Welcome to Studio Saturday! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you’ll leave comments! As an incentive we offer a free prize each week to bribe you to use that keyboard. The following week we choose a random winner. Congratulations Malin De Koning , you won on of Cindy’s Wired Red Lotus Pods. .
This week we are in the studio of Jennifer Jangles.
Hi everyone, last month I was working on setting up my new studio and store. Guess what…I am still working on it! I feel like I am making great progress, but I have to admit, I had no idea what was involved with doing this. The studio was up and running enough to make beads and buttons right away. It’s all the little things that I am still working on. Last week I tackled the gallery display. I will be making work and filling the store as I go. I thought if I got the “bones” of the space all ready, it would be much easier.
This is what I did…
First I had really dirty and ugly peel and stick tile on the floor, but since the space is rented I didn’t want to tear anything up. I bought vinyl the size of the shop and taped it down. Did you know they sell double sided tape especially for vinyl flooring? If I had known that I would of changed floors in most of my studios. It was a really inexpensive fix.
Next I hit the restore, after taking inventory of what I had for displays. I found a large metal book shelf for 10.00 and a corner desk cabinet that was solid wood for 75.00. To make the place all flow, I painted everything white. I really wanted my bright work to shine, not the fixtures. I did decide on one accent color. I need some large pops of color. I, of course, choose lime green. Actually it’s called lemon grass. I could paint my entire house in it I love it so much.
I figured by the time it’s my turn for studio Saturday again the store will be up and running. Yikes, I can’t believe that! But I am working on some Art Bead Scene posts for in the meantime on display ideas. I have been playing around with all sorts of ideas and thought I would share some with you.
My question for this week is about color. If you had to choose one for your signature color, what would it be?
Leave me a comment and you could win one of my new spring bead sets.
And if you want to win more…I started a contest today on my blog that runs until Monday. It’s called “Guess What’s in the Box?”
Happy Saturday!