Every studio has a favorite chair. Not because it’s the newest or the most comfortable, but because it has quietly become part of the creative process. Mine has watched countless ideas come to life. It’s been there on the mornings when inspiration arrived before my coffee had a chance to cool. It’s been there on…
“Every finished piece began with a surface that held nothing at all.” This week, while looking through a stack of supplies, I found an old sketchbook tucked behind a basket on my shelf. Its cover was a little dusty, but inside, every page was perfectly blank. I couldn’t remember exactly when I bought it. Maybe…
There was a time when unfinished projects made me uneasy. If I started something, I felt like I should finish it as quickly as possible. I thought creativity was supposed to move in a straight line, from idea to finished piece without too many stops along the way. It didn’t take long to discover that…
If the worktable in my studio could talk, I have a feeling it would have some wonderful stories to tell. It has been there for every new idea I’ve been excited to begin and every project that left me wondering, “Now what?” It has held supplies spread from one end to the other, scraps I…