News & Updates
May 16, 2012
Bridgetown Forge is offering a knife making
class!“If you’ve already taken the class, while you are always welcome to retake it (at a reduced rate of $350), I am letting you know the details in case there is someone that you know that might be interested. And, if you are interested in other classes, don’t hesitate to let me know what kinds of classes you would like to see offered.
Finally, if you have taken classes with me in the past, knife making or otherwise, and have any feedback, please let me know. I am also looking to add student feedback to my website and brochure, so if you care to provide one, please send me an email. I can include your name or just your initials, as you like.” – Arnon, Bridgetown Forge
Class details:
Making a Chef’s knife: July 13, 14, 15 (Fri-Sat-Sun) The hours are 9:30 –4:00 on Friday and Saturday, and 9:30 –13:00 on Sunday. We will forge a 7-inch, Japanese-style chef’s knife out of a high carbon steel bar, stamp it with your initials, clay-harden it to produce a Japanese-style differential heat treatment, temper it, and attach a handle, and hand-hone it on a water stone. The class will also cover the ergonomic forging method, and the theory of heat treating steel. If time allows, we might make an additional item. The knife, and anything else you make is yours to take home. The cost is $420, which includes all materials and safety equipment. No previous blacksmithing experience required. The class is limited to 6 students.
If interested, please send a deposit of $150 to reserve your spot. The mailing address is: 212 SE 79th ave, Portland, OR, 97217.
Please feel free to call me
(503-804-1524) or email me if you have any questions. Attached is a picture of the knife we will be making.
May 16, 2012
FREE: ”Makin’ It: A listening party and project night,” in partnership with SCRAP and ADX…
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7-9pm
brings the creatives out! Craft, nosh, swig, and gab over your project while listening to DJ Bill Hambone spin and a live airing of Destination DIY on OPB. If your project isn’t portable, SCRAP is on deck with easy project kits or bits of supplies. It all happens at ADX, the creative community space in Southeast Portland. This month, early arrivers get free pizza from sponsors Mississippi Pizza Pub and Bushwhacker Cider! So bring your unfinished crocheted tank top, Kindle case or your 3D camera project and get inspired by your own creative community!
May 16, 2012
A note from Karl Ramentol of ThoughtShop,
“Greetings,
You were all instrumental in making ThoughtShop ‘s programming educational, inspiring, and fun. Thank you. Please join me and my fellow graduating class in celebrating of our collective efforts for an evening of Art, Design, Craft, great conversation, food, and of course libations.
Celebrate with us!
Mark your calendars for the Class of 2012′s
MFA in Applied Craft and Design Practicum Exhibition
Opening Reception: FRIDAY, May 18th, 6-9 PM
Exhibition continues through June 7th, 2012
Open noon – 6pm, closed Mondays
The 2012 class of the collaborative MFA in Applied Craft and Design is pleased to present a graduate exhibition marking the culmination of two years of hands-on designing and making. The exhibition features students’ practicum projects that explore the convergence of art, craft and design practices.
This exhibition features work by MFA candidates Kathy Bradshaw, Amanda Brennan, Heather Bromer, Jody Dunphy, Sheri Earnhart, Larissa Hammond, Killeen Hanson, Andrew Lonnquist, Swapna Ketcham, Karl Ramentol, Amber Roelfs, William Rueck, and Jacob Tietze.
An opening reception for the exhibition will take place Friday, May 18, from 6–9 pm.
The MFA in Applied Craft and Design is offered jointly through Oregon College of Art and Craft & Pacific Northwest College of Art.”
May 16, 2012
Equal parts workspace and incubator, our membership-based community unites multiple creative disciplines within a 10,000 square-foot facility that is accessible, collaborative & affordable.
ADX’s multifaceted warehouse space includes a wood shop, metal shop, production spaces, programmed workstations that include an industrial sewing machine and a number of project-specific areas available for rent. ADX hosts classes and workshops instructed by local design professionals, and offers a portion of our facility to the design community as a special event space. ADX members can choose from affordable hourly, daily, or monthly plans – eliminating the individual burden of investing in expensive tools.
ADX isn’t your average space to host events. Here at ADX we transformed a vacant loading bay into a vibrant flex space lovingly referred to as the Bay Area Gallery. The Bay Area is a perfect place for community events, workshops, showcasing work, design charrettes, pop-up shop, vendor fair, private gatherings, dinner parties and more.
You can take over 1550 sq. ft. of our shop or take over the whole space! Use of kitchenette, bathroom, mobile gallery walls, tables, chairs, wifi, digital projector and PA system.
ADX is centrally located in SE Portland with easy access to downtown and public transportation and is within walking distance to the waterfront, downtown, Hawthorne and Lloyd District.
ADX operates M-F 8am -10pm and Sat/Sun 9am – 9pm.
ADX has several different packages and rates to help fit a variety of needs, please email us at info@adxportland.com for more information.
May 16, 2012
The Band, ADX’s in house design team, has been hired to brand The Winding Stream, an upcoming documentary film about the Carters, the Cashes and their influence on the course of American roots music. Check out the list of events to get involved and don’t forget to support their Kickstarter.
June 2nd, noon, Skidmore Fountain – Flash Mob, we are currently recruiting musicians and people to sing Will the Circle Be Unbroken, contact Kelly@adxportland.com for more information.
June 8 7-10pm, Save the Date - The Winding Stream Party at ADX - live music, beer and pizza – stay tuned for details
Volunteers needed. If you love The Carters, Johnny Cash or anyone who has been influenced by them email Kelley@adxportland.com to see how you can help.
The website
The kickstarter
May 15, 2012
People use the ADX space for all kinds of things! DorkBot’s, a group of people interested in electronics, take over the ADX loading bay/gallery to tinker with electronics builds and they made a bus pirate! take a peek here for more information…
May 10, 2012
ADX is all about education, prototyping, manufacturing and community/collaborating. Help us celebrate this idea and ADX’s 1 year anniversary with Process and Prototype!!
Who: Designers, Makers, Artists, Thinkers, Creatives, Manufacturers
What: ADX 1 Year + Process & Prototype
Where: ADX 417 SE 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97211
When: June 1-3rd
Friday, June 1st 6-9pm will be our big opening party with food, drinks and live music. The gallery walls will be filled with a timeline depicting where ADX started, where we’ve been and where we plan to go!!
Saturday, June 2nd 10-6pm We will be showcasing what ADX members have been prototyping in the shop! Mix, mingle and network throughout the day. You will also have the chance to attend a round table discussing taking your product to market and ADX demos.
Sunday, June 3rd 10-6pm Not an ADX member? Haven’t perfected your prototype yet? We encourage you to bring your projects, share your stories and take part in a free 5-minute consult with members of the ADX fab team. We will be pulling the grill out around noon to celebrate the culmination of Process and Prototype!!
May 10, 2012
JOIN US on Thursday May 10 at ADX for our 11th Bad Blood Reading! Mingling begins at 7pm. Socialize with us until the readings begin at 8pm.
Jenny Boully will be with us from Chicago, a fine poet and writer. Here is some of her specs :
Jenny Boully is the author of The Body: An Essay (Essay Press), [one love affair]* (Tarpaulin Sky Press), The Book of Beginnings and Endings (Sarabande), and not merely because of the unknown that was stalking towards them (Tarpaulin Sky Press). She has a book of poetry forthcoming from Coconut Books. Born in Thailand and reared in Texas, she has studied at Hollins University, the University of Notre Dame, and has a Ph.D. in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She teaches poetry and nonfiction writing at Columbia College Chicago.
Also reading will be local writer Jesse Lichtenstein, so LISTEN: Jesse will be moving soon, so please catch him read in Portland. Wish him well, cheer him on!
Jesse Lichtenstein’s poems have appeared in Denver Quarterly, The Paris Review, Boston Review, Gulf Coast, Diagram, and Octopus. His essays and journalism about science, technology, and politics have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Wired, Tin House, n + 1, and Slate. He co-directs the Loggernaut Reading Series in Portland.
And Amy Bernstein as well! Amy Bernstein was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia and currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon. She received her BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004. She has shown in Providence, RI, Berlin, Germany, and Portland, Oregon. As an arts writer, she was awarded a Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers grant in short form writing in 2010. Bernstein writes for PORT.
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