Check out the final cornhole boards (mini-cornhole boards, actually, which we’re donating to the elementary school math classes) – their design concepts originated with the knot drawings our students did, and evolved into lovely graphic representations of students’ individual visions. The boards themselves were also built by students in their first woodshop project, using the chop saw, table saw, router, sander, biscuit joiner, and other hand tools.

Come one, come all! You are invited to join us on Tuesday, February 21st, from 5-7pm at the Studio H shop/classroom/barn to meet our students, hear about the Studio H program, and to check out the beautifully designed and executed mini-Cornhole boards produced by students. The boards (shown above), were inspired by the original drawings of knots done by students during their first week of Studio H. The designs were produced using hand-sketching techniques, Adobe Illustrator, our laser cutter, and of course, the hands of

After we had finished the Adobe Illustrator files of the cornhole board graphics and test-printed them on the laser cutter, our students were ready to go full-scale, real-deal. In order to produce the precise fields of color in paint on the boards, we used the laser cutter to slice a layer of painter’s tape which was placed on top of each board. By covering the boards with tape, and then slicing the designs’ lines out, we could peel back individual pieces of tape that corresponded

Last week, it was “off to the races” on our Mini-Cornhole boards, using the knot drawings to inspire graphics for the student-built wooden boards. Now that the graphics are complete (see Leanna’s above), we’ve been spending this week putting those designs into Adobe Illustrator, an industry tool that will allow us not only to accurately depict the graphics, but export the files to the laser cutter to slice the designs out of tape so that we can paint each board precisely. Illustrator is not an

Similar to last year, we started developing basic woodshop and graphic design skills with the construction of an object everyone in Bertie County knows and loves: the Cornhole board. Cornhole is a beanbag toss game involving two opposing boards with holes in them, into which teams toss beanbags. Last year, we did full-size boards and auctioned them off to the community. This year, we are working with a few elementary school teachers to build mini-Cornhole boards that they can use in their classrooms to teach