Youth Maker Mondays: Origami Adventures (Ages 10-14)

Learn paper folding and origami skills that will grow more complex through the class.

Meeting Times

Mon, 4/15/2024 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 4/22/2024 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Mon, 4/29/2024 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Mon, 4/15/2024 - Mon, 4/29/2024

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About

Explore paper folding and origami. You'll learn foundational techniques and create a miniature book in the first session. Then you'll progress to lanterns, modular polyhedra (where many similarly shaped "modules" are folded from a single sheet of paper then assembled to form a solid figure with many plane faces), boxes, crowns, and more in subsequent sessions.

Guided by experienced instructors, this practical and collaborative course gradually increases complexity, allowing participants to master the art of origami.

Registering Youth

Parent/guardian registering a child for the first time: When you register, select "Others Only" in the "Who Are You Registering?" section. On the next page, select "Add New Registrant." Create an account for your child.
- The next time you register your child, use "Search Registrants" to select them.
Make sure to fill out your youth's emergency contact information and other details when creating their account.

We are grateful to the city of Bainbridge Island for a cultural funding grant that enables us to reduce the costs of Youth Maker Monday classes for families.

Materials

$20 materials fee

BARN Policies

View BARN's Cancellation and Refund Policy
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BARN is committed to accessibility. Tuition Assistance is available. Fill out the application before registering.
Makerspaces like BARN can be noisy, cluttered, have strong odors, and bright or flickering lights. We try to make accommodations when requested; the earlier you contact us, the more likely we can help. Please email accessibility@bainbridgebarn.org to find out more or request an accommodation.
For those who might need physical assistance, learn more about BARN's Companion Program.

Instructors or Guides

B. Sue Johnson

B. Sue has lived, as she calls it, "a well-creased life." When she was 10, she learned to fold an origami peace crane. The magic to be found in a folded piece of paper eventually led her to book arts and a fascination with illuminated paper. For 20 years, 1986–2005, she worked as a rural mail carrier for the US Postal Service on Bainbridge Island. Since retiring from federal service in 2016, she has created a series of origami installations outside the Winslow Post Office, paying homage to the postal service, as well as memorializing the painful history of the internment of the island’s Japanese American citizens and the bombing of Hiroshima during WWII.