Photo Tour of Studio

Studio Floor Plan

 

Photos of the Studio – Almost Finished

I included the floor plan again and marked some key landmarks to identify where these photos were taken.

 

This is facing the north wall. I still need to build the design walls for this wall. The green thing in the foreground is 4′x8′ table that I will use for cutting fabric.

My current work in progress tends to end up with parts piled up on top of my cutting table and now with a larger table I have even more room to spread it out (I tend to work on more than 1 quilt at a time so this will be very nice).

 
 

This is the east wall, and longest, wall of the studio. There is a 11′ long design wall in between the windows where I anticipate composing my smaller textile paintings.

The cutting table is visible again (and in almost every photo). It’s built on top of 4 sets of shelves. The one showing in this view holds some of my artbooks and magazines.

 
 

The south wall (yay – a southern window – I didn’t have any in my old house and this is the only one in this house as you can see the cats are equally thrilled with the southern exposure).

The bins to the right of the cutting table are from the container store and hold my hand-dyed fabric and artworks in progress.

The set of drawers under the cutting table is full of my old commercial cotton fabrics that I don’t use but am not sure what to do with as of yet. Might sell them all as I’ve got 3 of these dressers full of fabric I don’t use anymore.

 
 

The west wall. I’ll use this wall as my main design wall for my larger work and as my photography wall. I photographed some artwork on it this morning and it turned out great. I couldn’t photograph in my old studio because it was too dark so this is a treat.

 
 

This is taken standing in the north-western corner and shows pretty much the entire studio from this angle.

The sewing table to the far left is the table I’ll use for constructing my compositions for the textile paintings. I have separate work areas for this type of design work and the more meditative process of quilting the quilts.

I’ve always wanted this but have never been able to pull it off. Now I can have work in progress at different stages and suspect it will increase my productivity even more. Less down time when switching between the type of work I’m doing.

 
 

This taken standing in the south-eastern corner and shows the studio from this angle.

Three of the drawers under the cutting table can be seen. The one facing me is full of beads and buttons (also rarely used). The other 2 shelves hold tools and supplies that I tend to need frequently when creating my textile paintings.

 
 

One of my requirements was a large open floor space as this is where I baste my quilts. I moved my cat over here to show scale. She was happy to help.

 
 

This is the table that they built into the space at the top of the stairs that cantilevers over the backyard area.

It’s 4 feet by 7+ feet and is the table I will use to quilt my quilts. The dressers to the right contains more thread (2 of the drawers) and tools needed while sewing. The other dressers contain yarns and more fabrics I don’t use.

 
 

This is the door to the studio closet that happily appeared in the plans I talked about in yesterday’s post.

The closet is over the top of the laundry room so the floor is about 3 feet higher than the floor of the studio. For a long time the door to the studio was in the stairway but it looked funny as it was high up on the wall, so it got moved around the corner.

I have to walk on this table (built for walking on) to get into the closet. Works great to pile everything up on the table then move it into or out of the closet.

 
 

The stairway to the rest of the house. Very open and well integrated.

 
 

The view from the kitchen/living room. Everything past the yellow wall (the old back wall of the house) was added on during the remodel. Underneath my studio is my new office and new bedroom. The laundry is to the right of the studio at the same level as the kitchen.

The Art

Lots of art here in the kitchen – the pears were painted by an artist in New Zealand and I bought it at an art coop somewhere on the north island in 2001. The small landscape on the right side of the stairway is by Tracy Helgeson (love love her work).

The ceramic plate on the wall on the left is some famous something but I got it at a garage sale for $3. The dandelion painting below it is by Shan Byran Hanson a super talented Wisconsin painter.

The ceramic plate on the counter (which you can barely see) is by Cynthia Guajardo and is surrounded by small bowls by a colleague of Cynthia’s at the Colorado Potter’s Guild.

The textile painting in the stairway on the left is Structures #60 and the one on the right at the top of the stairs is Structures #12. When the art buying money tanks are refilled I plan on buying a painting to go on the wall over the stairs into the office. It might take a few years but I have a pretty good idea of what I want to go there.

Next Up

Yay!!

That’s the what comes to mind. I absolutely love my new studio and the rest of the house that comes with it.

Tomorrow I’ll start writing about lighting. (If you look at these photos again you will see the indirect fluorescent lighting I’ve put in along with some track lighting.)

Tagged as: artist, remodel, studio, studio design