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A studio for an artist is more than a workshop. It is space for creating and very necessary for peaceful and uninterrupted artistic activity. When unispired to finish or start a project, you can just browse around the objects of the studio, rearrange things, cut paper for that next project, inventory tubes of paint . . . the sole activity of "being" in the studio makes things happen for an artist.
I have read that any space will do, that a desk in the corner of the living room is enough . . . well, yes and no. A studio does make a difference. The studio becomes a world of its own, a sanctuary for creativity, for making something--something beautiful--out of a pile of raw materials. An artwork in itself, really.
Here's roughly how my studio was born:
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| First you will need materials | . . . a capable handyman . . . | and of course, a place to claim as your own (sorry, Jimmy). |
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| RIP RIP RIP BANG!!! |
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| PRESTO! The completed "ouvre" |
As for the inside, it is messy often, but everything is always
where it should be. Every knife, every paint brush and pastel stick tells
you where it wants to be kept. Every surface will define itself, in time,
and serve its useful purpose. Check out the methods
page for a look at the inside of this artist's studio, but I firmly think
everyone should dream up their own.
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