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Super Nice Interview by Create Whimsy

Thanks to the recommendation  of a glass artist friend, Carol Milne, I was approached by Chardel at Create Whimsy to be their Spotlight Artist.

Check out the interview here.

So Many Tins and so Little Time!

It's been hard to find the right tin in this storage shed. Knowing it's in there and not being able to lay my hands on it can be frustrating.

So begins the process of flattening and organizing tin. I thank my lucky stars for having an assistant to help with this arduous project.

I envy Harriete Estel Burman for how organized her tin is. Click on her name to see her studio.

 

 

 

So the shed is emptied and now the real work begins. Sorting and flattening the tin before the rain comes. It's a puzzle for my brain when it comes to sorting the tin. Separating it into colors is easy. A red bin, a green bin , no problem.

It's when there is a purple plaid with pink roses that my mind short circuits.Does it go in a purple bin? A bin with flowers or one with plaid. It's really hard to decide.

Desk top as of Oct, 23rd 2013

Ahhhh, so nice. I actually know where all my tools are now.

Desk Top Publishing

Here I've published my desk top. Too much of a good thing?

Almost finished...2012

Oh so nice to have the studio in shape for the new year.

Just a little tin flattening to do and it will be done. After it is flattened  it will take up about a quarter of the space it does now.

I'm lovin' the clamp on lights. It's great to have more light.

No new works for a bit...2012

Doing a bit of reorganizing. I work on it for a while, then feel overwhelmed and go inside the house and play a computer game or check email and FB. Then I go back to it. At this rate it will be a few weeks before I'll be back making tin pieces. I fear a trip to Ikea is in order, sigh.

Let There Be Light In The Studio 2010

 
Before.

 
After.

For years there's been this horrible light above my desk. It worked great for painting under. Now this set up that was cobbled together from the hardware store is perfect. Less than $25. It helps that there was already an outlet in the ceiling.

Another before and After...

 
 
Before

 
then strips of  masking tape are applied...

 
After some paint- Ta da. Not perfect but good enough for a studio chair. Alice Neel had a blue and white stripped chair so I wanted one too.

 

Studio Clean Up in 2010

 
BEFORE

 
AFTER.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

6 garbage bags,1 trip to recycle & Goodwill, 3 piles for friends. Now to start phase 2. This is an on going cycle of cleaning up and trashing the studio.                                 

Do as I say, not as I do...

Seriously.

 
Day one of flattening tin.

 
Before removing bottoms and flattening.

 
After. Huge difference, so much more space. Also easier to find pieces that are needed.

So here is my advice on day two of flattening tin. If you are going to collect it for making art, flatten it when you bring it home. Don't let it pile up as I have. Even with a good electric can opener and some decent tin snips I will be at this every spare moment I have and will be finished about the end of July. 

Once it's all flatten it will be sorted in tubs by color, or subject. I can hardly wait. Working on projects will be so much easier.