My Studio Mascot

My Studio Mascot

         I just had to share my studio mascot with all of you, this sketching mannequin came to me in November last year to help out a student in her sketching skills. While she left my art class and I have not had much luck persuading the rest of my students to take advantage of its presence and maybe enhance their sketching skills :( they do make it a point to have the mannequin pose a different way each time !!

         This mannequin also happens to be my sole companion when I am alone in my studio creating, and so I am thinking of giving a name. Now since I do not think I want to decide on the gender , I hope someone can come up with a unisex name, any ideas ?? Do drop a line :)

Tooly Tales!!

My tool peg board

I wanted to share a quick look at my tool peg board which is now quickly filling up, when I had first set it up, a friend had wondered about all the extra space I was not using, since all my tools are off to the left, well now it seems I might be running out of space!!
Since I am always buying newer tools, I am going to have to think up of alternatives for storage. Having the right tools is important but storing them so that they are easily available is also equally important. How do you manage your tools, maybe you use colours, what system do you use so that they are available at a moment's notice? Would love to hear all the different ideas out there :)

Studi(o)topia ! - A sneak peak into my world

I have a very happy announcement to make, one that I have been waiting to yell out from the roof tops !! I finally, have my very own studio !! Well to be honest not my first space, but this one has everything that I could have wished for in a studio space. It is only five minutes walking distance from my home, also it is large enough to afford me the luxury of having all of my tools and equipment, colours and machines within easy reach. It also allows me to leave out all of materials till I have finished a current project as opposed to packing things up immediately.

What is even more  exciting is that this space has room for my dear furnace as well ! Cant wait to start enameling ! My studio also comes as a happy new space for my students to go completely crazy with their creativity! They have been joining me in putting up a board outside announcing the studio's name.(We are still working on it)
One more exciting feature this place offers is that there is plenty of space for me to hold workshops and my regular art classes.

But I believe the best feature is what all you artists out there would appreciate, the ability to show your work to the world once you are good and ready with it , and not have people visiting your home ask questions about a particular piece that is not quite at a stage where you want to show it off. So what do you think is the best part of having a studio, the privacy, the peace or the space?