Mark C. Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thought it would be nice to start a thread as spring is coming on of studio photos either outside or inside-weather a basement or garage or shed-back bedroom (I started there so long ago) Weather messy or sanitized-large or a closet. Heres mine from the backyard view-an old wood rotten 12 foot wide foot garage from the 40s with an newer addition(8x14) for throwing in. My kiln stack is stainless steel. Bamboo is in storage behind chimney. Inside shots are throwing room in new pottery addition (8 years old now) clay shed is on other end of shop on road Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalGirl Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wow - what a charming workspace Mark! I'm envious. My studio is on my back porch. Its about 27 feet long and 8 feet wide, but I have a lot packed into it! 3 views... Looking past the wheels. Slab roller, wedging work table on the right, bread racks used as ware racks on the left. The long shelf along the left wall is great for drying ware in the sun. Standing at the slab roller... The wheels on the left, sink and workspace and storage shelves. Beyond the sink, on the outside of that wall is another semi-enclosed porch area I use as my glazing area. Oh...and here's the view from the wheel of an evening I have a concrete slab in the driveway that corrals the kilns, and a sink and pick nick table out there, which is nice for rakuing and potting with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Wow - so stunning - I love your space and am amazed at how little you need. Is the "Can Crusher" attached to your wall - a kind of hand worked pug mill? Please could you take a closer pic of that so I can see how it was made, if it is a pug mill without air compression. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalGirl Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Terry - if you're talking about the silver thing on the wall of *my* studio, its an extruder. All aluminum, made by my pops. I thing the cylindrical thingie in Mark's studio is also an extruder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasoned Warrior Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Terry - if you're talking about the silver thing on the wall of *my* studio, its an extruder. All aluminum, made by my pops. I thing the cylindrical thingie in Mark's studio is also an extruder. Nice design! Your "pops" engineered it very well, I like the slots for the arm pivot so you can adjust. I think a lot of the commercial ones are overly expensive and klunky. I also like your kickwheel, I still have one of those, was it kit built? I prefer my Lockerbie but I've kept the old one, no one seems to like using a kickwheel anymore: the old wheel makes a nice banding wheel. Regards, Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TypicalGirl Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Charles - thanks! My dad honed his engineering skills at IMB back in the day. One of my family's "hobbies" is combat robots - you know, those things they put in a pit together and fight? So he's got lots of experience and materials for fabrication. I have 2 wheels, a Laguna motorized kickwheel that's about 10 years old and that I throw on, and that old handmade one that I was given this last summer. Its quite storied... It was built by Paul Quyle of Quyle Kilns in Murphys, Ca for his wife Joyce. I don't know how long ago (maybe 30 or 40 years?) and its the wheel she learned to throw on. Here's a photo of her on the wheel: http://www.quylekilns.com/about_us Last summer, Pamela Quyle was lamenting a lack of space for classes and said she was going to have to throw out that old wheel to make room. I offered to take it off her hands, which she liked because its sentimental. I love having a dedicated trimming wheel in the studio, and also really love its history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trina Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 So this is what my studio looked like about two years ago when I was just moving into the space, I must take a more recent photo, note no wheel, no kiln and the ten million more buckets, shelves and tables that I have now. So funny it looks so 'virginal' However it does give an idea of size.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JBaymore Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Rather than post separate pictures here, this link is to my Facebook page photo album that has a section called "Studio Days" that has lots of images of my studio: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1060397769527.8893.1813411552&type=3&l=7e7b7e21fc best, .....................john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShirley Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Are you sure you want to see this? Here's my place in all it's mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conniefi Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 Thought it would be nice to start a thread as spring is coming on of studio photos either outside or inside-weather a basement or garage or shed-back bedroom (I started there so long ago) Weather messy or sanitized-large or a closet. Heres mine from the backyard view-an old wood rotten 12 foot wide foot garage from the 40s with an newer addition(8x14) for throwing in. My kiln stack is stainless steel. Bamboo is in storage behind chimney. Inside shots are throwing room in new pottery addition (8 years old now) clay shed is on other end of shop on road Mark Here's my studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~janie Posted March 16, 2012 Report Share Posted March 16, 2012 I would love to share some pictures of my little studio, but I don't know how to put pictures here. Can someone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SShirley Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 I would love to share some pictures of my little studio, but I don't know how to put pictures here. Can someone help? Janie, Go to the reply box underneath the thread and choose "use full editorâ€. Then there is a tab under the editor box that says "click to attach files" click on that and another box opens that lets you find the photo files on your computer. select a file and it becomes part of your message. I hope I told you right. I'm on my phone right now and so I can't flip between screens, so this is from memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted March 17, 2012 Report Share Posted March 17, 2012 My studio. 10 student wheels. 3 kilns in back corner- 20 cu/ft L&L Davinci, L&L e18T, and small Paragon test kiln. I have my personal wheel area on the left side of the picture, where the big table is in front of the kilns. Light box for shooting photos hangs above the center table. Lots of shelving- each student gets one shelf for their stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtRoads Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I converted a portable storage building to a small retail area. Photos 1, 2 & 3. Actually I'm adding to this right now with a fresh air display area as well for more visibility and room. Studio located in an old house right behind retail area. Photo 4 -Front porch for lounging and sipping (sweet) ice tea. Photo 5 Kilns in a covered carport 1 paragon and 2 Duncan's (someone gave me these and they work surprisingly well) Photo 6 - Jewelry table - in a former sitting area ( I make a lot of jewelry) Photo 7 I cut out a door and covered with a shower curtain to make a sealed off glazing room in a former bedroom Photo 8 I only make things on slabs... so ... tables & tools, and slab roller & drying shelves in former living room Photo 9 Glazing room in former bedroom Photo 10 Slab roller and racks in former living room Photo 11 ....... oh yes and the wheel .... currently a very expensive door stop. Planning to move this soon and start using it. Photo 12 Extended drying area in a former bedroom Only had this location 9 months. Please offer any suggestions to improve my set up. I must add that I enjoy the surrounding area even though it's on a major highway. (last 3 photos) Sort of wet but lots of nice trees, wisteria and of course cotton mouths and an occasional alligator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucille Oka Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Snakes and alligators??? Cotton mouths are snakes right?? Yikes!! Do you have some sort of an electrical fencing and a free roaming mongoose?? My goodness Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! The studio looks great. The architecture is sweet and homey. I hope you enjoy working there. And I hope you produce real good product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Heres more of my messy studio-the glaze room and Baily power slab roller to the right- In the green room my second extruder which is a highly modified very old Al Johnson scott creek model from the 70's Wore out the old head and wielded on the ears for a brent cap many years ago and redid the arm and last year beefed up the barrel bracket. I'm a fan of heavy duty and this baby is just that. This has been a workhorse. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juli Long Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 For snakes and alligators you just need "honey badger" he don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Heres more of my messy studio-the glaze room and Baily power slab roller to the right- In the green room my second extruder which is a highly modified very old Al Johnson scott creek model from the 70's Wore out the old head and wielded on the ears for a brent cap many years ago and redid the arm and last year beefed up the barrel bracket. I'm a fan of heavy duty and this baby is just that. This has been a workhorse. Mark Mark; Check out Douglas Fitch on youtube. He has a bunch of videos of a day working. Pretty messy studio. Great pots. Slipped earthenware. Nice fat pitchers. I was going to say fat jugs, but that didn't sound polite.I am Canadian after all. TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossyrock Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 My studio is in my basement. It's bright and cheerful....a great place to be creative. The kiln is in the workshop side of the basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeri Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Well, I did it, I broke down and took some pictures of my home studio, it's not very big, 8x9so as you'll notice it's pretty cramped in there. I still hold out hopes that some day, I'll manage to have both the space for a larger studio, and the skill that most most here have in order to consider having my hobby pay for itself. Maybe be more than a hobby. Mossyrock, love the color of your studio! Yellow, my favorite. Jeri Lynne My cramped and messy little studio. (Sorry the images are so dark, I was having light issues from the window) It's near impossible to see, but under the table that is along the wall with the window is my reclaim table on wheels that my son and I built. It has a shelf on the bottom for storage of my clay, and buckets, etc. Heavy as all get out, but very handy indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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