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Did you know that the Fiber Arts Studio has a separate room with sinks, stove, washer and dryer, as well as other equipment and supplies -- all dedicated to fiber crafts that use these kinds of resources.

Known as the “Lab,” this room in BARN’s Fiber Arts Studio supports a variety of surface design and related techniques, including natural and synthetic dyeing, eco-printing, screen printing, felting, paper-making, and more!

This Basic Orientation to the Lab introduces the Lab and is a prerequisite for using this room in the Fiber Arts Studio. 

We will show you around the Lab in the Fiber Arts Studio, talk about best practices surrounding safety and sustainability, and then set up a follow up time to discuss the sorts of work you would like to do in the Lab and whether there are any additional prerequisites for it before you are signed off to use the Lab on your own. (This follow up is also required before you are cleared for independent use).

We welcome everyone to take this Basic Orientation to the Lab room, even if you have no specific plans for the Lab and are just curious about this wonderful resource.

PLEASE NOTE: The 'Basic Orientation to the Lab' is not the general Fiber Arts Studio Orientation.  To get a general Orientation to the Fiber Arts Studio, attend any of the Fiber Arts Open Studios and ask the Studio Monitor to give you an orientation to the full Fiber Arts Studio.

Please register so we know how many will be attending.

Ages: Ages 12+ welcome.  Children under the age of 14 need to be accompanied by an adult.