principle is to have fun both in making models as well as discovering how to further refine your design.

  Details:

  • Ages 14+ are welcome.
  • The materials fee includes the cost of an architect's scale, which you will be able to take home and use for future models.

  
  

  Instructor: Alec Vassiliadis studied models from a very young age. He built  lots of scale models of planes, cars and boats, and painted, altered and sometimes destroyed them. "So, naturally, I gravitated to architectural school, where I excelled at building models," he said. After working as an architect for about a year, he gave up on paper as a medium of design and fell back into building models. It did not take long before he was turning his life passion into a profession. He has been building models for architects and industrial designers for the past 40 years.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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