Entry No. 64 — the Oklahoma City file — filed under: hands-on
Strange Earth Studio
Strange Earth is a small maker studio that runs short, beginner-friendly workshops across an unusually wide range of crafts under one roof: wheel-thrown and hand-built pottery, plus stained glass, fused glass, mosaics and painting. Their stained-glass sessions are single-evening builds of about 2.5 hours where you cut, copper-foil and solder a finished piece like a cactus suncatcher with no prior skill needed. Class sizes are kept small for hands-on attention.
The story
Tucked away in Suite 212 off East Reno Avenue in Midwest City, Strange Earth Studio ignores the standard fine-arts pipeline that demands months of basic technique before you touch sharp tools or hot solder. Instead, this compact maker space crams wheel-thrown ceramics, hand-built clay, fused glass, mosaics, and copper-foil stained glass into low-barrier workshops designed to get your hands dirty in a single night.
The draw here isn't fine-art pretension—it's the chance to handle genuine craft tools without having to invest in an entire home studio. In a typical two-and-a-half-hour session, you're handed a scoring wheel, glass breakers, copper tape, and a hot soldering iron, taking raw sheet glass through every phase of cutting, foiling, and seam-melting until you walk out the door holding a solid, self-built suncatcher.
What it's like
You'll step into a functional working studio fitted with clay wheels, glass grinders, and work tables, where session sizes stay small enough for direct hands-on instruction. The catch is that Strange Earth doesn't operate as a casual walk-in craft lounge. Classes run on a posted monthly calendar and sell out quickly, so you'll need to check their site, lock in a spot ahead of time, and verify active hours before making the trip.
The move: Take the 2.5-hour cactus stained-glass workshop together and each cut, foil and solder your own suncatcher to hang at home.
📍 Before you go Workshops run on a posted calendar and fill up; check the site for current dates and book ahead.
- 📍 Midwest City
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 8855 E Reno Ave, Suite 212, Midwest City, OK
Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.
⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.
Pair it with
- American Pigeon Museum & Library — Follow up your studio session with a trip north to explore North America's only museum dedicated entirely to fancy and carrier pigeons.
- Love's Planetarium at Science Museum Oklahoma — Balance a low-tech glass-cutting evening with high-tech star projection beneath the 4K dome at the nearby Science Museum.
- Blue Sage Studios — If cold-glass cutting and soldering hook you, head over to Blue Sage to watch artists work molten glass directly out of a hot furnace.
Good to know
Do I need any prior experience with stained glass or pottery?
No. The single-evening workshops are built specifically for absolute beginners and guide you through every step from raw materials to finished piece.
What do you actually make during the stained-glass session?
In a 2.5-hour workshop, you cut glass pieces, apply copper foil to the edges, and solder them together into a finished hanging item, like a cactus suncatcher, to take home.
Where is the studio located and how do I book a spot?
The studio is located at 8855 E Reno Ave, Suite 212, in Midwest City. Class dates are listed on their website calendar, where you must reserve your seat in advance.
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Further reading: Official site · okcfox.com · Yelp · Facebook
last checked: 2026-06-23