organize your art space for a creative explosion!
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Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, presents a webinar for artists and craftspeople who need help organizing their creative spaces.TRANSCRIPT
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Organize Your Art Space for a Creative Explosion!
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Gayle Goddard
Professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas.
www.clutterfairyhouston.com
713-816-9505
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Notes from this presentation "are available for download:
clutterfairyhouston.com/art-space
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As visual people, artists are handicapped when it comes to organizing.
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Standard storage solutions don’t work well for creative spaces.
Image: Salvatore Vuono / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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You collect "art supplies in "LARGE quantities.
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You make excuses to keep materials that are no longer useful, such as…
Image: soilbedust / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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“It cost me a lot of money!”
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“I’m going to fix it.”
“Really. "I mean that.”
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“But it has so much potential!”
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“I can’t decide whether I’ll need it or not.”
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“They don’t make those any more!”
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Any art supply item can be grouped logically into one of four categories…
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Main supplies
The primary “stuff” of your particular art or craft
Image: Keattikorn / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
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Embellishment supplies
The materials you use to decorate or supplement your main supplies
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Tools
Scissors, pliers, needles, paint brushes—whatever you use
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Reference "materials
Instructions, books, magazines, catalogs, clippings, sketches
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Sort your main supplies based on how you design with them.
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Accept that you will never use 100 percent of your stuff.
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Keep a clear workspace, and you’re ready when creativity calls.
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Place your tools within easy reach.
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Arrange your main supplies for easy review and access.
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Make embellishment supplies portable so they’re out of the way when you’re "not using them.
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Store your reference materials near, but not on your workspace.
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Put the label maker to work.
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Use clear containers to make shapes and colors easy to spot.
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Color-code your
storage labels,
and you’ll find
things faster.
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Store loose paper in page protectors in a binder.
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Ziploc® bags are your friend!
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Stash magazines in hanging files in a portable file box.
Image: The Container Store
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Designate a project box for each unfinished project and its materials.
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Inventory the materials you own in plentiful supply, then carry the list with you when you shop.
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Build a portable, space-saving workspace using extendible saw horses.
Image: Stanleytools.com
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Adjust your shelving units to accommodate your supplies.
Image: The Container Store—Elfa
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Time for your questions!
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Notes from this presentation are "available for download:
clutterfairyhouston.com/art-space
Thank you for joining us!
For more information or "to contact Gayle, visit our web site:
clutterfairyhouston.com