10:24 PM
Yep. That is my current craft corner. And this is a tidy view of the space. My artistic interests have been all over the place for most of my life. I always like to draw. Photography was a big part of my life since middle school. I also learned wood and metal working then. College introduced me to ceramics and painting. Graduate school added book arts. Then post education, I acquired computer imaging skills and 3D design. (I won’t call it modeling. Just never acquired that skillset.) More recently, I’ve added sewing and foam smithing to my skills kit.
Because of all these, I have acquired a lot of materials and tools. Most of it is crammed into that space above. And it is a mess. I’ve tried to enforce some order onto the space, but it doesn’t take much to turn it an F5 tornado aftermath. Heck, often, that space becomes a mess out of laziness. I just drop stuff on the table top and it piles up out of neglect.
First rule of the workspace: Only materials and WIP are allowed on the table.
I’ll make more rules as I go. The most important rule is the above. It should keep the space ready to work.
- Pull it apart.
- Separate the sewing supplies and equipment. Find a new home for those.
- Separate out Diane’s crafting supplies. Find a good sorting/storage option.
- Sort through my art and craft supplies. Store/dispose what I think will not be needed.
- Prioritize remains supplies and tools for the work I want to do for the foreseeable future.
The space still needs some TLC. There are piles of fabric on the rolling carts and saw horses under the tabletop. The rolling carts have materials for some of Diane’s crafting interests, too. Tucked at each end is miscellaneous flat items: drawing boards, large paper pads, flat art that needs framing. Too much in that space has nothing to do with the work that will be done in that space.
The todo list for this area is:
It’s a lot of work, but the reward will hopefully be a workspace that is ready to work.
