I’ve been thinking about my work space a lot since the beginning of the year. I spent some time trying to clean out my beading room and reorganise it to be more ‘workable’ but haven’t really had a huge success yet. This is the main reason I haven’t produced a lot since the beginning of the year.
Recently I experienced some major “work room envy” when a very talented friend of mine (http://www.gurucreations.com/news) showed me a picture of her new workspace. Across the front of her bench she has an array of small drawer units for her beads, making everything literally “at her fingertips”.
In my work room I have a big window under which my table is sited. This means I can’t really have drawers or shelves right in front of me. All my supplies are kept in shelves at the side of my room meaning I am constantly getting up and down to look for things and always end up with piles of containers precariously perched all around me, with my actual work space becoming smaller and smaller (usually with disastrous results).
Mind you, having my table right under the window is wonderful. The amount of natural light falling on my work area during the day is great to work with. Not only that, when I look out the window I usually see my little dog playing with her ball as it is her favourite place to be.
I daresay there is no answer to my workspace dilemma. Even if I had the space and money to design a ‘perfect work room’ I’m sure in the end I’d still have the same problems mainly because of the way I work. Perhaps I should try to be more organised, plan my designs and source all the materials ready to go? Somehow I don’t think I could work this way, I don’t tend to plan my pieces as such, it’s more that I get an inkling of an idea and then start searching through my supplies for things that ‘might’ work, try some things, get out more things, change my mind, pull out more and before you know it I have multiple “leaning towers of Pisa” beads just waiting to topple.
Perhaps what I really need is a bead maid who could just be there to tidy up and put things away as I decide I don’t need the. Actually, I think that is exactly what I need! Anyone want to apply? Pay is woeful (well non existent really) but I can offer lots of jewellery and the occasional G & T!
Cheers Sharyn
PS – Actually I have been doing a little bit of beading. I finally finished my Designer Quest Entry from last year. I didn’t actually get it started until the competition was over but I was determined to do it. So here it is – the Cranberry Designer Quest.
