Artists Previewing the SKARTS Studio Tour

We had an inspirational, fun, amazing evening touring each other's studios on the SKARTs studio Tour last night:

Artist Studio Tours

This weekend I am participating with 20 other artist in an Artist Studio Tour to support SKARTS here in my home town.  We got a peak of the studios last night and they are inspiring, surprising , all different and represent much local talent.

Here is a peek at mine:

Studio Tour

I have been cleaning and reorganizing all week to make my studio more hospitable to visitors.  On October 3 and 4, my studio will be open along with many others in Skaneateles as a fund raiser for SKARTS.  This is your chance to get a glimpse of how and where we work.

http://skarts.org/artist-studio-tours-2015/

New Year - New Toys

To start the new year out right, I treated myself to a few new things for my studio...not earth shattering new tools but a few things to help: a new bench block for riveting, new copper tubing for making rivets, some new drill bits and cup burrs for smoothing the ends of ear wires.  

Studio

This morning my husband I had to fit the outdoor furniture into the basement where my studio is located.  To do this meant a rearrange which I am liking a lot.  So with out further ado, the new set up: