Workspace

I’m happy to send you a picture of my work space, the room where I create and design my “quasi caramelle” line of jewelry. This is a very comfortable and tiny room with a table, two chairs, some books, and many varieties of paper, which is the main material I use. Together with this there […]

This is my design bench in my studio. It’s separate from the workbenches where the jewelry is made so that I have plenty of room to spread out stones, sketches, and tools. There is a scale and a calculator for weighing and pricing, pencils and paper, and a much-needed big pink eraser. The sectioned trays of

This is the pin board above my workbench where inspirational images/items end up. They might be photos I’ve taken or cards found in the usual haunts. Gifts, purchases, collected curiosities; mementos and idea doodles also often end up here. It acts as a repository and assembly ground of sorts that is also in part a

I was born in Rome and now I live and work in Montreal. My studio is like an extension of my home, I love it deeply! In this airy and light-filled space, I design and construct my own jewelry line. Being surrounded by objects and music is important to me. From them I find inspiration

Welcome to my bench! I am an amateur jeweler and silversmith. I have chosen jewelry as the best way of expressing myself. After drawing and ceramics, I finally settled down behind my modest “jeweler’s bench” at home. While my boyfriend is preparing dinner, I set up my bench on the kitchen table and switch from

You are looking into my studio from my enameling and drawing area in the near side of the room, with the jewelry benches and soldering in the far side. I have been in this studio for four years. The central counter and sink area basically divides the room and I do most of my layout

I am a jewelry designer working mainly in silver. I teach classes at my studio, so the majority of the space needs to be tidy and organized. This corner is mine, and no matter how hard I try otherwise, it seems I work best with a busier workspace to inspire me. I think having lots

I am lucky to have enough space for an office, work bench, and solder station all in separate rooms, keeps me moving. My office is filled with quotes, letters from friends, photos, different colors/styles of pens, journals, books/magazines, dictionaries, and a map/atlas. My work bench/solder stations have personal items, too. A headdress/gauntlets I made, banners

This is my world. It’s the space that I occupy at Northcity4 studios in Brunswick, Melbourne. These studios are home to 10 other jewelers and it’s truly a great place to work. The philosophy of Northcity4 is community based, so the space is very open and we share knowledge, tools, laughter, meals, cups of tea, and

There is a special power to many of these tools, as they were passed on to my studio from a retired silversmith now in his 80s. I am sure that some were passed on to him as well. The power of previous people’s labor still lives in them. I often use traditional techniques in my

During the summer I worked on a new project in my summer studio. Blind. The Russian philosopher George Gurdjieff said that all good art needs two components of the following three elements: the head, the heart, and the belly. Personally I think that chaos and the unconscious are more creative than the things we already know.

My studio overlooks downtown Detroit in Michigan and Windsor in Ontario with the Detroit River in between. I have a flexible workspace, which reflects the needs of my interdisciplinary practice. Being able to easily reconfigure my studio makes it possible to transition from sculpture, to metalsmithing, to photography. My library is also located here, with