[Jewelry making - Article 00363] - Re: [Orchid] Studio Design

[will]

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    Hello Kevin, I have moved several times over the last 3 decades and
    tried to keep my jewelry set up "modular". When my tools and
    paraphernalia came out of storage it was relatively easy to put
    everything in its logical place. Sort of like doing art shows. Once
    again I am setting up a both a workshop and a gallery here in Bisbee.
    This time the two are in separate locations. Which means, I have
    separate spaces devoted ONLY to those respective activities. In the
    gallery, I get ideas and inspiration from the works and people and
    materials that surround me. I'll make a sketch or two in my sketch
    pad (which I carry with me everywhere). Now, when I step into my
    workshop, I have only one purpose in mind, to make the piece with a
    minimum of effort and time. Since the piece (art?) is one of a kind,
    well, maybe two of a kind if it sells, the modular set up changes to
    meet the demands of the design and materials. This is called BATCH
    PROCESSING. Your tools and jigs are broken down after use and stored.
    Out of the way. I also make components for bread and butter jewelry.
    The set up for this process is always kept intact and is patterned
    after ASSEMBLY LINE PROCESSING. If I was to spend all of my time in
    the workshop, and money was not the major concern, I can see
    acquiring one more commodity, a part time gopher (gofer this and
    gofer that). 

    Although we can quote the opening line to Star Trek, "Space, the
    final frontier.", perhaps the most difficult state to achieve is
    moving beyond the tools, techniques, and workspace, and just be in
    the creative mode. I am putting in some acoustical tile near the
    anvil, this is for when I get the urge to forge something at 2 AM, I
    won't wake the neighbors, again:} All the best in your new space, 

Will Estavillo

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