Author: Chloe Kaminsky

Yesterday during studio we worked in the shop to begin pre-fabrication of our columns. Since we only had 20 pieces of our 12' 3x8 glulam members, we worked on cutting our B and C column groupings. Also, I worked on setting up a jig for the holes that need pre-drilled for our bolts to go [...]

  This week has been a lot of firsts for the students of the A-cB class. On Tuesday, half of the class went to site to put up the silt fence around our project site. The other half of us, including myself, participated in a metal shop training day. I, myself, have worked with metal [...]

Currently, basically every facet of my life feels like it is revolved around the practice of crafting. During our Introduction to Craft class we are learning how to make ceramics using a few different techniques including ceramic extrusion, slip casting, and slab application. We learned how to make a slip mixture which consists of a [...]

All week we have been hard at work putting together some structural drawings to send to the structural engineer who is helping us to make sure our pavilion will be structurally sound. We have been working to finalize all logistics in terms of how the structure goes together. I have been working with Clay and [...]

This past Monday began our first day of classes this semester. Us 10 A+cB students kicked the week off with an introduction to our Introduction to Craft class where we will study and test different ways of making through different creative processes. Tuesday began our first day back to the grindstone in the A+cB studio! [...]