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Lilly Smith makes soap during a Crafternoon on Wednesday at the Craft Studio. The Craft Studio, located in Memorial Union, holds weekly classes and workshops with various art media.Photo by Kayla Huett

Forget Dove and Dial, the theme of Wednesday night at the Craft Studio was do-it-yourself, as they ran a class on how to make soap.

The class was part of the Craft Studio's fall workshops held twice a month. Because the studio likes to keep classes small, they are capped at eight people. Seven signed up for the handmade soap class.

Junior Courtney Chambers instructed the class.

"I'm kind of unusual (as a student instructor)," Chambers said. "But after being here for two years and subbing for other instructors when they decided not to show up, they felt I could take on classes."

Chambers, along with the rest of the work-study students, usually meet at the end of every semester to come up with ideas for classes and workshops......

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