Once Upon a Time - the Making of an Artist's Studio

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I have a newsletter which goes out monthly - or at least that is the intention - and for each one I usually put a video together connected with that month's theme.

This month's is about the new studio and as it ties in with  my last blog post (Making a Studio), I thought I'd post it here too.

Comments

savannah said…
exciting times! xoxox
23 November 2010 at 19:38
Maggie Ayres said…
savannah- yes so so so much excitement!
23 November 2010 at 21:22
hope said…
Thanks for giving us a tour...looks like a wonderful stuff to create in!

Have fun and do share with us again.
23 November 2010 at 22:57
mapstew said…
Wonderful!

I love your voice, as I have already told Kim! :¬)
24 November 2010 at 01:46
Julie Shackson said…
Such a wonderful space! Thankyou for sharing it with us.
25 November 2010 at 02:34
Maggie Ayres said…
hope, mapstew and julie- thank you all very much for your kind words...and for the compliment!
25 November 2010 at 06:38
Maggie Ayres said…
A Daft Scots Lass- thank you... I think so too!
25 November 2010 at 21:55
Eryl said…
There's something so thrilling about seeing the cool white space becoming populated with materials, it's like watching the growth of a civilisation. I love the mess artists make.
28 November 2010 at 16:26
Maggie Ayres said…
Eryl-the mess just comes so easily!
29 November 2010 at 20:33
Wen said…
Beautiful! Beautiful!
Artist's studios are prisms of the artist's inner light- which you seem to have in abundance!
11 January 2011 at 12:37
Maggie Ayres said…
Wen- Thank you! I give credit to my beautiful space for nurturing the light.
13 January 2011 at 09:54
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