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Add craft and invention to your life

The next time you want to make something, repair something, or find a new creative outlet, come to BARN. You’ll find a vibrant community of artisans and makers eager to help you get started. You’ll also find 10 well-equipped studios. These community workspaces offer online and in-person classes and the tools you need to explore everything from 3D printing and jewelry making to weaving, woodworking, and more. Come see for yourself!

Print and Book Arts Class in progress

How BARN works

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A class on making smart phone videos

Take a class

Everyone is welcome! Classes are online or at BARN, and are open to anyone high school age and up. In addition, summer and after-school classes are offered for teens and tweens. Check out the BARN class listings for details. What will you make at BARN?

Find a Studio

Become part of a community that shares your passions. Each of BARN’s 10 studios focuses on a discipline such as fiber or wood. If you already know what you’re interested in, visit that studio page to find out what you can learn there, what equipment is available, and where to begin. Still searching for inspiration? Sign up for a studio orientation session, subscribe to the studio newsletter, or contact the studio lead.

Fiber Studio
Fiber Arts

Basketry
Needle arts
Sewing
Surface design
Weaving
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Fiber Arts
Glass Arts
Glass Arts

Fused Glass
Glass Mosaics
Stained Glass
Torchworking
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Glass Arts
Jewelry Studio
Jewelry & Fine Metals

Beadwork
Enameling
Jewelry Making
Lapidary
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Jewelry & Fine Metals
Kitchen Arts
Kitchen Arts

Baking
Cooking
Global Cuisine
Food Production
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Kitchen Arts
Media Arts
Media Arts

Photography
Podcasting
Videography
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Media Arts
Metal Studio
Metal Fabrication

Foundry
Machining
Sheet Metal
Welding
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Metal Fabrication
Print and Book
Print & Book Arts

Book Arts
Letterpress
Printmaking
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Print & Book Arts
Tech Lab
Tech Lab

3D printing
Laser cutting
Electronics & CNC
Drones & Robotics
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Tech Lab
Woodworking Studio
Woodworking & Small Boat Building

Woodturning
Woodworking
Small Boatbuilding
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Woodworking & Small Boat Building
Writers Studio
Writers

Fiction
Nonfiction
Poetry
Publishing
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Writers

Become a Member

Join our active community of makers and realize the full benefit of BARN. Your membership includes access to open studio times, discounts on classes, and a key fob customized to your studio interests and tool certifications. BARN offers individual or family memberships that can be paid monthly or annually. Discounted memberships are available to students, educators, and active military.

BARN members use the looms in Fiber Arts during Open Studio

Support BARN

Your gift to BARN, regardless of the amount, changes lives for the better. Your tax-deductible contribution expands tuition support, creates new opportunities for youth, purchases and maintains equipment, and much more. You’ll make a difference by helping BARN to help others.

BARN News

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Discover how more than 20 Fiber Arts volunteers created more than 30 beautiful masks for Fishline's upcoming gala and fundraiser (more info at fishlinehelps.org). This is just one of BARN's many community service projects. Get involved bainbridgebarn.org/volunteer #communityservice #nonprofitsmatter #sewing #embroiderymachine #maskmaking #embroidery #masquerade#bainbridgeisland #bainbridgebarn #makerspace
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Develop your jewelry-making skills at BARN! Artist and instructor Sarah Jones teaches Intro to Jeweler's Torch and Jewelry Soldering. Find these and other Jewelry & Fine Metals classes at https://classes.bainbridgebarn.org/Jewelry-Classes-&-Events #shorts #handmadejewelry #jewelryclass #jewelerstorch #bainbridgebarn #makejewelry #bainbridgeisland #makerspace
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The next time you want to make something, repair something, or find a new creative outlet, come to BARN on Bainbridge Island, Wa. You’ll find a vibrant community of artisans and makers eager to help you get started. You’ll also find 10 well-equipped studios. These community workspaces offer online and in-person classes and the tools you need to explore everything from 3D printing and jewelry making to weaving, woodworking, and more. Come see for yourself! Visit bainbridgebarn.org #makerspace #bainbridgebarn #bainbridgeisland #washingtonstate
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When Eli joined BARN, she brought with her a passion for making and a deep and varied set of skills. With an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering and computer science, and an MFA in glass, she's been able to lend her talents to everything from programming the new embroidery machine to energizing the letterpress program and assisting in metal fabrication. Learn more about BARN at bainbridgebarn.org
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Volunteers are the heart of BARN. This Volunteer Appreciation month, we'll introduce you to just a few of our amazing volunteers. Learn how Marvin Crosland and Mo Ellis found their way from behind the scenes at major Broadway shows like Cats and Phantom of the Opera to BARN. #bainbridgebarn #bainbridgeisland #volunteerappreciation #woodshop #woodworking
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Volunteers are the heart of BARN. This Volunteer Appreciation month, we'll introduce you to just a few of our amazing volunteers. Learn how Dr. Sharon Corkrum, BARN member and volunteer, got started at BARN. Thanks, Dr. Sharon, for all you do! #volunteerappreciation #volunteermonth #welovevolunteers
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We're celebrating Volunteer Month by highlighting our fabulous volunteers and a few of their projects! This walking tiger was made by Electronic & Technical Arts Studio Lead Doug Salot. Did you know all BARN's studio leads are volunteers? The tiger was cut on BARN's laser cutter in a combination of MDF and acrylic. Design is by Ross McSweeney - https://www.etsy.com/shop/RossMcSweeney Want to learn more? Visit our website at bainbridgebarn.org #makerspace #lasercutter #laser #bainbridgebarn #bainbridgeisland #volunteer #volunteermonth
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Watch as BARN member and instructor Jamie Straw turns a wooden bowl. If you’d like to get started on the lathe, find classes at classes.bainbridgebarn.org #woodworking #woodturning #bainbridgebarn #woodshop #makerspace #bainbridgeisland
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Watch as BARN makers stitch unique coiled fabric bowls! Sewists, taught by expert vessel maker Dawna Ellis, wrapped batik fabric strips around cording and stitched each level together to create dimension. Find more Fiber Arts Classes at classes.bainbridgebarn.org #bainbridgebarn #fiberarts #fabric #sewing #stitching #bainbridgeisland #makerspace
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Location

8890 Three Tree Lane NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Hours

9:00AM to 5:00PM, Daily

Member Access: 7AM – 10PM, Daily

Tours

1:00PM to 3:00PM, Wednesdays and Sundays*
*Except Holidays

Contact

206-842-4475
[email protected]

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