The long overdue studio tour

I took these photos before the small flood derailed me. I still haven’t put everything back in its place, but it’s encouraging to know that everything does have a more or less specific place. In any case, let me show you my wonderful new studio.
At the bottom of the stairs you’ll find my photo set-up conveniently tucked in the corner provided by the stairs. The lights are from Tabletop Studios. The light tent itself is an inexpensive knockoff of the EZ Cube found on ebay.

Next here is the view from the doorway to the main part of my studio. The floor is inexpensive vinyl composition tile and the ceiling light are all full spectrum fluorescents. I’ve got my work table set up with my oven right behind me and a multi drawer Ikea kitchen cabinet for my most used supplies. I have a mirror hung under the wall shelves so that I can turn my chair and see how I like a string of beads or a new pair of earrings. Plus the mirror helps open up and brighten the space. (you can also see my mannequin “Hildy” in profile)

Here is the beading area. I picked up the bead storage unit after the last Bead & Button Show. It’s handy because its many little drawer make it easy to separate my massive bead stash out by size and color. It’s main drawback though is that the drawers don’t slide all the way out and things can get lost at the back of the drawers.

My bulletin board full of weird stuff I’ve done as well as inspirational postcards & work from friends/artists I admire. (Paper & polymer dolls by me, heart pin & kumihimo cord by Diane Villano, Santa & elf by Jack Schwend, beads by Emma Ralph, tiles by Jayne Hoffman, moon mask by Jenn Dorion, rose necklace by Leigh Ross, pendant by Diane Gregoire, notebook by Gerri Newfry, sorry if I missed something)

My bookcase wall , utility sink and jewelry bench. I am thrilled to have running water in this studio!

The final wall: a narrow bookcase of magazines, a table for simple soldering and a fun wall gallery. Plus my silly colorful closet doors. It’s hard to see in the picture, but there are fun freehand silver designs painted over each of the colored panels.