1. What to pack... I've got the basics down pat for studio and cool-climate clothing. Take it out, wear it, use it, wash it, put it back in. I am very tired of my same 6 shirts...
2. How to settle in fast! Give me a spot and a couple of work tables and I'm there making it my own in a hurry.
3. I need to have my hands on tactile things. Collage was the first medium that I totally loved as a young artist, and it has been terrific to come back to it. Can't work without the computer, but balance is good (and my body appreciates me not staring at a screen all day). I am working on some rough sketches from cut-up maps here, not sure if they will become something more finished when I get home or not.
4. Finding a working rhythm wherever I am. I've always found mornings to be my most productive time and they are also the quietest in the studio here. So I am up and in the studio, retreating to the quieter house to write in the afternoons.
5. Studios need windows! I know, artists like lots of wall space, but really! This studio sits right on the water and I have to go outside to see it... and this is not the first place I've worked that's nearly windowless. At least let me see a patch of sky!
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| My studio space, day 1 |
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| Day 10 |
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| map collage sketches |
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