ATS Arts & Crafts
Ginger Yang
Sat Jan 8, 01-03:00pm, Baker Dining
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Origami, lantern-making, taiwanese phrases, paper cutting, calligraphy, lantern painting, Chinese yo-yo, and beading! Food is provided.
Contact: Ginger Yang, yginger@mit.edu
Sponsor: Association of Taiwanese Students
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Build Your Own Electric Guitar
Hayami Arakawa and John Armstong
Tue, Thu, Jan 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27, 05-07:00pm, W31-031
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 10-Dec-2010
Limited to 5 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop membership
Fee: 50.00 for Materials and Book
Students will select one from several designs (Stratocaster/Telecaster guitars; Precision/Stingray bass). In Dec. each student, with Hayami’s help, will select wood and components – including the neck, to be ordered. Starting with raw lumber, students will prepare a solid or semi-hollow body blank using a system of router templates, transforming the blank into a completed body ready for finishing. Class fee of $50 will cover shop materials and a copy of Make Your Own Electric Guitar by M. Hiscock. Students will individually purchase all other materials and components. Costs will vary; typical minimum cost ~ $350 for a basic Telecaster or Precision Bass. No prior skills are needed for this class. 3 hours shop time each week besides class will be needed to complete the instrument. REGISTRATION ON A FIRST PAID BASIS.
Contact: Hayami Arakawa, W31-031, x3-4343, hayami@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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Chinese Yo-Yo Workshop
Wei-Yang Sun
Tue Jan 18, Thu Jan 20, Tue Jan 25, Thu Jan 27, 04-06:00pm, Student Center 407
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
ATS is proud to host the new MIT Chinese Yo-Yo Club's IAP workshop series. Come learn the Chinese yo-yo!
Participants of all skill levels (from never touching a yoyo to knowing lots of tricks) are welcome.
Having roots from the 12th century, the Chinese yo-yo spins on a string connected by two sticks. Unlike its Western counterpart, the Chinese yo-yo is not connected to the string, allowing more complicated tricks to be performed.
The sessions will meet 4pm-6pm in the Student Center, room 407.
Contact: Wei-Yang Sun, sunw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Association of Taiwanese Students
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Ham Radio Clue
Karl Ramm, Matt Goldstein
Wed Jan 19, 05:30-07:30pm, 4-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None.
Ever wanted to talk to people in foreign countries without any delay? Does finding a real-life use for your 8.02 skills appeal to you? Do you wish you could coordinate with many friends at the same time at an event? Bouncing your voice off the moon so it can be heard half way around the world sounds like fun? All it takes for a license to do this and more is a short exam which any MIT student should be able to pass without much effort. We'll teach you the extra bits you don't already know and then take you to an official exam session on campus resulting in a license from the FCC. See http://w1mx.mit.edu/ham-exams for a list of what to bring, no registration required.
Web: http://sipb.mit.edu/iap/#radio
Contact: Karl Ramm, sipb-iap-radio@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Home Repair Basics: Basic Residential Wiring
John Ledbury, Greg DeVincent
Wed Jan 26, 09:30am-12:00pm, 32-072
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Learn how to rewire a lamp, install an electrical outlet, and get a better understanding of household wiring from MIT electrians.
Contact: Melody Craven, mcraven@mit.edu
Sponsor: Department of Facilities
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Home Repair Basics: Household Plumbing
Dan Gustafson
Wed Jan 19, 01-03:30pm, E19-127
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Come learn the secrets of quick repairs to faucets and toilets, and how to clear a drain from one of MIT’s finest plumbers.
Contact: Melody Craven, x2-2407, mcraven@plant.mit.edu
Sponsor: Department of Facilities
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Make Your Own Decorative Paste Paper
Nancy Schrock, Rebecca Caswell
Thu Jan 20, 10am-12:00pm, 14-0513
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2011
Limited to 14 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: manual dexterity or equivalent
Register at URL below.
Learn the centuries-old technique of making decorative papers with paste, paint, and paper in the MIT Libraries' Wunsch Conservation Laboratory. Paste papers are made by covering a dampened sheet of paper with a mixture of paste and colored pigment and then working the surface with a variety of tools to create patterns. Originally used by bookbinders for covering material and endpapers, paste papers today are used for notecards, collage, scrapbooking, giftwrapping, and other paper arts.
Participants will learn about the history of paste paper, see a demonstration and examples, and have an opportunity to try their hand at the craft. Each participant will make 2 or more sheets of paste paper, which will be dried overnight in the Lab and then mailed. All materials will be provided.
Directions to the Wunsch Conservation Lab: http://libraries.mit.edu/preservation/aboutus.html
No walk-ins allowed. Please contact us if you find you cannot attend, as there is likely to be a waiting list.
To view examples of paste paper, search for “paste paper” in Google Images.
Web: http://info-libraries.mit.edu/events/
Contact: Nick Szydlowski (register at link above), 14-0513, 253-5282, nick_s@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Oriental Instrument Workshop
Brian Chan
Mon, Wed, Jan 5, 10, 12, 19, 24, 26, 06-08:00pm
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 03-Jan-2011
Limited to 6 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Hobby Shop Member
Fee: 30.00 for Class Materials
In this workshop Brian Chan will explain and demonstrate the construction of the erhu ( two-stringed Chinese fiddle) and Shamisen (three-stringed Japanese plucked instrument). Brian will also help students plan their own instrument projects to be finished after IAP. This workshop is intended for acoustic stringed instrument builders about to embark on a challenging project who are looking for other builders with experience and similar interests to work with. Listeners are also welcome. To register you must come to the Hobby Shop.
Contact: Ken Stone, W31-031, x3-4343, kenstone@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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