Industrial Art Classes - 3 Hour Tasters

Maker Tasters

Saturday and Sunday, May  26-27, 2012
Non-member Price $95 / Member Price $86 (per class)

Our three-hour Taster classes are an easy way to begin exploring the industrial arts.  On Saturday and Sunday May 26-27, come flex your creativity in our Maker Tasters.   

Try two skills on the same day and get a deal! Each individual who signs up for one morning and one afternoon Taster on the same day in separate disciplines, will receive a $15 discount.

* Youth ages 12 and up are welcome when registered with a parent of guardian.

In this blacksmithing Taster you'll learn the fundamental skills needed to forge steel and gain a basic understanding of blacksmithing tools.  In this taster, you'll forge a small project to take home.

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In this enameling Taster, you’ll learn the fundamentals of enameling and work on a small enameled piece you will get to take home and show off.

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In this glass flameworking Taster you'll learn how to melt and shape borosilicate glass with an oxy-propane torch.  You'll complete a small project to take home.

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In this glass fusing Taster you'll learn the basics of glass/heat interaction, glass cutting, fusing (combining colors), as well as a brief description of firing and annealing procedures.  You'll design and fuse a small glass project of your own.

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In this glass ladling taster you’ll learn the basics of temporary sand molds and ladle molten glass directly into the mold. This is an exciting and often fast paced activity that yields instant gratification. During your taster, you'll complete a small project.

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In this jewelry Taster you'll learn shop safety and the basic skills of annealing, texturing, stamping, filing, sanding, polishing and design.  You'll learn skills to create a small charm to take home.

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In this MIG welding taster you'll learn the basics of metal inert gas (MIG) welding, as well as plasma cutting and other fabrication processes.  You'll learn skills to fabricate a small candle holder of your own.

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Inspired by Pre Colombian ceramics, in which animals were combined with vessel making for ritual practices, parent and child pairs will create animals (either real or imagined) that are also bowls.

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