Classes – Creative Journey Studios

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…

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…

“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…

Lynn Yuhr — Exploring Liquid Clay — from ‘Start to Finish’–April 21-23, 2023

Liquid polymer clay is just that, a liquid form of the solid polymer clay that you know and love. There are a wide variety of surface techniques that you can do with liquid clay when using it in conjunction with solid polymer clay. It could be a subtle use like adding a worn patina, backfilling…

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…

Sarah Shriver — 3-D Polymer Pods and Handcrafted Chains (2022)

Yes, we are dipping into the metal smithing pond! (The water’s fine!) The class will focus on making bespoke chain and constructing lightweight uplifting pod-like pendants or earrings with simple and achievable torch techniques. Using bronze, copper, or silver wire, we will use a micro torch to ball wire, solder links and construct cool 3-D…

Lynda Gilcher — The Extruder Guru (2022)

Creative Journey Studios is delighted to welcome Lynda Gilcher to share her knowledge of all things extruder in a three day workshop August 19th to the 21st, 2022($390). Lynda and her husband Jon have developed a whole line of extruder discs (which we carry at CJS). Lynda has figured out how to make polymer canes…

A Colorful Adventure with Lindly Haunani: A Veneer Sampler Quilt Block

We are delighted to welcome Lindly Haunani, the undisputed queen of color, back to teach another quilt block inspired workshop at Creative Journey Studios. She has been busy designing new veneers and an upgrade to her signature style ombre stripe blends. In the class Lindly will guide students to create quilt-like wall hangings. In the…

Julie Picarello = Mokume Gane

Julie Picarello is synonymous with mokume gane and we are bringing her to Creative Journey Studios to share her style of imprint mokume to add to your repertoire. She is giving a three day workshop from July 8th to the 10th for $390. She will share her Tribal Stick pendant first and then expand into surface variations….