It is somewhere in Ghent. My small studio, my small world of creations. For me this place is my laboratory, my meditation room, my church… Here I find myself, and this place allows me to think, to work, to experiment, to create, and all this process in a certain way becomes my own ritual. A […]
Jorge Manilla, Ghent, Belgium Read More »
Meet me at 5 CEST. Let’s talk at 11 PDT. It’s now 11 a.m., frog time: are you still awake? Can’t do it now—having dinner—will Skype in 40 minutes. It’s funny: working for Art Jewelry forum has completely dematerialized my relationship to where. The question that really matters, as I coordinate with the other members
Ben Lignel, Montreuil, France Read More »
You can see in the picture a series of tables we have on our patio. On those tables, we set the materials we use in our work. So we compose there, experiment, do trials, and we feel the materials there. Being outside and in front of tables allows us to have more space and to
WALKA, Santiago, Chile Read More »
“Introverts Unite! (Separately at our own homes)” I probably first came upon this phrase when my friend Daim posted a T-shirt with it to Facebook. I work at home from a cubbyhole. As an introvert writer and translator, I understand the sentiment: I want to connect with others, even if it’s from the privacy of
Makiko Akiyama, Kokubunji, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan Read More »
My studio is in a small industrial pocket of Chicago called Kingsbury. Nestled in between a concrete manufacturer, a leather tannery and a metal refinery, with access to two train lines and Chicago’s elevated bike and walking path, my studio reminds me of all the reasons that I love living in a big city with
Sarah Holden, Chicago, Illinois, USA Read More »
I inherited my workspace from my father, a talented Ukrainian icon crafter. He made it personally under the roof of the block of flats we lived in. Now I use this space to make my jewels. Some tools came from my grandfather, who was an artisan, too. This space is for sawing and hammering, soldering
Sergey Zhernov, Kiev, Ukraine Read More »
2Roses studio encompasses 3,800 square feet and has separate areas for jewelry fabrication, lapidary, machine shop, wood working, and design. The two views presented here are of John and Corliss’s individual workbenches. The organization or seeming lack thereof is a direct reflection of the overall approach to creating that each artist takes. Where Corliss is very methodical
2Roses, Anaheim, California, USA Read More »
My studio is in my home. I live upstairs and I work downstairs. I share my home with more than 500 dead, dried insects as well as my dog, Pumba. I am very happy that I have a cuddly happy living animal amongst all my dead ones. Sometimes I have spiders crawling in my workspace,
Marta Mattsson, Stockholm, Sweden Read More »
This is my workshop, I have a lot of materials for my jewelry that are always placed so I can see them easily. I find if materials are out of eyesight, I won’t use them. I’ve moved workshops quite a lot and I find with every move the organization of materials gets more orderly as I group
Lisa Walker, Wellington, New Zealand Read More »
This is part of my studio in Fitzroy, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne. It has natural light and looks out on a large ghost gum tree that changes color when the weather changes. The studio is also the front space of my house and, to be fair, my working space extends very often to the kitchen table
Manon van Kouswijk, Melbourne, Australia Read More »
My studio is a very important part of my process of working. I work mainly with stone. In the picture you can see the basic tools for stone, like sawing and grinding machines and other jeweler’s tools. The possibility of working with materials such as stone gives me incredible pleasure. The feeling the material produces
Sara Gackowska, Słupsk, Poland Read More »
This is my studio/shed, in my back yard in Fitzroy North, Melbourne, Australia. It is a very small space, but really all I need. I have just managed to fit in all my equipment with enough room to move around the space freely, just!! Hehe … I am a jeweler/stone cutter so I use my
Katie Jayne Britchford, Fitzroy North, Melbourne, Australia Read More »
