The studio needed a complete renovation but I put it off until we decided to refinish all of our wide plank floors (and live here while doing it…). I had to clear out everything, dreaded as an idea but a chance for the purge and once I got started, remarkably satisfying (of course I now worry about needing something from my merciless culling of art supplies). It helps to throw away things you don’t need or even want and find all of that wonderful empty space. Lately I love empty space. I had been set up for how I worked long before the pandemic and all of that changed. I needed a bigger work table, lots of storage for the many new materials I’m discovering and working with and less clutter, less stuff all around me. The first project in my new studio, hand made ornaments for 2023. I have always loved making them especially in my new space!