Wax Casting Demonstration

Join us in the Makespace Yard for a special public event on July 6, 2025! Goldsmith Allyson Simmie will be leading a wax casting demonstration and discussing the use of the technique in creating beauty with metal.

Come have a chat and explore a little of what Makespace has to offer!

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Learn more about Allyson’s life and craft at her website: https://allysonsimmie.com/

Her Artist’s Statement:

The reward is in the act of observing. Stone colours, textures, the shape of leaves, the ebb and flow of the sea, the changing seasons – all of these things continue to inspire my work. A gesture of thanks and appreciation.

At first it was a technical challenge – to really learn to see the natural world and to develop techniques to capture a sense of it in metal. But as time has passed I am now realizing another purpose: Connection. People connecting to place, places connecting to each other and our shared connection to the world around us.

One of my students said that to me almost 20 years ago. I am still thinking about it.

“The moon casts 3 shadows you know.”

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Free – No Registration Required

You may also like the following events from Yukonstruct:

• Next month, 16th July, 10:00 am, Introduction to Goldsmithing in Whitehorse

Also check out other Arts events in Whitehorse.