Spacious Studio
For my imaginary studio space I made it all about comfort and practicality. I knew I'd want something with a lot of space and different areas to work on multiple projects at once. Because I like to work with different mediums I wanted to make sure I left some open areas where unexpected things could take place. I also left the room itself very open to compensate for things moving around, as they inevitably would.
I started thinking about the first two things I would need in a dream studio, a comfortable space to write and a comfortable space to do Ceramics. But those two spaces could never be together because of dust. I listed other things I would want.
A floorplan of how I would want my pretend studio to be. The ceramic area would be closed off to contain dust and would have tile floors for easy cleaning. The writing area would have finished walls and floors to create a cozy space. I would want the walls to be mostly windows, except the writing space. I like to write in dim ambiance. There's an outdoor space for a kiln and paper-making station, or whatever messy thing I would get into. There's a ventilated shop area for dangerous or toxic practices like woodcutting, epoxy or printmaking. Ideally this would be an easily converted space so all of those practices could be easily set up. There an area with just furniture and storage where I could sleep/eat/chill or convert to more work space.
I thought of one pretend object that I would want in my fantasy space, a magic eraser that only erases the last type of mark that you made. For when you're drawing or painting and you're feeling experimental, even though the piece looks good as is you can't help but ask yourself "what if I just-" and then you do something you wish you'd never done. Now you have to try to get it back to the way it was, or do something new. That's what the eraser fixes, only the last type of marks you made. The eraser just knows.
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