The Peripatetic Studio
I am Agusta Agustsson, a fiber artist. This fall I will be sharing my process at a show at the New England Quilt Museum called Explorations: A Journey in Creativity.
Many projects begin with cleaning out the detritus of the last project. This can get complicated in shared spaces.
I have this dream of a big open, white studio with a wall that is easy to stick pins into and evaluate my work up on wall as it grows. Instead I have a series of shared spaces.
My primary work area was formerly my son's bedroom and our sometimes guest room. It has my main sewing machine, shelves of art supplies, a small viewing wall and all the stuff my son left behind but is not yet ready to get rid of. My Guan Yin sits next to his Mr. Bill bobblehead. This room is not big enough for attaching quilt top, batting and backing together so I sometimes commandeer the dining room table. I also have a second sewing machine so I don't have to continually switch feet and machine settings. This machine shares a desk with my daughter's computer in the living room. The dog likes it when I sew in the living room because then she can sleep at my feet. But, I also need a spot for printing my fabrics which leads me to the basement.
The basement studio is a rich mixture of past and present usages.It was at one time my puppetry workshop, one son's miniature war game room, the repository of my husband's vinyl collection and another son's wood shop. I have cleared a spot for printmaking. I drape the drying fabrics on old snowboards and other miscellaneous objects. I can run into the laundry area to clean my brayer.
So, I will start my piece for the New England Quilt Museum by sweeping up sawdust, clearing up some space on my table and getting to work printing my finds from the forest, when it stops snowing!
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