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Intro to Stained Glass: Fall Leaves & 3D Pumpkins

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

Lets welcome in fall with colorful Leaves and 3D Pumpkins! 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 […]

Wire Wrapped Gemstone Pendants

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

Come learn how to create beautiful wire-wrapped gemstone pendants with us! Come make a Wire Wrapped Gemstone Pendants! Join us for an engaging evening crafting your own wire-wrapped gemstone pendant. Perfect for all skill levels, this workshop will teach you the basics of wire wrapping with copper wire, turning semi-precious stones into beautiful jewelry. Learn […]

Beaded Link Bracelets

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

Make your own bracelet in this Beaded Link Bracelet workshop! We’ll be making these cute, swirled link bracelets in a 90 minute workshop. Choose from a wide array of beads and learn to create this bracelet completely from scratch, including forming your own clasp. This is a great class for beginners as we’ll learn basic […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Birds, Snails & Mushrooms!

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

Join us in making adorable stained glass Birds, Snails & Mushrooms! 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 […]

Bladesmithing: Railroad Spike to Knife

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

Forge your own knife from a railroad spike and learn about blacksmithing along the way! 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 to shape, edge geometry, and basic […]

Beginner Bladesmithing: Seahorse Knives

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby St, 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 […]

Beginner Bladesmithing: Seahorse Knives

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby St, 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 […]

Beginner Blacksmithing: Steel Hooks

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

Forge your own hair stick and learn about blacksmithing along the way! In this class we will cover forging out steel hooks along with some blacksmithing history, tooling information, and other basic concepts. Once the forging is complete, we will heat treat the hooks and then polish on the grinder. Students will then be able […]

Intro to Cricut

The Inventor Center 118 Shelby St, 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! […]

EVENT CALENDAR PURPOSE AND CRITERIA

A calendar has been created called the This is Kingsport events calendar which will serve as a non-public forum to provide citizens with information about social and organizational gatherings held within the city. The city will disseminate information to the public through this online calendar about social and organizational gatherings which are conducted or promoted by community partners with which the city currently has partnership agreements. Additionally, social or organizational gatherings held on city owned property to which the public at large is invited will be published on this calendar.

Each year the city enters into partnership agreements with multiple community partners some of whom in turn support the city by organizing events or promoting events of members and affiliates. By creating a common source for the dissemination of information about community events the city will be furthering its support of those community partners which in turn support the city. Moreover, the city wishes to and will benefit from highlighting gatherings which will be of benefit and enjoyment to the public.

Community partners may communicate their events or those which they promote to the city which will disseminate the information through the event calendar. Furthermore, the city of Kingsport will publish on the calendar those community events which are held on city property. In order to achieve the city’s goals only those events described herein will be published on the This is Kingsport event calendar which will be curated by city staff.