ARTISANS ASYLUM August - September Course Catalog
METAL SHOP
WOOD SHOP
FIBER ARTS
CASTING SHOP
ELECTRONICS & ROBOTICS
SCREENPRINTING
JEWELRY SHOP
MACHINE SHOP
DIGI FAB
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Metal Shop INTRO TO WELDING - MIG, TIG, & STICK 1:00PM - 5:00PM $190 + $25 MATERIAL FEE
September 13
Try the three main ways to weld metal together in one afternoon, MIG, TIG, and stick, and find out which kind of welder you are.
PLASMA CUTTING 101: GETTING STARTED WITH CNC AND HANDHELD PLASMA CUTTING 12:00PM - 3:00PM $169 + $15 MATERIAL FEE
August 19
Cut almost any shape out of steel with a plasma cutter, the tool that slices metal about as easily as a jigsaw slices wood. Learn both the CNC table for clean repeat cuts and the handheld torch for freeform work, and leave cleared to run them on your own.
SANDBLASTING AT ARTISANS ASYLUM 6:00PM - 8:00PM $74 - $116 TIERED PRICING
September 16
Strip rust, paint, and scale off metal with a stream of abrasive, and etch glass while you're at it. A short class on running the blast cabinet properly, and the fastest way to make an old part look new.
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Machine Shop INTRO TO THE METAL LATHE 10:00AM - 1:00PM $211 + $20 MATERIAL FEE
September 19
Turn metal on the lathe, the machine that made every round part in your house. Learn facing, turning, and parting on the manual Southbend, and leave cleared to run it yourself.
Wood Shop ROUGH TO SMOOTH: USING THE MITER SAW, BANDSAW, JOINTER, PLANER AND SANDERS 6:00PM - 8:30PM $185 + $35 MATERIAL FEE
August 18 September 15
Take rough lumber and make it flat, square, and finished using the five machines that get you there. The milling skills every woodworking project starts with.
ROUTER TABLE 101 9:30AM - 12:00PM $211 + $20 MATERIAL FEE
September 19
Learn to run the router table, the tool that cuts clean edges, grooves, and joinery that would take hours by hand. Covers bit selection, fence setup, and safe feed direction, and clears you to use it on your own.
WOOD SHOP 101 2:00PM - 4:30PM $159 + $25 MATERIAL FEE
August 22 September 19 (2:30PM)
Learn the power and hand tools of the wood shop and how to use them without hurting yourself. The class that clears you on the room and opens the door to everything else in here.
TABLE SAW: USING THE SAWSTOP INDUSTRIAL CABINET SAW 6:00PM - 8:30PM $143 + $35 MATERIAL FEE
September 1
Learn to safely run the SawStop, the workhorse of the shop, and set it up for clean crosscuts and miters with the sleds. The one saw you'll use on almost everything you build.
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Fiber Arts CYANOTYPE FABRIC EXPERIMENTS 1:00PM - 3:00PM $80 + $20 MATERIAL FEE
August 15
Print cyanotypes on fabric instead of paper, the deep blue photographic process that develops in plain sunlight. Play with exposure and resists, and leave with the cloth you printed.
AMIGURUMI 101: CROCHETING CUTENESS 4:00PM - 5:30PM $64 + $10 MATERIAL FEE
September 2 September 8
Crochet your first amigurumi, the small stuffed figures built from a spiral of single crochet instead of flat rows. Start from a slipknot and leave with a finished creature and the four stitches every other pattern is made of.
INTRO TO EMBROIDERY: NEEDLE BOOK 6:00PM - 8:00PM $48 + $10 MATERIAL FEE
August 14
Learn hand embroidery from the first stitch and make a needle book to keep the results in. Built for total beginners, with no sewing experience assumed.
SEWING 104: ALTERATIONS 9:30AM - 12:30PM $101 + $15 MATERIAL FEE
August 22
Learn basic alteration techniques like seam ripping, marking, pinning, how to attach buttons and hooks, and shortening and lengthening seams. In this 3-hour class students will learn basic alteration techniques like seam ripping, marking, pinning, how to attach buttons and hooks, fix ripped clothes, shorten and lengthen hems, fix holes, and sweater pulls. Students will apply these new skills by altering one clothing item they bring from home.
PATTERNMAKING 101: SKIRT PATTERNS 9:30AM - 12:30PM $127 + $40 MATERIAL FEE
August 29
Draft a skirt pattern from your own measurements, the foundation skill behind making clothes that fit. Build the blocks once and reuse them for years.
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Casting Shop SAND CASTING 101 6:00PM - 9:00PM $94 + $20 MATERIAL FEE
August 10
Pack sand around a pattern, pull it out, and pour molten bronze into the cavity it leaves. The oldest casting method still in daily use, and you go home with the medal or bottle opener you made.
LOST WAX CASTING 101 6:00PM - 9:00PM $195 + $20 MATERIAL FEE
August 19
Carve a shape in wax, burn it out of a plaster mold, and fill the void it leaves with molten bronze. The process behind most cast metal ever made, and you leave with the ring or ornament you poured.
TURN 3D PRINTED OBJECTS INTO CAST BRONZE 6:00PM - 8:00PM $317 + $30 MATERIAL FEE
August 24 September 21 (12:00PM)
Print a shape on a 3D printer and cast it in bronze, joining the newest way to make an object to the oldest. Covers designing for burnout, investing the mold, and the pour itself.
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Digi Fab TOOL TRAINING: BLACK CAT LABS 90W LASER CUTTER 6:30PM - 9:00PM August 18 $48 + $5 MATERIAL FEE September 5 (6:00PM) September 15 Cut and engrave wood, acrylic, and more on the 90W Black Cat laser, going from a drawing on your computer to a finished part in minutes. Tool training that clears you to run it on your own.
INTRO TO 3D PRINTING/ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 6:30PM - 9:00PM $85 + $10 MATERIAL FEE
August 11 September 5 (12:00PM) September 8
This introductory course is for anyone who wants to get into 3D printing, a type of additive manufacturing. Specifically, you will learn how to use the Prusa printers in the Digifab lab, a type of fused deposition modeling printer. By the end of the class, you'll learn about designing parts for 3D printing, slicing parts, and exporting GCode to the printers so they know where to move. The class will also include testing on the machines so that you can start printing whatever you like within the constraints of these machines.
Digital Design / Photography PHOTO 101: UNDERSTANDING MANUAL CAMERA SETTINGS 6:00PM - 8:30PM $159
September 10
Get off automatic and learn what aperture, shutter speed, and ISO actually do to a photograph. The three settings the whole camera is built around, and the reason your pictures start looking deliberate instead of lucky.
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Screenprinting INTRODUCTION TO SCREEN PRINTING 6:00PM - 9:00PM $64 + $10 MATERIAL FEE
August 13 September 10
Print your own design on fabric or paper, from burning the screen to pulling the ink. The whole process start to finish, and tool testing is included so you can use the shop on your own.
FOUR COLOR SCREEN PRINTING 6:00PM - 9:00PM $95 + $10 MATERIAL FEE
August 27 September 24
Print in full color by layering four screens into one image, the process behind almost every printed photograph you've ever seen. Registration, ink order, and how to keep four passes lined up.
Jewelry Shop JEWELRY 101 (MULTI SESSION) 5:30PM - 9:00PM $227 + $20 MATERIAL FEE
August 13 August 31
Make your first ring by hand and learn the core tools of metalsmithing, the saw, files, hammers, and rolling mill. Two sessions, no experience needed, one copper-and-brass ring to take home.
INTRO TO COPPER BOWL FORMING 2:00PM - 5:30PM $116 + $15 MATERIAL FEE
August 29
Hammer a flat sheet of copper into a bowl, the oldest way there is to make a vessel out of metal. Built for beginners, and you leave with the dish you made.
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Electronics & Robotics HANDS ON BASIC ELECTRONICS (MULTI SESSION) 7:00PM - 9:00PM $159 - $475 TIERED + $30 MATERIAL FEE
September 8
Learn electronics by building circuits, not by reading about them. Resistors, capacitors, and transistors, what each one does and how to put them together into something that works.
CYBERDECK WORKSHOP (BOSTON) 6:00PM - 9:00PM $211
September 16
Build a cyberdeck, the homemade portable computer that fits a Raspberry Pi, a screen, and a keyboard into whatever case you want it to live in. Bring an idea of what yours should do and leave with it wired, assembled, and booting.
General FIGURE DRAWING 6:30PM - 9:30PM $32
August 10, 17, 24, 31 September 7, 14, 21, 28
A weekly open studio where people of all levels draw and paint from a live nude model. Come every week or come once. The instructor is there for as much or as little direction as you want.
INTRODUCTION TO BICYCLE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR 10:00AM - 1:00PM $106
August 29
Learn to fix your own bike: patching a flat, tuning brakes and gears, and the checks that keep it from breaking on the road. Bring the bike you actually ride.
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