I have much same thoughts and desire you have Michelle for my creative space. Declutter and organize. But that would include my husband since we share the space. “2 messy creatives”. I dream of a she shed.
I have been wanting a new chair for years. Not from Goodwill or a friend. Something I picked out and really want. I found it. Blues and Butterflies with flowers. It will look marvelous in front of my art table. I'm happy.✌️❤️🩹⌛️
The image of the plate with paint along the edges, brought me back to Switzerland where I learned how to paint porcelaine (in the European method~think Meissen and Sevres). I had to know what the powdered pigment (after I made it paintable by mixing the powdered pigment with different oils) looked once it was fired (because they didn't necessarily look the same). I fired a number of plates showing dozens of colors just to be able to keep track (till I learned how they changed). I don't paint porcelaine any more I sold my huge kiln when we left TX. I donated literally POUNDS of very expensive pigment because I could not sell it.
Your current situation with clutter is something I battle with every day. There are days when I can't even walk into my studio because the floor, every flat surface and most walls are covered with projects or pieces of projects "to be". I have moved a LOT. When I am in a new place that typically means a new artistic endeavor (because what I WAS doing is not available where I might have moved to)...decorative acrylic painting in CT, porcelaine painting in Switzerland, watercolor painting in NJ, Stained Glass in FL...I could go on and on. I am now trying my hand at collage and bookbinding in OR, which creates LOTS of clutter and requires space. There ARE days when I feel I am literally drowning surrounded by my stuff. My only solution is a larger space...but that isn't going to happen anytime soon.
I have much same thoughts and desire you have Michelle for my creative space. Declutter and organize. But that would include my husband since we share the space. “2 messy creatives”. I dream of a she shed.
I have been wanting a new chair for years. Not from Goodwill or a friend. Something I picked out and really want. I found it. Blues and Butterflies with flowers. It will look marvelous in front of my art table. I'm happy.✌️❤️🩹⌛️
What would you change about your creative setup?
Build a new room? We moved 10 years ago downsizing from 5 bedrooms to 2. To a tiny cape.
When I work it’s at the dining room table. I have a buffet that I put all my art supplies in.
It’s not convenient and I’m still trying to figure it out.
I can’t leave anything out and there’s no where else to work.
Every room is tiny.
So I can’t answer this question yet.
The image of the plate with paint along the edges, brought me back to Switzerland where I learned how to paint porcelaine (in the European method~think Meissen and Sevres). I had to know what the powdered pigment (after I made it paintable by mixing the powdered pigment with different oils) looked once it was fired (because they didn't necessarily look the same). I fired a number of plates showing dozens of colors just to be able to keep track (till I learned how they changed). I don't paint porcelaine any more I sold my huge kiln when we left TX. I donated literally POUNDS of very expensive pigment because I could not sell it.
Your current situation with clutter is something I battle with every day. There are days when I can't even walk into my studio because the floor, every flat surface and most walls are covered with projects or pieces of projects "to be". I have moved a LOT. When I am in a new place that typically means a new artistic endeavor (because what I WAS doing is not available where I might have moved to)...decorative acrylic painting in CT, porcelaine painting in Switzerland, watercolor painting in NJ, Stained Glass in FL...I could go on and on. I am now trying my hand at collage and bookbinding in OR, which creates LOTS of clutter and requires space. There ARE days when I feel I am literally drowning surrounded by my stuff. My only solution is a larger space...but that isn't going to happen anytime soon.