Moving Into My Studio

This week I moved into my studio. The move felt strange as I primarily need my studio space as material storage. I have a smaller space than most that is located right at the entrance to the rest of the senior studios. My challenge was to find space to store my scrap would that wouldn't be dangerous or get in anyone's way. I resolved to clear the easels out of the small storage space next to my studio and put most of the dangerous materials in there. I hope that decision won't cause any conflicts. Richard Wood helped me set up a drafting table with sawhorses that I expect to be invaluable to building my artistic practice this semester. Most of the material I have stored in the space I intend to use soon, which will free up more space to use the table to draw furniture schematics and view my models. As the space gets cleared out, I am excited to find new uses for the studio in my artistic practice.

My first challenge will be to reorganize the storage space I used up so that my materials and scrap wood fit neatly into the space. I have accrued way more materials than I realized, and need to make good decisions moving forwards on how to store everything efficiently. Most of the scrap wood in this haphazard pile will be used to create a sculpture appearing to grow out of a chair and seemingly held together by duct tape. I will then paint the entirety of the form. I hope to make three of these forms and use the remaining chair as a central seat to view the piece.