3 Fun Classes to Take in July!

Happy July! In the heat of summer, I know we're all looking for ways to stay cool while making especially for you metal workers. We have amazing classes happening almost every day here at Mixxer! Some that will help you keep cool and some not so much. Here are two featured classes to keep cool and one to bump up the heat!

If you've been awaiting a new class in forged copper jewelry from us, here it is! Our Executive Director, Elaine Lamson, is back to teaching with a new copper earring class. With her busy schedule, Elaine doesn't always have the time to post classes. So I know people are always patiently awaiting it when she is able to. During this class, you'll make 2 pairs of earrings, perfect to make one for yourself and gift one to someone else!

If you want to take your 3D printing to the next level, this class with long-time member Dakota Pahel-Short is for you! This class will show you how to take a real life object and turn it into a 3D model perfect to 3D Print! This skill has so many cool applications, from making repairs to your household objects to having a perfect scale model of something. I especially love that you can use it to create a 3D print for mold making! Dakota worked with another member and instructor, Murphy Boski, who teaches classes in Resin Casting and Silicone Mold Making, so this class could provide added skills to mold making. This is an intermediate class, so make sure you take the Intro to Blender class or understand the basics of Blender to sign up!

Yet another fun and unique class from the multishop-skilled Lyssa Troemel! Many of you have taken her metalworking classes, but if you see her around Mixxer you know she works in just about every shop in the building. This coin keeper is a super fun project that she made into a project perfect for the beginner sewist. It's perfect to keep a quarter for getting a cart at your favorite store or for that emergency vending machine stash. I thought it was just the perfect way to use up all my little scraps from sewing myself. I'm sure there are plenty of you who will agree!

I'll have another fun batch of classes to tell you next month but in the meantime take any of our prescheduled classes or reach out to me about scheduling on your time at workshops@wsmixxer.org

Happy making!

Savannah Shanley

Events Manager