Join local maker Henry Dunbar from Cycle Killer Accessories for "Wear you Bicycle Home" on Friday, November 14th from 6-8pm in the Heurich House Museum’s conservatory!

Participants will make up to three distinct items to wear using recycled bicycle parts. Learn how to make a belt from a tire & chain and a bow tie (or hair bow) and keychain from inner tubes. Sip on local craft beverages from the museum’s biergarten, 1921 while you work on products!

Details:

$45 per person ($40 for museum members)
All supplies included
Take home your belt, bowtie, and/or keychain
15% discount at the biergarten bar (Alcoholic & NA beverages available)

Schedule:

6pm: Doors Open, Purchase your Drinks (Biergarten opens at 4pm if you want to visit before the workshop!)
6:15pm: Workshop Begins
8pm: Workshop Finishes, Biergarten Closes

About Cycle Killer Accessories:

Founded in 2023, Cycle Killer Accessories is a veteran-owned business dedicated to making art and wearables from recycled materials, namely used bike parts. Crafter Henry Dunbar began creating these in his home workshop from things he salvaged from the trash a bike shop he managed. It started with belts and bowties, and has grown to include jewelry, wall sculptures, and lawn ornaments.

About Maker-Led Workshops:

Maker-Led Workshops are a new initiative of the Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator. The workshops provide makers with a free in-person platform in the museum’s conservatory to test and develop a new revenue stream to support the growth and stability of their businesses.

Heurich Urban Manufacturing Incubator:

The Urban Manufacturing Incubator is rooted in the museum’s belief that house museums should be dynamic and relevant to our modern communities. The mission of the Incubator is to provide economic opportunities to our local small-scale manufacturing communities through: appropriate interventions in business life cycles, collective action, and social enterprises. The local small-scale manufacturing community in DC is composed of two groups: Artisan Makers + Craft Beverage Producers. These groups are directly related to Heurich history - the historic mansion was built and decorated by local craftspeople from 1892-1894 and the Chr. Heurich Brewing Co. (1872-1956) produced DC’s hometown beer brand for over 80 years.