Creative
Journey Studios is about to reopen in its exciting new location, north of
Atlanta. After three months of packing, moving, building and resetting up, we
are about to have our grand opening! We have a whole weekend of activities
planned to celebrate our new location in Milton, Georgia. Crabapple Market, our
complex, is dedicating their new park, The Green, on our opening weekend.
Hopefully the weather will cooperate with them. They plan on live music and
food, which should add to our fun. Plug our new address (12630 Crabapple Rd.,
Suite 220, Milton 30004) into your GPS (and mark it as a favorite!). Come help
us do this right! Amy Koranek from Polyform Products is coming to do demos all
weekend long.
Lindly Haunani, internationally
acclaimed color guru, artist, teacher and author, will be joining us to welcome
you. We’ll be having a trunk show for her on Friday night. She’ll be debuting
her new asparagus earrings along with some new ‘shale’ earrings that are to die
for!
My
son, Rob will be visiting to play a little mandolin music for us. We are
excited to show off his top mount sinks in our bathrooms. They are exquisite
and sit atop beautiful maple counters made by our old Buford neighbor, Paul
DeGrood. The combination is spectacular. Kudos to Randy for the fine finishing
job he did (twice—but that’s a story for another day!)
Many of our artists have sent new work for the opening. Christi Friesen sent a
whole new batch of Ghoulies to greet you.
Deb
Karash has made a wonderful batch of lapel pins with the guys in mind.
Donna
Greenberg has created a whole new series of “Bro-oches”, also known as
'Dude-Pins'. Barb Fajardo has sent a new batch of her collaged mokume. Sue
Screws outdid herself with new leaf earrings. Tina Wujick created a series of
pens and pen/pencil sets. Bettina Welker and Libby Mills sent new work for the
opening. Ernie Hendrix created a wonderful batch of cards, as well as some new
inros. Margaret Polcawich, a friend from our beginning days of polymer, joins
the gallery with some delightful sculptures and tiles. Sherry Moser has created
some new glass pieces. She carves and sandblasts the glass for an unusually
beautiful finish and her silver work is impeccable. In addition to her
necklaces and earrings, she has created some cufflinks for your French cuffs.
Mary Pratt is bringing us several of her large paintings to grace our walls.
You will probably recognize her work from having seen her murals around Buford.
We got a nice batch of new work from Mary Filapek and Lou Ann Townsend, and
Betsy Baker, while we were at the spring ACC show in Atlanta. We picked up some
new work from Ann Dillon and Jeanette Kandray while we were enjoying our spring
retreat. Our artist count hovers around 75, and we appreciate their continued
participation. There is lots to see…and love! Help us spread the word about
polymer AND the gallery. Bring a friend and come for a visit!
The Retrospective Collection….Polymer from the Beginning…. has a bunch of new
pieces and has expanded into 18 cases. You’ll want to set aside some time to
really study it. We’re extremely proud of what we have been able to put
together to promote the use of polymer clay as an art medium. Unlike museum
collections that come and go, Creative Journey Studios' collection is always on
display to give you inspiration.
A lot of planning has been going on. We have lined up some fabulous classes all
the way into 2020. Ellen has been helping your favorite teachers come up with
new exciting classes. We are pleased to have some new teachers who haven't
taught for us before. Carol Blackburn is coming from England, Celine Charuau
from France, Bonnie Bishoff from Maine, Anna Belchi from Spain, and Kathleen
Dustin from New Hampshire. Keep up with what's coming by checking the classes'
page often. If there is a class you are interested in, be sure to let us know
so you have a space. Our classes are small and fill up fast.
We hope you will visit. We are very excited about our future and would love for
you to "Join The Journey!"