Hi Everyone! I'm going to start a group of certain blog postings under the title From My Studio.
As you all know, our team travels....a lot! As I am also an artist, I wanted to share with you the portable Studio Kit that I take with me on every trip. Very often we work over-nights and have rather irregular schedules on the road and having this kit with me helps me unwind from the day or pass time if I can't get to sleep immediately at the hotel, etc... I always collect random bits of paper (color registration dots from packaging, paint chips, candy-wrappers, orgami paper...) and textiles from projects at home (More on this in a later post!) because they are flat, light and easy to pack. Also I pack some form of thread, needles, glue, sequins, nail decals, temporary tattoos and drawing media. I have very little snobbery regarding materials! As long as it's interesting. Bags from dried beans, discarded Fragrance Dept. Scallop Table pads, paper notebook covers are all full of potential. All of this fits in a vintage cigarette tin that I found in an antique store. A small, spiral-bound notebook of art paper, no larger than 5"x 7" is a must! The examples below are mostly works-in-progress. The reason that I don't have more to share is that I pass them out to friends and family when I visit home or take vacation, send as cards and never remember to photograph. I usually just give them the book and let them pick the one(s) that they like best. Fun Fact: For the first year of travelling I refused to check a bag at the airport, because frankly it's annoying. That meant that I couldn't take any cutting tools. So there are a few of our regular hotels' "Lost-and-Founds" with perhaps an excess of newly-purchased and barely-used children's scissors (They're cheaper!) Now I always check baggage.
As you all know, our team travels....a lot! As I am also an artist, I wanted to share with you the portable Studio Kit that I take with me on every trip. Very often we work over-nights and have rather irregular schedules on the road and having this kit with me helps me unwind from the day or pass time if I can't get to sleep immediately at the hotel, etc... I always collect random bits of paper (color registration dots from packaging, paint chips, candy-wrappers, orgami paper...) and textiles from projects at home (More on this in a later post!) because they are flat, light and easy to pack. Also I pack some form of thread, needles, glue, sequins, nail decals, temporary tattoos and drawing media. I have very little snobbery regarding materials! As long as it's interesting. Bags from dried beans, discarded Fragrance Dept. Scallop Table pads, paper notebook covers are all full of potential. All of this fits in a vintage cigarette tin that I found in an antique store. A small, spiral-bound notebook of art paper, no larger than 5"x 7" is a must! The examples below are mostly works-in-progress. The reason that I don't have more to share is that I pass them out to friends and family when I visit home or take vacation, send as cards and never remember to photograph. I usually just give them the book and let them pick the one(s) that they like best. Fun Fact: For the first year of travelling I refused to check a bag at the airport, because frankly it's annoying. That meant that I couldn't take any cutting tools. So there are a few of our regular hotels' "Lost-and-Founds" with perhaps an excess of newly-purchased and barely-used children's scissors (They're cheaper!) Now I always check baggage.