REGISTRATION OPENS:
JANUARY 9 AT NOON
One of seven courses available for the May 8 – 11, 2025
MCA Weekend Workshop @ Haystack
Narrative Bandsaw Boxes
Instructor: Lin Eklins
Haystack Studio: Wood
Enrollment Limit: 10
Materials Fees: $50 – $75, See Materials Fee Below
Level: All Levels Welcome
Class Description:
Whether it is a container for one’s feelings, a family heirloom, or a cherished memento, boxes have the ability to tell a story of what lies within. Bandsaw boxes are a simple way to make containers without the burden of complicated joinery, leaving room for endless imaginative possibilities. This workshop offers a nurturing environment for self-expression, guidance in project planning and design, and basic woodworking techniques including safe usage of a bandsaw, table saw, sanders, and more. A variety of surface embellishments as well as painting and finishing techniques will also be covered.
Students are encouraged to bring keepsakes to build around or inspire them. All levels are welcome. More advanced students can tackle more complicated builds and surface ornamentation.
Materials + Fees: Estimated Cost is $50.00 – $75.00
Students will pay the instructor directly during the weekend and should expect a fee of $50-75 depending on the size of the box they want to create and what lumber they select to use.
Student Supplied Materials List:
- safety glasses (provided, but you can bring your own if preferred)
- hearing protection (provided, but you can bring your own if preferred)
- closed-toed shoes
- no loose or baggy clothing
- hair ties if you have long hair
- respirator/masks (optional but recommended)
- sketchbook and writing utensils
- additional drafting paper of choice
- personal memento/inspirational item
- optional: The studio is well equipped with the tools we will need, but feel free to bring your own personal woodworking tools such as carving gouges, dremels, milk paint, chisels, etc.
About the Instructor-
Lin Elkins is a furniture maker and craftswoman. Her interest in creating objects to positively impact people’s lives led her to attend Appalachian State University to study Industrial Furniture Design (’20). Post graduate, Lin has been a Fellow at UNC Asheville, a craft education intern at North House Folk School, and currently works and practices her craft at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship as the Staff Fellow and Media Coordinator.
She is driven by the dichotomy between the natural and the built environment and how that tension affects the spiritual and physical connection we have to ourselves and the world around us. She explores this through purposeful functionality, playfulness, and art, creating opportunities for moments of comfort, wonder, and curiosity.
