Alice Stroppel’s
Studio 215
215 Ridgewood Dr.
Sebring, FL 33870
What a whirlwind! One month ago I purchased this wonderful building in Historic downtown Sebring, FL. It’s two blocks from where I grew up and so special to me because it belonged to my great friend Janet King and I hung out there loads of times in recent years.
I renovated the building inside and out. I’ve enjoyed having my studio at home and I will still be working there, but I wanted to spend more time teaching and sharing what I’ve learned about this incredible medium, polymer clay.
I will be featuring works by two of my favorite people, watercolor artists and Florida Watercolor Society Signature Members, Janet F. King and Alice Hansen.
I have a permanent fully stocked workshop space for 8 students and room to hold larger workshops for up to 16. Pasta Machines, tools, tiles, etc. I’ll be starting classes for both beginners and experienced polymer clayers in January. I will have everything you need to create your first pieces.
And more exciting news is that I will be hosting workshops with some of the talented polymer and multimedia artists in the country. Meisha Barbee and Laurie Prophater will be here teaching in February and Julie Eakes, master caner, will be here hanging out with us.
Meisha was my partner and made the first collaborative pendant with my Stroppel Cane that was featured on Polymer Clay Daily. An incredibly talented artist and colorist, you won’t want to miss this workshop.
Laurie has promised me an exciting class as well. Laurie is the owner of Ornamental Elements .com and has been featured in numerous magazines including Belle Armoire and Polymer Clay Cafe.
Two artists that inspired me in the early days of polymer are coming to Studio 215. Syndee Holt has promised to come teach a couple of workshops in May of this year. Syndee is a representative for Sculpey and has been featured in more articles and publications than I can mention here. She is the author of Polymer for the First Time.
Maureen Carlson will be here in 2016. Maureen is owner of Maureen Carlson’s Center for Creative Arts in Jordan, MN and has a long list of credits from TV to published books. Maureen has her own page on Amazon.
As you can see, I have great plans for Studio 215 and some surprises so stay tuned.
My posted hours will be Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 11:00am to 3:00pm. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be there most of the time teaching or working on my next big project.
I’ll be posting classes sometime next week but I can tell you now that I will be having open studio night every Monday from 6pm until 9:30pm, prices to be posted later. This will be a time for you to come and play and share and enjoy the company of other enthusiastic clayers.
Grand opening news to come.
Thanks so much everyone for your encouragement and kind words.
Just fabulous,Alice; this sounds so RIGHT and Wonderful! I am very happy for you and wish you huge success and satisfaction. Very sorry not to be able to visit you there. XXOO
So proud for you ! You deserve this so much !!
Alice,
Congrats. If you need to fill some wall space, consider selling my work.
Thanks,
Joseph
Sunny, it truly feels just right. I’m happy to be back in town again. I wish you were still coming down every year, I miss you. Thanks!
Thanks so much Donna.
Thanks Joseph.
looks fantastic Alice, you have so many plans! Have fun with it all!
Jeanne, I’m having fun already! Thanks so much.
Alice! This is so amazingly cool…love the history that you have with the building, and wish you great success and fulfillment with your new venture. What a fab way to begin the new year!
Oh Julie thanks. I’d love to have visit someday just for fun or to teach us a thing or two. Have the very best new year!
How wonderful! Congratulations and best wishes for much success!!
Cheers!
gera
Good luck with your new venture Alice! May it be an enormous success!
So very excited for you darling Alice! What a wonderful venture! Have fun and a fabulous Christmas. Big hugs, Wendy
Alice!!!!!!
Hip hip hooray!
What a dream come true! What a wonderful place you’ve created, and it sounds like you have many wonderful things planned.
gera, thank you so much, exciting times for me.
Cindy, so appreciate your good wishes, thank you!
Wendy! Hello you special person you, thank you, thank you, merry Christmas to you too. xo
Lorene!!! So glad to hear from you and thank you for the cheers! Xo
Ginger, it is a wonderful adventure for me, thank you!
Alice! What a big announcement – congratulations! I was wondering why I didn’t see you on-line as much lately and I see you have been very busy getting ready for this. I wish you happiness & great success with this exciting project!
Helen my table mate! I was thinking about you today. So pleased that you like my studio. Thanks so much and I’ll be talking with you soon!
Congrats Alice! How exciting!
Thank you very much Moyra.
Alice! How exciting for you and for our polymer clay community! Looking forward to more news about your class offerings! LEt me know if there is anything I can do to help spread the word!
Karen, that’s very nice, thank you,I’m happy to be able to shine a public light on polymer in this part of FL.
Congrats Alice! How wonderful!
Good luck! I hope to see it one day.
A big hug!
Ariane, if you only knew how much I’d love to see your Galerie. Thank you and I would love to have you here. Thank you for the good wishes. xo
Hi, first of all congrates on your new studio!!!! That is very exciting for you. Secondly, I purchased your bracelet videos, and stumble to begin. Is there direction how to actually start. i am a beginner, and I don’t know what to do. How thick is it suppose to be. Maybe I am missing something.
Looking forwards to hearing from you,
Thank you gisele, I’m sorry you’re having trouble, I’ll email you.
So excited to have you as a neighbor, I am the Director of the Children’s Museum next door. My daughters are dying to come in and take classes, they just gaze into the window as we go into the Museum. the renovations are beautiful, I wish you lots of luck!
Thanks so much Cheryl, I’m here Thursday through Saturday. I’ve been meaning to stop in and say hello