Has it really only been a month since taking down my show? I feel like years have passed. Over this past month I've been taking some time to decompress, evaluate and rest, and its been great. The weather has been all over the place, here in Seattle. On those few gorgeous sunny days, I've been out in the sun trying to soak up every ray of sunshine into my pasty white skin. I've moved into a new apartment and thus, I've had to transfer the rest of my studio supplies from my old place to my newer studio space in the 1020 building in SODO.
Kate Testa and I moved in to our gorgeous studio (my half featured above...) in January, officially. I absolutely love it! I had been working out of my one bedroom apartment in Capitol Hill for over a year just fine until I started drowning in all the parts for my exhibition. So, I made the big leap with Kate to get a studio space outside of my home, and I don't think I'll ever look back. I love having the separation between studio and home. I bought a saw (picture below).... Which was my first big studio purchase... And I recently purchased a small torch to set up in the studio for lamp working. YAY! I feel like a bona fide adult.
Over the past couple of years, I've been in a making mode... Carrying out my ideas and focusing on the fabrication of the work I showed in Her Majesty. Now, that the show is done I've been giving myself permission to play, explore, draw and learn. It feels great! I haven't been in this mode for a while. I'm actually reading a book (gasp!), Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg, in my excitement for my residency in Iceland.
I love taking the time to clear my head so that new ideas can come in. In this state of mind, everything around me cries out to be noticed. My horse blinders are off, and I'm ready to soak in the beauty of the world... which I think is why I started being an artist in the first place.
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