You already know the saying, “Two steps ahead, one step again?” Tom and I had been each feeling that this previous week—however he had it lots worse with laptop stuff. He’d advance ahead with lastly getting in touch with tech assist about misfiring “plug-ins” for the weblog, then get transferred from individual to individual, having to regress as he defined the present drawback once more, and once more. I’m so grateful that Tom handles that a part of this enterprise of artwork. It leaves me to deal with the artistic stuff.
My week was fortunately spent in my studio making a couple of steps ahead, and one little step again which is able to contain reopening a paint can—no tech assist wanted—to cowl up the experimental floor remedy on my new desk prime, above.
This publish continues a brand new sequence: This Week in My Studio. Because the title implies, in these posts I’ll be displaying what I’ve been as much as not too long ago in my work house. This may imply an in depth have a look at a quilt I’m engaged on, or it could imply following alongside as I reorganize my materials, and even that includes all of the completely different locations my cat Djinni has claimed as her sleeping spots.
I hope in any case, that what I share may also help you in a technique or one other—by providing you with some new concepts or a recent method of issues, or simply to entertain you for a small a part of your week. You might even discover the theme of a publish acquainted or comforting as you say to your self, “See, even Susan has too many packing containers of stuff sitting round!” Let me know what you suppose and share your individual experiences within the feedback beneath. Have any matter requests? Embody them within the feedback part as properly.
I left you per week in the past with flooring house cleared (photograph decrease left) for a desk that I wanted to get out of a storage container and thought it could work in my studio (photograph decrease proper). Djinni accredited.
The desk consists of a sturdy oak body and legs—that I rescued from a neighbor’s burn pile a couple of years in the past—with a stray minimize of plywood positioned on prime. The leg risers (don’t they make the legs appear like bell-bottom pants?) got here from one among our sheds and had been the precise measurement for the elevate wanted to roll present storage items beneath. That was a giant step ahead.
The plywood would have carried out properly with a very good sanding, however who has time or inclination for that? Three coats of a beautiful purple paint/with primer (purchased for doorways which have but to be painted) made that deep grain splinter-free ultimately. Take a look at that nice swooping grain sample in photograph, beneath left. And right here’s the place my step again occurred. But when I hadn’t tried, I’d nonetheless be questioning if it was a good suggestion to “vintage” the highest with a golden yellow paint (from my studio window frames) to focus on the grain, photograph beneath proper.
As you’ll be able to see beneath, I made a decision it was a worthy attempt however with all of the sample and colour already in my studio, I really appreciated the simplicity of the plain purple, and referred to as it quits. I’ll have it repainted in a day or so.
The photograph above, additionally reveals freshened up cabinets of folded material, a particular step ahead from two weeks in the past, photograph beneath.
“Earlier than” images, above and beneath.
So, this week in my studio ends with a tidied and welcoming space to get pleasure from (“after” photograph beneath)—an ideal house to fold and put away the stacks of materials which might be simply off digicam—a number of the subsequent steps on my listing.
I’ve heard again from a couple of people that they’ve been having fun with my new “studio” posts—it’s been enjoyable sharing what I’m as much as. Nevertheless, subsequent week in my studio, I’ll be in any other case occupied with our subsequent on-line class—no rearranging of furnishings. So, Tom and I’ve a proposal for you:
Should you’d wish to share ideas, concepts, images of your individual studios or workspace, please contemplate sending them to us for a “This Week from Your Studio” publish. Tom will gather and compile submissions into a brand new publish(s) within the close to future. Ship emails to Tom: [email protected], with “My studio” within the topic line. Thanks! I sit up for listening to about and seeing your areas!
Susan Carlson 2025 and 2026 Lessons
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In Individual Lessons
I’m happy to notice that my Two-Week Intensive class (ten work days) with MISA in Bar Harbor, Maine (close to Acadia Nationwide Park) this September 2025, has stuffed and now could be accepting people to the wait listing. The recognition of this format has impressed me to schedule one other Intensive on the finish of April 2026, at Woodland Ridge Retreat in Downsville, WI. This class opened for registration this previous week.
Each of those Two-Week Intensive courses will comply with a format of 5 work days, two days off, then one other 5 work days. Out-of-class actions shall be deliberate in keeping with the areas, however will possible embody subject journeys to native sights—and material oriented areas. In Bar Harbor that can embody the material division on the legendary Maine Marden’s low cost retailer (click on right here for a basic Marden’s advert).
In Wisconsin, Chris (the proprietor of Woodland Ridge Retreat and Dye Sweet Materials) and I’ve already mentioned areas to go to over the open weekend together with: Cultural Material: https://www.culturalcloth.com/, SR Harris: https://srharrisfabric.com/, and for a particular dinner out, Owamni: https://owamni.com/.