If you’re a fan of unique, eye-catching miniatures, then you’re going to love our latest project: a cartoon-style gypsy wagon that can be pulled by a bike! We wanted to create something fun and whimsical, and the idea of a miniature gypsy wagon immediately came to mind. To make it even more unique, we decided…
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When the weather gets warm and the daylight lasts longer, it’s the right time to start working outdoors. This space gets morning sun so my favorite hours to work here are 9 to 1 pm. The bike trailer is a tiny tarot studio. Next month the collective readings will be recorded from the beach. It’s…
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Today was the inaugural bike ride for the bike size tarot reading setup. It is the fourth iteration of a bike studio design in the last 5 years or so of testing. This version fits everything with a 22 gallon plastic outdoor storage bench and a bungee cord net.
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Some ideas hit and stick. This sticking point is the start of a thread that weaves itself through years of life never gets cut loose. You might call this an Axis mundi, an image that relates to the center of the earth (perhaps like an umbilical providing nourishment). Below is an idea of this center thread as…
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I’m sketching out a concept to make a bike studio look like a ziggurat! From Wikipedia According to Herodotus, at the top of each ziggurat was a shrine, although none of these shrines have survived. One practical function of the ziggurats was a high place on which the priests could escape rising water that annually…
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My full outdoor and mobile studio setup is changing and evolving! A studio is both a place, a collection of materials, and a creative practice all rolled into one. The best way to design is by doing. Today a new low table design, that fits on top of the red wagon, emerged in the process.…
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I took my cargo trailer on a test drive today to Goleta beach. I packed it up with art studio supplies. I spent most of the morning to sorting and organizing what to bring and what would fit. I didn’t leave much time for actual art making so I just decorated a box that contains…
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This Christmas I added a few things to my mobile art studio like a solar power kit to charge my cell phone, umbrella, grass mat, and a portable hula hoop. Mini travel size things are essential when you drive a tiny car and like to work outdoors. I’ve posted a lot about mobile studios since…
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Today I tested working directly with the car as the studio. This is a little different from using the car to transport the smaller studio version that is a person-powered red wagon size studio. My intention is to keep the materials in the trunk and use the car as a table and power source while…
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