My Studio.

My studio is located at West Sixth Brewery, a micro brewery in Lexington, KY. the building was the former Rainbow Bread factory and has 90,000 sq. feet. The artists' area was once office space and contains a large gallery area where we can display our work and give classes or have meetings. The building contains the brewery and a tap room, Broke Spoke Bike Club (bike polo courts are located in a park nearby), Food Chain where fish and greens are being raised, a coffee roaster, Roller Girls of Central KY practice rink, and soon to be added a climbing wall, and a restaurant. Other venues will be added as the space develops. Right now my space is something of a mess. LOL!

 

A view of the other side of my studio and things I'm working on.

 

 This is the side that looks out into the warehouse space where the Roller Girls practice and where the climbing wall be constructed. I'll be able to watch the climbers!

This my growler from West Sixth Brewery that can be refilled with one of their craft beers. I only have it refilled when we have company because it's too much for my husband and I to drink in an evening and beer does not keep well. The brewery has 2 beers that it cans so were keep some of those around.

What's in my work room...

apart from a lot of junk? In no particular order, the contents include

a lot of books. This is about half of what I have downstairs, and there are lots more upstairs too.

A window for looking out of, pens and pencils for drawing attempting to draw with, and a radio for listening to Radio 3.

An untidy pin board which needs updating, with inspirational quote from my fearless granddaughter.

Something my son brought back from one of his Chinese trips. I have no idea what it signifies, but I like it.

Two little pictures of Suffolk, inherited from my mother and aunt, as reminders of them and the plac

A colour wheel made with threads inherited from the same two women, both keen needlepointers.

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in amidst the clutter

Here are some photos of some of the bright sparks amongst the clutter of my studio. Very poor photos, sorry.

A quilt I got in a swap made by Jan Thompson. She called it Butterfly Bits - being made from left over bits from a butterfly quilt. But I think it looks like sweets, lollies and sweetie papers!

2 prints I picked up at a charity shop because I like historical costume.
Not sure who this is by, it looks like Vermeer, but I can't find it on Google.

Hans Holbein the Younger - The Ambassadors 1533

A little quiltlet by Dijanne Cevaal which I bought when I had a little money.

badges from Houston which bring back memories of the 2 years I was a Bernina Designer (before they stopped doing it).

A couple of my inspiration cupboard doors.

This one has dragonish inspiration - several from items in the British Museum.

Plus a few other bits I keep in view so I can find remember them!

Oh, both cupboard views have a photo sent to me by Linda M because I found an ogre in it when she posted it on her blog. And one of these days I will do a story piece about the ogre-under-the-water and the shining castle in the background (actually Linda insists they are silos!)

bits of this & that

My studio is filled with sewing gadgets, paint, dye, brushes, rulers and of course fabric.  All fiber artists have those things.  These are a few of the items that make my 'studio' unique.


A couple of stitching projects, made for my parents

for my Dad. Golf Pro

For my Mom, who has always taken the weeds with the flowers

A silly gift from my sister's, it makes me laugh.  It sings "The lonely Goatherd" from the Sound of Music.
                                             

The Lonely Goatherd

A mix of nostalgia and fantasy, because that's who I am.
                                         

My collections of thimbles and buttons
                                   

A favorite saying
                             

Flowers for a pop of spring, my favorite season
                               

A few of my favorite fabric postcards.
                               

Thanks for visting! Janet

From Tasmania

May and studio images, unfortunately at this time I'm without a studio, reason being we have moved house recently, so here is my studio from our other piece of paradise, on Bruny Island Tasmania. I do have to say I miss it very much, it was my little haven where I could spend hours, drawing, or looking at things which inspired me, or just gazing out of the window, at the birds, the garden, or the sea. Lots of good things came out of this much loved space.

  

This beautiful space was built by my husband.

Me in my studio, doing a pencil drawing of eggs in leaf litter.

My, sort of tidy, studio 

Pieces which always inspire me...as you know I love collections in boxes.

The shell painting is one of a series of post cards that I attempted, the blue piece on top of the box, is a solar print, which I did at a work shop.

Old tin cans hold my paint brushes, next to a very inspiring book by Andrew Wyeth...'The Helga Pictures.'

A collection of old tea bags, which are great for printing on, though I think they look quite beautiful like this.

Two finished, slip cast pieces, of my pillow and egg series.

May -- studio visit

This month we can all stay home -- your challenge is to take some photos of your studio and show us what you keep there for inspiration or comfort or pleasure.

Here's what I have.  None of it formally displayed, just pinned up in odd corners where I can see and love it.

A tiny quilt (about 8 x 8 inches) by Terry Jarrard-Dimond, hung right above my sewing machine table so it's always in my vision.

A mola that Terry gave me, to commemorate my cruise through the Panama Canal (the guys are waving Panamanian flags).

On the wall, a sheer piece by Rosemary Claus-Gray, and above it, a big fly made from plastic circuit boards by my son Matthew.

Two clay ornaments that I gave to my mother many years ago (she loved birds) and took back after she died.

On the design wall, a small piece by Carol Larson that I bought several years ago as a fundraiser after 9/11.

On a lamp over my sewing machine (which I never use, else the rose would probably burn up...) a rose from a Valentine's bouquet from my husband, and a button from the collection of the late great fiber artist Alma Lesch.

And finally, a colonial Minuteman, a woodburning project from my husband's junior high school wood shop.

ARCHITECTURE

 The Cathedral at Nantes.  Built originally in April 1434 - the façade took nearly 50 years to build.  On December 25 1891, 457 years after the first stone was laid it was inaugurated by the then Bishop of Nantes, Jules Francois Lecoq, having been entirely completed.

 The Cathedral was damaged many times in the past. During the French Revolution, when the castle's arsenal exploded on May 25th 1800 , when the city was bombed on June 15th, 1944 and more recently on January 28th 1972 when a gigantic fire nearly destroyed the whole building.  Built in the Flamboyant Gothic style what stands out  from the whole building is the harmonious balance

 of its proportions, enhanced by the dazzling whiteness of the stone and the magic sight of the stained glass windows of the choir, particularly in the morning sunlight.  The original stained glass windows have all been destroyed and have been replaced with modern leaded glass panels.

I am away at the moment.  We have been to the Stitchcraft show in Nantes where there is an

Exhibition of replica 'Dear Jane' quilts.  The original was due to be there but unfortunately due to the incapacity of Brenda Papadakis who was unable to travel the Quilt had to remain in the Bennington Museum.  It was a breathtaking  sight to see over 100 of the replicas hanging together.  It  was a fabulous show and well worth a visit.  It is held annually.