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October

10/30/2017

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Its been a while since I posted here, life suddenly got very busy but I've had a few people ask me how we are getting on with the studio so heres the update...we haven't actually got much more done since August! Ha!

Mostly we've had to do very boring stuff like get the workshop/studio signed off by building control (which is still on going!), Rich suddenly got loads of work come in at the beginning of September so has been pretty busy since then leaving very little time to do the fun stuff, also we are now pretty much out of cash so we either have to wait till we've earned it or try to get the bit and pieces we need as cheap as possible with take longer to source!

I did manage to get some new chairs for the studio, Rich had a very cool but unfortunately rather uncomfortable vintage office chair which wasn't giving his back enough support and I liked the idea of having matching chairs as both our desk will be totally different. I managed to get these of gumtree for £25 for the pair...
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We also got the wood we need to make my new desk, we decided on OSB board which I really like the look of. We got a couple of sheets then glued them together to give me a thicker chunkier desk which looks more in proportion, so we glued it and laid flat in the workshop for a week to let the glue go off. Then we made the slight mistake a propping it up against a wall for a week and the wood bowed! So now my desk looks like this...
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Its seems to have flattened out so hopefully it will be ok when we fit it which Im really hoping we can do this weekend.

I've been picking other bits up over the last 2 months, back in September I found these amazing original grey 1950s curtain in Shropshire for £60, they just about cover the studio doors which will help soften the rather hard edged breeze block walls and make it a bit cosier to work in the space after dark. Still haven't got round to fitting them as yet as we'll have to custom make the curtain pole needed.

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The blue fabric above I got at the Frome vintage fair last weekend for £15, its the remnants of a 1950s curtain which should be more than enough to make cushions for the new office chairs.

We also picked up this super cool ammonite fossil from Dorset back in August which will look great in the studio (once I have somewhere to put it!).

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Rich has also been working on the garage, he finally got the mezzanine level up so that we have storage for spare car parts and tools. This will mean we can finally empty my shed and Rich can eventually turn that into a print studio for me, we saved all the off cuts of insulation left over from the garage/studio so hopefully we have enough to get the shed done, theres just the small matter of clearing it out first! Anyway heres how the garage is shaping up...

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We've also been collecting vintage sign that we'll put up when we get a mo.
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Rich has some really cool ideas for this space and the car looks great in here, hes really looking forwad to being able to work on her in the try and warm which will make a nice change.

One of the other things that has kept me busy over the last few weeks has been building our new website and Facebook page, as we have our spanking new studio space Rich and I decided to join forces as artists. For the last month we've been taking part in Inktober over on Facebook, check us out if your feeling inclined!
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So thats pretty much it for now, more soon. In the mean time heres a sleepy Stella for you...
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Lorraine link
10/30/2017 10:41:18 am

Really lovely to read about your update and progress made - even if it is not as much as you had hoped, it is still good progress and I can see it is all starting to come together nicely. I just love the fabrics, the blue will make fabulous cushions that will contrast nicely with the curtains.

Have fun working together and good luck with the new website!

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