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3/29/23

WOYWW? More Like, "Where Is My Workdesk Wednesday"

Have you heard of "What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday?" WOYWW is a popular way for craft bloggers and artists to share their work-in-progress. It's fun to get a peek into other people's creative space. 

Today is Wednesday and my desk is a disaster. In fact, my entire craft room is a disaster. I've been struggling to keep up with deadlines, which means I haven't been taking the time to clean up after projects. This, in turn, makes it much harder to do the next project. I greatly prefer to work in a clean, well-organized space, but that isn't always my reality. You can accurately gauge how caught up I am with life by how my craft room looks. Today, instead of WOYWW, it's more like WIMWW (Where is My Workdesk Wednesday)!

As I said, I like working in a clean space, with everything put away where it belongs. But that isn't the case with all artists and crafters. I know many who find inspiration in chaos and work best in a cluttered, disorganized studio. For others, a mess is an unavoidable side effect of the type of art they make. I recently came across a photo from the studio of my all-time favorite children's book author and illustrator, Eric Carle. It makes me feel a little better about the current state of my workspace. 

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I figured if there is any artist whose studio could justifiably be a mess, it would be Jackson Pollock. I did some Googling. Considering his technique, Pollock's studio (which you can visit), is neater than I expected. His shoes, on the other hand...

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I can't imagine getting anything done in this studio. But apparently it worked for Francis Bacon. 

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BoredPanda compiled photos of 300+ artists in their studios. They range from pristine to... not. And by "they" I mean the studios, not the artists. (Although now that I think about it, the artists themselves do run the gamut.) One of my favorites amongst all the picture is this one of Bernard Buffet. 

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As it turns out, my workspace isn't nearly as bad as I thought! But it still needs a good cleaning, which is on the agenda for tomorrow. 

2 comments:

  1. Sharon FritchmanMarch 31, 2023 at 3:05 AM

    I loved seeing all of the messy work spaces, Cindy. I loved seeing Eric Carle's. He's one of my all time fav children's author/illustrator, too! Like you, his studio makes me feel a bit better about my own. I try to clean up after making every project, but that doesn't always happen!. LOLOLOL!!!!

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  2. yyamApril 14, 2023 at 2:33 PM

    I guess creative chaos is a real thing...I actually prefer to embrace the mess and just finish my projects. But I do cleanup at the end of every day since I sleep in the same room and it would drive me crazy.

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