Posts tagged work space
Space!!!!
I’ve made room to work on larger pieces and still reach what I need in a short reach, long reach, or two steps :). Timing CAN be everything. To my right are three heated palettes for pigmented wax medium with the vent fan above. Directly in front of me is a griddle for clear medium. The electric skillet is for making medium. When I’m making medium I work from the front of this drawing table. The white shelf unit has drawers of tools, cakes of prepared medium, oil paint, R&F encaustic paint, paper towels, razor blades, etc. To the left of my chair is my drawing table for preparing plans and drawings. Behind me are shelves for boards, books, raw materials (beeswax, damar resin, soy wax), frames, pans and utensils for making medium, etc.
This should work for a while….
Now I have proof….
I’ve been feeling somewhat befuddled — slightly askew. It started when I quit making lists and grew worse when I stopped wearing a watch. I’m not complaining - it works for me most of the time. All the same, I’ve been suspecting that I’ve gone off the deep end. At the end of the day today I looked at my work space — and got VISUAL confirmation. A major overhaul may be in the planning - if I have any planning capability left. THIS is what I’ve become.
Considering THIS is what I was, you can see why I’m noticing the askew-ness. This is how I worked a few years ago. Noooo….I’m not going back to this. I couldn’t if I wanted to — but I do need to open up some space, somehow. I can barely move in my little wax slinging cave and when it reaches the point where I can’t get to the refrig for my Diet Mountain Dew….well, panic isn’t too far away.
