John Ciferni, CEO of Tarzian Hardware, has teamed up with the Fixers’ Collective to offer workshops  at Proteus Gowanus for  learning specific skills. Tonight, people brought in objects to turn into lamps under the tutelage of John and Joe from Tarzian. No cameras on hand but as we speak a lamp is being made from the following objects: a cheese grater, a shoe, a soda bottle, a mason jar, an old peeling baluster from a staircase and a salad spinner. Some people brought in existing lamps that needed fixing too.

John from Tarzian will conduct these classes for Fixers from time to time and we are extremely happy about this. We think John is brilliant and that everyone who wants to be a genuine Fixer should always shop at Tarzian for hardware etc. Meanwhile,  the Fixers Collective’s usual improvisational mending and fixing sessions continue to meet every Thursday night from 6 — 9 at Proteus Gowanus.