I love looking at photos of other artists’ studios. With our brief stint of moving back and forth from Connecticut a couple of years ago, I’ve set up three different studios.
Studying photos, articles and books about artists’ studios really helped me design a space I love, and which works really well for me. The photos of my studio on my website get a lot of views, so I am guessing other people like to get ideas from studio photos too.
I’d like to start a feature on my blog I’ll call “Studio Snapshot”. I’m thinking it will be in an interview format with photos of the artist’s space. Any artist in any medium is welcome. Any artist with any size work space is welcome. Small studios or studio alcoves would be as interesting as larger spaces, plus any kind of space in between. Each space has its own advantages and challenges.
You don’t have to clean up! Who better understands a chaotic mess than other artists?
Of course I’ll include links to your website and blog too.
So let’s see YOUR creative space, and read your description of it. What’s your favorite part? What would you change if you could? Any organizational tips? It’s fun to see behind the curtain in that Wizard of Oz sort of way. And it’s a great way to get ideas on how to improve or organize your own creative space.
So, what do you think about the idea? Would you be willing to participate? To give other artists a peek inside your studio? If you’d like to be featured, email me at LibzoidATgmailDOTcom (replacing the AT and DOT with the appropriate symbols of course) and I will send you my list of questions. Thanks!
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LB 03.19.08 at 11:11 am
I’ve shown photos of my tiny work space on my blog before…
heather 03.19.08 at 1:57 pm
Libby, we are sharing a brain today! I even featured your studio on my other blog: http://polymerclay.craftgossip.com/the-polymer-clay-studio/2008/03/19
I love your studio idea, peeking into an artist’s studio is such an inspiration!
Libby 03.19.08 at 2:05 pm
LB, I think you may have the most compact workspace I’ve seen yet.
Heather, I saw your posts and had to chuckle. It must be something in the air. I hope we can see your studio here when you are done!
Martha Aleo 03.19.08 at 4:39 pm
Great idea! I had been planning to take some pictures of my workshop and post them some time in the future. I am always interested in how other people’s work spaces (artistic that is!)
Karen 03.19.08 at 5:52 pm
Hi Libby,
I’m really looking forward to your new feature. What a fabulous idea! As I’m in the process of moving and setting up a new studio space, I would love to see what other artists have done. Thanks for sharing the photo of your space. I like the way you have your tables set up perpendicular to the wall.
-Karen
jana 03.19.08 at 7:36 pm
Libby…
I’d love to share photos but my poor studio is, uh, in transition….._again_. I had to move into the basement from my studio because the heating wasn’t working in the winter…..moved into the room that my son had vacated when he moved out and went to college…finally get myself all nice and settled and loving the space and son calls to say he’s moving home. deep sigh. So, since I couldn’t move back out to my studio (a converted garage) cuz’ the heat still wasn’t working well enough for winter temperatures, I took over the dining room and kitchen. Now, it’s warming up enough that I can move back out to my studio. You tired yet??? I am just writing this!! So, I’d love to share pictures, but it will be a while before I ‘land’…
jana
ps. it was _so_ good seeing your skinny self at synergy! You look wonderful..
Libby 03.19.08 at 8:00 pm
Jana,
Thanks. I’ll just hit you up later when you’ve had a chance to settle into your old/new space. It sounds like you could teach a “traveling studio” workshop. LOL All kidding aside, I hope your multiple shifts have at least given you an opportunity to improve your original studio.
My studio is in the basement and while it’s not unreasonably cold, the cold comes up from the floor and my feet really feel it. The upside is, no matter the time of year I never have to worry about my clay getting too warm.
Jenny Patterson 03.20.08 at 3:51 am
This is a great subject! I am hoping, if all works out, to build an addition on my house in the next year, maybe two. Most of it will be a new studio for me, and an assembly, packaging, shipping type space for the DH. It will be interesting to hear how other people put thier studios together, and how spaces are set up.
My first question, is this, keeping in mind that I do not have an unlimited budget, what size is the perfect size room for a studio? I know that the more room, the more “stuff” aquired to fill the space. I don’t want that!! LOL But I also am only going to be doing this once, and don’t want to be to small.
Great great topic!
Debbie G 11.26.08 at 12:10 am
When I actually put the clay out on a surface here at (the new) home, I’ll be happy to share the visuals. So far, thank gawd for the guild ‘Clay Days’, otherwise I’d never even have a chance to handle my clay!
I’m also waiting for the pictures of ’studios’ that are just a table in a corner of a room, or the end of the dining room table. I am sure there are artists who do -not- have a dedicated clay room. I wanna see how THEY deal with carving out a space for their claying in the middle of all other life activities. (btw, that will be me, too.)