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Build At Home: Mid-Century Modern Plant Stand

Build At Home: Mid-Century Modern Plant Stand

Join Chicago artist and woodworker, Jackie Frole, for this fun and interactive workshop to learn some basic woodworking skills while making a cool plant stand for your home. In this virtual workshop, you will review tool safety and best practices, then Jackie will guide you in building a two-tiered mid-century modern plant stand. The dimensions of the plant stand are 10" long x 10" wide x 20" tall. Plant stand can hold a pot with a base up to a 10" diameter. Your ticket price includes the instruction and the materials for your project. Shipping costs for your project materials kit are not included in the cost of the workshop.

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About the Instructor

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Jackie Frole is a set designer and artist living and working in Chicago. Jackie began her woodworking career designing and building sets for theater in Providence RI with the award-winning Wilbury Theatre Group, and has continued her stage design career in Chicago at Trap Door Theater making experimental, immersive worlds. She also creates and styles sets and props for tv & film; her favorite among them being TruTV’s hidden-camera magic prank show “The Carbonaro Effect.” She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in Graphic Design and an interest in anything and everything else. Jackie has been teaching Dykes with Drill workshops both in-person and virtually for about a year and a half. She believes that what DWD does is not only fantastic but an important program and finds joy in teaching this community.


When

Sunday April 18, 2021
10am-12pm PST / 11am-1pm MST /
12pm-2pm CST / 1pm-3pm EST

Price

$70.00 / per person

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: To have your materials kit shipped to you, you must register by April 9, 2021.

Pre-Requisites

  • Age 18+

  • No woodworking experience necessary

Accessibility

Need financial aid? Ask us! We want to make sure this event is accessible to you and prioritize aid to POC attendees. Do you want to donate to make this workshop available to those who can’t afford it? Click here

Do you use ASL? We have translation available, and would love to work with you about how you can access our workshops.

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Workshop Kit ($16 value) Includes:

  • Pre-cut and milled wood for your project

  • Wood glue

  • Drill bit and driver bit

Your project materials kits will be shipped a week prior to the workshop.

Required Tools

In addition to your project kit, you will need to have the following items on hand for the workshop:

  • tape measure

  • drill

  • clamp (12” or larger)


NOTE: We need at least 6 participants to run this class. If we do not get at least 6 participants, the class may be postponed or cancelled. You will be notified a week before the class if the class is postponed or cancelled.


Our Credo:

1. Give people independence and confidence
2. Create communities of people through project based collaboration
3. Learn from our mistakes
4. Access both financially & physically


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