Julie Picarello –“In the Groove”

Julie returns to Creative Journey Studios for June 14-16, 2024 to bring us a new class called “In the Groove”. She was inspired by one of her favorite artists, Kimmy Cantrell, an amazing enamelist. Now she is teaching a polymer rendition of Cantrell’s faces to become pendants or pins, with interesting wire and accent bead…

Bonnie Bishoff — A Fun Start to 2024

A New Take on Beading Wire and Polymer Bonnie will be offering, for the first time, her tricks and techniques for working with Beading Wire and Polymer clay. Delightfully creative possibilities abound when working with this simple medium. The class will be $420 and will run from March 22 to the 24th (10 to 5 each…

Learn More about Liquid Clay with Amy

Amy Koranek, our favorite Sculpey Brand Ambassador, is coming to Creative Journey Studios for a visit to share her wisdom about Sculpey Liquid Polymer. You may already know Amy from her videos on the Sculpey website and from her many tutorials and articles in your favorite craft magazines. She’s a bright star in our polymer…

The Ginger Gnome and his elf friends have been busy!

            It’s time to start thinking about gift shopping for the holidays. Do you want something unique for everyone on your list? Unique, unusual, eye-catching, and special gifts can be found at Creative Journey Studios. You won’t find the gift you gave your sister last year or the one Grandpa got regifted for the last five…

SHIBORI – with Meisha Barbee – Dec 8-10, 2023

We are so excited to have Meisha Barbee coming December 8th thru the 10th. She has been developing a new technique to make veneers that look like Shibori fabric, which will be ideal for earrings, bracelets, pendants…you name it. For only $390 you can add this fun technique to your basket of tricks. It’s a…

“Get some skin in the game!” with Laura Tabakman–June 23-25, 2023

Come to Creative Journey Studios for a new three day class with Laura Tabakman, from June 23rd to June 25th, 2023. She has designed a new class for us to learn about working with ‘skins’ or thin veneers. We will learn to develop thin membranes, made with image transfers, colored liquid clays and silk screens….

Jeffrey Lloyd Dever -July 27, 28 & 30th, ’23

Thinking Outside the Box — Imaginative Hollowware Vessels There’s a wide array of forms and shapes that can be created as imaginative vessels, from traditional boxes to free-form sculptural pieces. In this three day class at CJS, we will design and build hollowware vessels, fashioned over original forms of your own creation. Jeff will teach…

Libby Mills — Mod Mix Collage Pendants

We are so excited that Libby has agreed to come down from Connecticut and teach for us in March. (March 10-12, 2023.) We love her work (and her!) She has a lot to share. We’ll explore a mixed pattern collage effect for jewelry design. If you follow Libby on Instagram (Libzoid), you will know that…