remodeling a little bit

I hope you will check out my web site. A lot of people think that artist's teach because they can't make a living at creating art...I would like you to know that I'm an art teacher because I like to share the knowledge I have gained through life...art and what not. Working as a teacher is HARDER than being a full time artist. I have to inspire my peeps to create and be their best instead of JUST myself. No offense. I love full time artists...one day, in retirement I will be one! Brenda Raub, High School Art Teacher, Illustrator Idaho, www.Brenda Raub.com

Symon Chow

Symon Chow, Photographer/Graphic Designer, Brooklyn, New York www.symonchow.com "I cleaned my office so I thought I'd take some pictures cause it's not going to be like this again for a looong time! I'm a freelance photographer and graphic designer who works mainly at home. I converted our old, small bedroom into my office about a year ago, the desk area used to be the closet. I removed the sliding doors and fitted it with a big sheet of plywood and there you have it, An Office!" "Close up of my desk. Aside from doing all of my work here, I also spend a good amount of time playing video games here, much to my girlfriend and dog's dismay. But I guess it's better then doing this activity in the living room :)" "Another close up of my desk. Of note is the fancy box that I made to hide all of my hard drives. its so nice not having to stare at those annoying flashing lights all the time!" "Home made/ikea modular bookshelves and storage." "More of the home made/ikea modular bookshelves and storage. At some point I had painted the drawers black during a different configuration... Note all the fine ikea storage boxes. I have A LOT of crap! Also, a tip for your readers: A simple kitchen towel will extend the life of your printer by years! Trust me on this!" "And finally, my newest ikea creation!... As a photographer and children's book designer, I need a lot of paper storage. This is my newest creation, 2 stacks of Ikea's Fira drawers, with a small table top holding them all together! Please ignore the 2 really pathetic looking planets on top of it. They were just repotted! I swear!" - S.C.

Lisa M Griffin

Lisa M Griffin, graphic designer & illustrator New Hampshire www.lmg-design.com www.lisamgriffin.blogspot.com I have enjoyed this site for so long but never felt my studio space was neat enough to want to display it. After a HUGE organization effort this past weekend and some help from a rather talented friend and neighbor, I am happy to show off the new and improved space. ;)

Eileen Reilly

Very messy desk. Eileen Reilly, museum technician, Toronto, Canada I work with other mountmakers (we make artifacts stand on their own when they can't) for the new galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. Our space is the former dinosaur area so not everyone can say they are surrounded by the "land before time" theme when they go to work. Many of the remains of the old dioramas (see trailing greenery) and murals are still around us. Forgive the messy desk there but I was hardly near my desk when that picture was taken so it really didn't have to be clear. I'm more tidy at home where I have the basement (not great for light) and the 2nd bedroom/den for the computers.

Alease Michelle

Alease Michelle, Collage Artist & Fashion Instructor Rock Hill, South Carolina http://www.aleasemichelle.typepad.com/ http://www.aleasemichelle.com/ Welcome to my desk. I am an collage artist and an instructor. And because I do both activities at home, I require two desk. One desk to work on collages and the other desk to create lecture presentations. I tend to have lots of projects going on at one time. So my project board helps me stay on schedule. I also collect images that inspire me and after collecting images for over 5 years, the collection can grow. So below is my way of organizing my images. I have a notebook for each category. It has really helped me stay focused. I love to dream about the possibilities of life. So here is my creative visualization board. I paste any and everything on this board and hopes of them coming true. Then I have an area where I showcase those I admire. It too keeps me focus on my dreams, and hopefully one day they might be a collector of my work. Well thanks for viewing what on my desk. Peace & Love , Alease Michelle

Morni

Graphic Audio Artist/ Musician East London, UK. www.mornimusic.com www.myspace.com/mornimusic www.youtube.com/mornimusic Hello and welcome to my studio. I live and work in a turn of the century Victorian warehouse in East London. I am very fortunate to have space to really spread out. There are 3 main areas 2 studios and a study. As a Graphic Audio artist, I work with a mixture of media. music, digital photography, video and other visual manifestations. My desk is actually two desks facing each other. I am a very tidy person overall and can’t start the day's work unless everything is in order. Still most of the time my desk still manages to fill up with piles of paper, but it’s always gone by the morning. Each desk has a computer one Mac and one PC. I use the Mac for digital photography and artwork. The very old PC is for the Internet mainly but I also have started writing articles on it. My work process doesn't start at the piano. By the time I'm working here, I already know the melody and in most cases I've written the lyrics. I always do the music last. It forces me not to gravitate towards familiar chords. The pencils on the cabinet are not for show. The worst thing that can happen to you if you are writing, is having to break your chain of thought because you've misplaced a pen or pencil. By the end of the day there are pens and pencils all over the place. It's very handy to be able to just grab a pencil and write. I use my old tape machine (which records) to sketch out ideas. The white cabinet is full of taped musical ideas one idea per tape. So I can come back and develope them into songs later. I finally record live, to my trusted VS1680 (ie; the grey machine) sitting on the workbench. For the full tour of my studio click here Thanks for dropping by : )

David Paccia

David Paccia, Artist Massachusetts, USA http://david-wasting-paper.blogspot.com/ Here is my drawing table. It is nicely cluttered as usual. This is a closeup of the top shelf. Don't mess with Dr. Doom! There are lots of toys to keep me distracted. The round object in front of Mighty Mouse is a speaker for my iPod. I like to listen to the Blues when I draw, especially Joe Bonamassa. The framed Charlie Brown I drew for work when we decorated our cubicles at Christmas. It is done in pen and watercolor. This is my drawing surface...although there really isn't much "surface." Lots of books and DVDs. Here is a better view of the DVDs, mostly classic animation, and of course, Crumb. I highly recommend the "All Monsters Attack" DVD if you are into classic monsters. It is about 2 hours of old monster movie trailers...good stuff. You can never have too many pens... ...especially when you aren't at home. These are three pen holders that I alternately lug around with me at all times. When I need a break I pick up my guitar. Note the monster and sci-fi movies in the background. And yes the plastic monster figures are "glow-in-the-dark." Here is a recent piece that I have done. Please stop by my blog and say hello.

Jen Renninger

Jen Renninger, illustrator Tampa, Fl US www.jenrenninger.com www.pleasebestill.blogspot.com www.jenrenninger365.blogspot.com Welcome to my workshop! My studio is actually an extra room in our house. Not too big, about 300 sq ft. The bookcase is the first thing you see when coming into the room. All of my collage materials are in the white binders at the bottom of the shelves. Everything else is just scattered around ... usually the closer to my seat the more something is used! I found the featuring sign at a local thrift store. Just love that! This is my desktop, looking quite a bit cleaner than usual! It has my computer, where I finish nearly all of my images. I try to keep some pictures of my family and loved-ones in close sight. I just found a Spirograph at a yard sale recently and here are a few of my first trials sitting on the desk. A few drawing placed together to make a light shade.. This is my supply shelf .. paint and pencils and ink.. Color inspiration on the bookshelves.. And an inspiration drawer from inside my flat file. I love to keep little findings readily available to organize into a collage on top of the flat file. Whats on top of my flat file at the moment.. And last but certainly not least, my constant companion in the studio: Barley. Thanks!

Randel Plowman

Randel Plowman, Mixed Media Artist Bellevue, Kentucky www.rplowmanstudios.com www.acollageaday.com I live and work in a turn of the century Victorian home located in Northern Kentucky. My studio space is approximately 320 square feet. This is where I work on mixed media collage, digital photography, experimental video, painting and printmaking. I have two Macs that i use for photo and video editing and a PC that i use for sound editing. The boxes under the work table hold found material that I use in my collage work. I am fascinated by what others discard and no longer use. This is my worktable. I enjoy having things around that inspire and motivate me. The painting area. Most artists that I know enjoy collecting things. Here is a collection of crucifixes and religious statues that i have found at local thrift stores. I also collect black and white photographs... and autographs.

Hilary Wagstaff

Hilary Wagstaff, Artist, Designer and craftsperson, Penarth, Wales, www.hellomoshi.blogspot.com/ www.ripcurlgirlblues.blogspot.com/ This is some of the stuff that is generally on my desk in my studio at home. I am an absolute magazine fiend, and so there is always some World of Interiors copies in the process of being plundered for interesting pictures of chairs or some nice patterns that I can pinch for a drawing or a collage. I am involved in an artists book project called 1ssue, so quite often, other people's work is on my desk too, waiting to be made into a book. I make clothes for Blythe, which is an outlet for my mad sewing desires, and extreme love of fabric and pattern, so this is Lily, sporting her new top amid my sewing things. As you can see I like to have everything neat and tidy and organised. I cannot work in a mess and have a tendency to become a bit frantic about chaos. My studio is at the back of the house, and has a lovely view over our garden. I have gradually got it more and more organised with these great chests from IKEA replacing an old plan chest that took up half the room. This is the place I think too, and listen to music, and is very much my domain. I get to have everything just how I like it in here and that means I can work and concentrate. I like to have all the elements for my collages and my books in drawers and boxes so that I can find what I need quickly, and also I keep so much stuff, bits of paper, small things for my boxes that I need to have them in some order or else it would just be junk. I make boxes and books, and one of my heroes is Joseph Cornell. The colours in my room are very calming, and I find this to be the most peaceful place for me and the place where I am most at home. It's definitely a place that saves my sanity, and keeps me focused on my creativity, and is a space I can reflect on what I'm doing and scheme up new projects. If there was only enough time... Thanks for letting me share my space with you.