Showing posts with label studioScapes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label studioScapes. Show all posts

Saturday, November 27, 2010

StudioScapes: Chapter 12


Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first two projects, Secret Sunday and The Book Guild, can be found on the sidebar of my blog.


StudioScapes is the third project and Chapter 12 starts right now! All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to submit a photograph of a favorite art-related vignette from their home or studio.
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My studio is in The Liberties area in Dublin City. It's a drafty Old Victorian building that has twenty resident artists there at present  This is a shot of a work 'When Your Talking Machine Glides' hanging on the beautiful iron arched window in my studio (studio 11) there.
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My studio
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This is my $20.00 easel, and my plastic art storage stand that holds my pastels. I live in a very small house and do not have a studio space, so when I want to draw, I just pull up a chair to my easel and work. When I am not using it, it is flush with the wall.
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A wall in my studio
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My stand up light table. I bought it from my former employer at the Casper Star Tribune back in the day when we did paste up by hand. It has been modified to the correct height and I use it with a tractor seat type chair that you lean into and not stand at.
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My morning workspace.
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Thanks for spending the last 12 Sundays with The Altered Page, visiting the studios of these wonderful artists. Today marks the last posting of this series. But swing by next Sunday, as the next project fromThe Pulse begins. And remember that you can always find the links to the first three projects (Secret Sunday, The Book Guild, StudioScapes) on the sidebar of this blog.

December 5, 2010

Saturday, November 20, 2010

StudioScapes: Chapter 11


Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first two projects, Secret Sunday and The Book Guild, can be found on the sidebar of my blog.


StudioScapes is the third project and Chapter 11 starts right now! All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to submit a photograph of a favorite art-related vignette from their home or studio.
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I have taken a shot of my 'lazy susan' which holds paints, gesso, glues and inks! It makes grabbing what I need so much easier!
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The first photo is of an ordinary day at my work table in its usual disarray with a few collections added for the photo. The black & white piece of art at the back of the table is an original work done personally for me by Ketut Lyer, the Balinese artist in "Eat, Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert. It is a drawing of Saraswati, the goddess of art, music and literature and below her (which you can't see in this photo) is ancient scripture and prayers. She is my muse when I am working.  
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The image I sent is of a small collection of Paris collages. They are image transfers of the Eiffel Tower (from a photo I took) transferred to collages comprised of tissue paper, pigment and dyed silk organza.
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My favourite late-night activity while I wind down and watch TV... breaking out the art journal.
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My studio
photo credit: Jesse Tyler Gullion 
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The altar area in my room/loft
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I don't have an actual dedicated studio space that I use. I have a desk and shelving/drawers for storage in the garage, next to the washing machine and kids bikes (not very inspiring!) and this area here which is in the family lounge. This space serves a practical place to keep things I use often as well as a 'inspiration station' filled with received art, bits of my art and cards from my kids. There's a few nests here too of course!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

StudioScapes: Chapter 10


Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first two projects, Secret Sunday and The Book Guild, can be found on the sidebar of my blog.


StudioScapes is the third project and Chapter 10 starts right now! All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to submit a photograph of a favorite art-related vignette from their home or studio.
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This is a photo of my untidy desk.
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This is my digital art area. I create my work on an Apple iMac. You can see some of my bins full of what my wife calls junk, though. It's actually ephemera for collage work. It's also where I spend a lot of time writing.
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Art journal pages on my worktable.
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Hand-dyed paper with Alicia's friendship book she did for me on top (this book inspired the colours).
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Art-related Vignette from my home.
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My desks (yep - i am fortunate enough to have 2 work areas) are never empty, there are piles of things everywhere. piles of journals, fabric, art supplies, papers, wood.
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Getting a pattern ready to marble on paper.
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I love to make art with my daughter.

Sunday, November 7, 2010

StudioScapes: Chapter 9


Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first two projects, Secret Sunday and The Book Guild, can be found on the sidebar of my blog.


StudioScapes is the third project and Chapter 9 starts right now! All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to submit a photograph of a favorite art-related vignette from their home or studio.
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My studio : organized chaos

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While the photo isn't great, the view from my bed reminds me that I have created some pieces that I love. Sometimes I place unfinished pieces on the ledges until they inform me the direction they want to take.

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From my art room.

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“Claudia’s Jewels” – work table shot after I cut the paper canvas into three pieces for mounting on stretched canvas panels.

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My view from where I work in winter.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

StudioScapes: Chapter 8


Welcome to the fourth edition of The Pulse -- The State of the Art -- a survey in words and pictures of the online artist community. Nearly 150 artists have answered a list of questions which make up The Pulse. Their responses will be presented as a series of online and print projects. Links to the first two projects, Secret Sunday and The Book Guild, can be found on the sidebar of my blog.


StudioScapes is the third project and Chapter 8 starts right now! All artists participating in The Pulse were asked to submit a photograph of a favorite art-related vignette from their home or studio.
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Little inspirations: little bits I've captured over the years that I rotate around to inspire me; plus where I keep some of my important things I might use at any time!

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An impromptu show of "Dots" collages from the flat files.

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A photo of my studio (I cleaned it up LOL).

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My most favorite place to be...working, or planning, or just referencing a source book.

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I have a studio in my garage and an easel for larger paintings, but a surprising amount of my art is made at my little corner table. This is where I create the covers and sew my blank books, and make my art journal pages, and do all the small stuff that I enjoy most.

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