A “New” Studio
After a show has been shipped, I always like to clean my studio. I can’t imagine re-starting in July after all my travels in this chaos.
A little measuring, a trip to Ikea, and here’s my new under-the-counter basket towers (from the bedroom closet section) in progress. The directions said to pound in the connecting panels on a wood surface; the back of my large ironing surface worked great.
What seemed like 400 hours later - my “new” studio! A little scary in its neatness. The sewing table has to go in that exact spot so my view is only of trees and fields and not my neighbors.
I always need a second work table. I “borrowed” this one from my book arts studio which is now going to be strictly storage of “stuff” not being used in my current work. I always bring my book projects to my textile studio anyway. All my painting stuff has gone to the basement. It’s a chain reaction of organizing yet-to-do.
My husband had to convince me to buy this clip-on rack - whatever would I use it for?
The white fabric covers basket towers with all my hand-painted and hand-dyed fabric - they are still a disaster. I have the two baskets of fabric for the Boundary Waters series under the table behind my sewing table. Two design walls are stacked one behind the other.
Other Ikea items besides the work tables — a bedroom dresser for yarn, found objects, etc.; collapsable fabric containers in a variety of sizes for inside the new baskets and on top of the dresser, and a metal wastebasket to store rolled Lutradur, interfacing, etc. I still have artwork to hang, but this is a studio that I will be happy to return to in July.
May 13th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Wow, Virginia, what a great studio! I enjoyed the “tour” and got some good ideas for things I might need to add to my somewhat smaller space. Loved seeing where you produce all the wonderful work that you do!
Have a great trip to the Boundary Waters - hope the forest fires are not in an area where you will be.
Karen
May 13th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Wow! Not a single loose thread - very impressive. What is the measurement of your studio? And who is that furry, golden guy/gal in the lower right corner?
Happy Canoeing! Del
May 14th, 2007 at 3:54 am
Karen and Del - Thank you for writing.
Karen - Of course, the fire (good for the forest, bad for the residents and firefighters) is exactly where we were going. Here’s the website I check for all the details of the fire: http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/superior/conditions/
We still have some options, but mainly we are hoping for rain as we consider the northern part of the BWCAW near the Canadian border to be the most beautiful.
Del - It is 19′ x16′ - it is suppose to be the master bedroom which explains the stenciling that I inherited. One of the storage problems is that there are no closets in the room. I was waiting to see who would notice Pouncer, my studio buddy. He is, in fact, quite shy.