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Intro to Metalsmithing: Tree of Life Pendant

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

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 copper pendant/ornament. We will texture and saw the main pendant, then make a bale with wire. We will patina and polish to finish. Please […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Glass Birds

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

Join us in making an adorable stained glass suncatcher! 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 Stained Glass: Glass Birds

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

Join us in making an adorable stained glass suncatcher! 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 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! […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Teardrop Suncatchers

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

Join us in making a gorgeous stained glass suncatcher! Choose from an assortment of suncatcher designs, glass colors, textures and transparencies to completely customize it into a one of a kind piece. You’ll learn how to cut glass, grind it to fit a pattern, apply copper foil, solder it all together, and finally apply a […]

Aluminum Jewelry

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

Learn to bend, manipulate, hammer, and finish your own aluminum jewelry in this beginner workshop! Aluminum is a lightweight, malleable metal which does not discolor or tarnish the way that other metals do. In this class, students will learn about the advantages of aluminum as well as its limits, and will leave with several finished […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Teardrop Suncatchers

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

Join us in making a gorgeous stained glass suncatcher! Choose from an assortment of suncatcher designs, glass colors, textures and transparencies to completely customize it into a one of a kind piece. You’ll learn how to cut glass, grind it to fit a pattern, apply copper foil, solder it all together, and finally apply a […]

Intro to Stained Glass: Glass Birds

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

Join us in making an adorable stained glass suncatcher! 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 Stained Glass: Glass Birds

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

Join us in making an adorable stained glass suncatcher! 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.