Do you spend more time organizing your studio than making art? I have. Over the years, I’ve tried organization systems because I’d seen them work beautifully in other artists’ studios. Pegboard was one of them. It looked like such a practical solution, but for me, it created so much visual clutter that it simply didn’t […]
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For years, I thought the solution to my studio problems was a bigger or better studio. What I eventually discovered was that size wasn’t really the problem. The problem was that I was asking one room to support two very different kinds of creative work. Some of my textile work is relatively clean. Sewing, cutting
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Spend a little time looking at art studios online and it’s easy to start thinking yours needs to look a certain way. Beautiful cabinets. Coordinated containers. Carefully arranged supplies. Just enough artwork on the walls to make the space interesting, but never enough stuff sitting around to make it look messy. Those studios can be
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For almost a year, I barely stepped into my studio. Life had other plans. There were health issues to work through, a move across several states, a new home to settle into, and eventually an entirely new studio and dye lab to build. If you’ve ever had a season like that, you know creativity doesn’t
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