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July 2024 by Jenny Wolpert
So happy to have found Kay and Art Magic! Took a class on making Resin Ocean cheese boards. Kay was delightful and walked us through the process step by step. So much fun!
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July 2024 by Alana B.
We loved our workshop with Art Magic. The instructor was patient, and helpful in addressing everyone’s individual projects. The experience felt very intentional and catered to our reason for gathering (which was to celebrate my sister’s bachelorette). It was truly memorable and a major highlight of our weekend event.
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April 2024 by Lauren Gonzalez
My work team was in Oceanside for a business meeting and were looking for a team building activity. I cannot recommend Art Magic enough! We created the resin cheeseboards. We are a group of scientists and our fabulous teacher really brought out the creative side in all of this. The directions were clear and easy to follow. This was a unique and fantastic experience that we haven’t been able to stop talking about! Thanks Art Magic!
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March 2024 by Kimberly Allen
I was very happy with my finished project. But the class itself was a problem.
First of all, it started late and ran over the stated time by nearly an hour. No one greeted you, checked you in, or made you feel at all welcome. The instructor spent an inordinate amount of time getting us to "set an intention" for our class, passing out pieces of paper to write them on and generally kumbaya-ing the artistic process into some higher power experience. She also spent a lot of time telling us about the materials we would use -- helpful, perhaps, if you were planning to start your own epoxy pouring business but frankly overkill for one-time students.
There were a LOT of ways the whole experience could have been made more expedient, including, but not limited to, having all the plastic epoxy cups premarked instead of trying to explain how to do so to 11 clueless students; having more than one set of the two epoxy components (and have back up stock so she didn't waste time refilling the bottles); have a color board made up in front of the class with each color labeled rather than expecting students to know which of four shades produced the turquoise you thought you wanted to use (pastes/powders for the various colors in jars that all looked the same on trays in the middle of the table); having an assistant that actually knew what she was doing so that maybe two people could answer questions/operate the heat gun/etc.
Most annoying of all was the fact that Kay, the instructor, continually scolded people like we were in third grade. Really? On the day we came, it appeared nearly everyone was there with one friend. I can't even imagine the chaos that would entail if all the participants knew each other, because we were continually being told to shut up and pay attention, that timing was critical, that you'd ruin your piece. And how are we supposed to fold our zen "intentions" into our project when we're made to feel like inattentive eight-year-olds?
I devoutly hope Kay gets her expanded space and uses part of it to more expediently allow pick ups of the finished product (nowhere had I read in the booking info that you would need to return in 10 day's time to pick up), maybe utilizing a separate room or designating an assistant to help locate, because the pick up schedule was ridiculous: 1/2 hour before or after a class, which might run over, or be held off site, etc. I get that people dropping in at all times would cause disruption in the instruction, but I traveled an hour to take the class and worried that one good crash on the Camp Pendleton stretch of the 5 could have meant that I would have been turned away for "interrupting" the class. Why couldn't the assistant be detailed for pick up duty, instead of following Kay around filming her every move for whatever Tik Tok or social thing?
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March 2024 by Terah French
Great experience, small group instruction to make a truly cool unique project! Fun date night experience for all!
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February 2024 by Kaela Lowery
Took a class with Kay, the owner, and had a blast! Learned so much about resin art & was able to have an enjoyable, hands on experience!
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February 2024 by Lisa A.
We found this place on Instagram. The classes are easy to book on line. We were greeted and we had to chose a board. There was plenty to select or you could bring in your own board. The experience was so much more than expected. From start to finish, Kay was extremely helpful and attentive. She had an assistant taking pictures while we were creating our boards. Kays instructions were precise and easy to follow. We were amazed on how the projects turned out. We definitely will be back to take another class. I highly recommend taking a class, the instruction is great and you will be amazed at how wonderful the final product looks!!
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February 2024 by Marcia S.
Registration easy to navigate. Great project and instructions. Would like a smaller class than 10 or 2instructors. Kay very encouraging and gave instructions well to get project done. Would like them written on white board just to double check my work. Great class even for novices. Thank you Kay!
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January 2024 by Beth Ann
Wonderful class and lots of fun! We made ocean cutting boards. You don't need to be artistic (as I am not!) and my board turned out beautiful!
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January 2024 by Liz W.
My girlfriends and I did the fluid art class and it was so enjoyable! K is an amazing teacher with positive energy! Before class was over we already knew we wanted to sign up for more classes. Thanks K!
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January 2024 by Beth A.
This was a wonderful class (making resin - ocean) cutting boards. Very informative with a patient instructor! You don't need artistic skills (as I have almost none). This was a lot of fun.
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January 2024 by Lisa Russell
Nicole was an awesome instructor. I bought this class for my niece and nephew for a Christmas present. We had so much fun making these boards. Everyone in the class loved it. We love our boards and will definitely be back to another class with Nicole and bring more family members.
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January 2024 by Matt S.
I waited a little while to post a review as i wanted to see how the tray would hold up when washing. It holds up great! I'm not very artistic at all, but the teachers at art magic with the step by step guidence made it easy for me to create this awesome ocean wave tray!
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January 2024 by Kristi Taddonio
Oh what a magical place! So inspiring and positive. Really enjoyed resin art for the first time and will go back. The instructor, Kay, was absolutely perfect.
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January 2024 by Penny Fleming
We drove an hour to the art magic studio. I will do it again and again the class was so much fun and I learned so so much to be a resin wave artist. LOVED the studio the teacher Peg was great. Thank you for teaching us. LOVE this place
