BARN Giving Tree

Help BARN thrive! Donate to provide supplies and equipment for our creative community.

See descriptions of all wish list items, or choose items from the list below.

If you are browsing the Giving Tree at BARN, numbers on the top of each ornament will correspond to the list below.

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Wish List Item Descriptions

Tags 1-2: Magnifying Lamps

These lamps allow better visibility for close-up work. $140 each.

Tag 3: Community Dyeing Supplies 

Dyeing supplies include mordants, tannins, soda ash, acid dyes, and more. Goal: $300

Tags 4 -5: Leclerc Fly Shuttles

These will be used with the loom that was donated to BARN. $300 each.

Tags 6-7: Manual Drum Carder

A table-top machine to be used to prepare fiber for spinning. Item cost: $750

Tags 8-9: Carpenter Squares

L-shaped Aluminum Carpenter measuring tool 16″ x 24″. $20 each

Tag 10: Schacht Baby Wolf Loom

A foldable 4-harness loom perfect for teaching beginning floor loom weaving. Item cost: $2500

Tag 11: Diamond Cone Lap Attachments
Lap wheel attachments to bevel and finish inside edges to cups, bowls, etc. $130

Tags 12-13: Ballchain Spool
A mosaic-making staple! $75 each

Tags 13-18: LED Light Table
For fine stained glass work. Item cost: $350

Tag 19: Horizontal Wet Saw
Used for removing dropout rims and many other coldworking jobs. Item cost: $750

Tag 20: Flower Brass Masher
Flameworking hand tool for creating fine glass flowers. $75

Tag 21: Raw Silk Texturing Hammer
Texture any metal (copper, silver, gold). $80

Tag 22: Crosshatch Texturing Hammer
Texture any metal (copper, silver, gold). $90

Tags 23-24: Raw Silk Cross-peen Hammer
Texture any metal (copper, silver, gold). Item cost: $100

Tags 25-29: Louisiana Grills Founders Legacy 1200 Smoker
High-quality smoker for long smokes like pork shoulder and brisket. Item cost: $2200

Tags 57-58: Video Lighting
Replace the studio’s compact fluorescent video lights with LED lights. Goal: $200

Tags 59-61: Studio Lighting
Continue the studio’s upgrade with improved lighting. Goal: $500

Tag 30: Drill Press Laser Finder
Facilitate accurate location of drilled holes. $50


Tag 31: Parallel Set – 1/32″ thick
Elevate a workpiece a specific distance. This thin set would allow work to be done close to the edge of a workpiece. $50

Tags 32-33: Chasing Hammers
Shaping hammers allow the forming of metal (using an anvil) in artful, organic shapes. $75 each

Tags 34-35: Small Anvils
This anvil is 14 inches long weighing 22 pounds, used to shape sheet metal with a chasing hammer. $50 each

 

Tag 36: Foundry Casting Flasks
Materials to fabricate four 16″ X 6″ X 3″ flasks for casting large objects in the foundry. $140

Tags 37-41: Takach Etching Press
Replace the studio’s broken tabletop press. Goal: $6000

Tag 42: AxiDraw V3
High performance writing and drawing machine. $550


Tag 43-46: HEPA Air Purifier for Laser Fumes
Increase safety and quality of environment in the Tech Lab. $480

 

Tag 47: Cricut Explore Air2
Craft cutting tool, makes personalized designs with bluetooth connectivity. $250

 

Tag 48: 3D Printer Filament – Black
1 KG of professional 3D printer glass-infilled filament. $45

 

Tag 49: Printer
Replace broken studio printer. $225

Tag 50: Table lamp
Improve studio lighting. $200

Tags 51-53: Magazine Subscriptions
Two-year subscription to Poets and Writers ($26), one-year subscription to Creative Nonfiction ($40), or one-year subscription to Writer’s Digest ($20).

Tags 54-55: Scroll Saw
Grizzly 16-inch scroll saws will be utilized for youth woodworking classes. $179 each.

Tag 56: Scroll Saw Blades
Scroll saw blade assortment pack. $30.