Intro to Woodworking: Cutting Boards (Inclusion Series)

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Gain confidence in your woodworking knowledge, and leave with a completed cutting board!Our goal for this workshop is to learn safe basic woodworking skills and have fun while doing it! We will go over safe machine usage, how to select the right woods for your board, processing the lumber and finally finishing the project so […]

Intro to Metalsmithing: Tree of Life Pendant (Inclusion Series)

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Learn how to create a beautiful tree of life pendant!Learn how to create a beautiful tree of life pendant. In this class you will learn to saw and pierce, file, texture, and form, as well as finish a fine crafted work of copper. We will texture and saw the main pendant, then make a bale […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Flowers and Birds

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Join us in making adorable stained glass flowers and birds!Choose from an assortment of glass colors, textures and transparencies to completely customize it into a one of a kind piece. You'll learn how to cut glass, grid it to fit a pattern, apply copper foil and finally solder it all together. This is a beginners […]

Blender 101

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Blender 3D is a free, open-source program which can be used for 3D modeling and videography; let's learn the basics together!Class Dates: April 22nd, April 29th, May 6th, and May […]

Tri-Cities Blender User Group Quarterly Meeting

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

This is a place for everyone: Blender newbies, pros, and everyone between to learn, exchange ideas and tips.Tri-Cities Blender Users Group Quarterly Meeting.Everyone is Welcome! This is a place for everyone: Blender newbies, pros, and everyone between to learn, exchange ideas and tips. Feel free to join and participate! Help keep the Northeast Tennessee Blender […]

Mother’s Day Card Making with Robin Broome

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Join us for this spring themed, evening card-making workshop. Learn all kinds of fun paper craft techniques and use that creative energy!Learn a wide variety of techniques while making three different floral cards perfect for Mother's Day, birthday or even 'thinking of you'. One of the cards will even be a fun fold card that […]

DIY Change Your Own Faucet Workshop

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Learn how to replace your own faucet at our hands-on workshop - no more waiting for the plumber!DIY Change Your Own Faucet WorkshopCome join us at The Inventor Center for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to change your own faucet like a pro! Our instructor will guide you through the process step by […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Flowers and Birds

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Join us in making adorable stained glass flowers and birds!Choose from an assortment of glass colors, textures and transparencies to completely customize it into a one of a kind piece. You'll learn how to cut glass, grid it to fit a pattern, apply copper foil and finally solder it all together. This is a beginners […]

Intro to MIG Welding

118 Shelby St 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

MIG or wire feed welding is a great place to start your welding journey!Students will learn the basics of MIG/wire feed welding and using a hand-held plasma cutter, practice both, and then create a unique piece of their own! We will also have the option of welding a simple bird should you choose to use […]

Beginner Bladesmithing: Seahorse Knives

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Forge your own small knife and learn about blacksmithing along the way!This is a required pre-req for advanced classes to come!In this class we will cover forging out a small, simple, all-steel knife along with some blacksmithing history, tooling information, and other basic concepts. Once the forging is complete, we will heat treat the knives […]

Intro to Cricut

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Learn the basics of Design space, vinyls, and iron-ons with Cricut!If you have a Cricut and aren't sure how to use it, or you are considering getting one but aren't sure if it's for you, this class is perfect!Become comfortable using Cricut software making vinyl decals and heat transfer vinyl for iron ons!Utilize the Cricut […]

Intermediate Bladesmithing: Railroad Spike to Knife

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby Street, Kingsport, TN, United States

Forge your own knife from a railroad spike and learn about blacksmithing along the way!Prerequisite: beginner blacksmithing/bladesmithing workshop OR prior blacksmithing experience.In this class we will cover forging a railroad spike into a knife and cover some blacksmithing history, tooling information, and other basic concepts. We will also discuss the properties of spike steel, hammering […]