Ooh, all shame on me… come and peek behind the curtain, take a look at my underside of art. Who knows, you may discover that we have some things in common. Well if it’s creativity we are on the good rails. It is for sure with a great friend from NYC, Seth Apter, who asked all of us to share our messy heaven. Please jump over to Altered pages and visit other participants as well.
Let’s rock! So how do you begin the morning? If you have a family, it’s probably pretty much the same, kiddo(s), breakfast, think about lunch and than dinner, what’s cooking good looking? By me it looks like that:
For breakfast: tea, coffee and cambric, lunch: rusted (not roasted) hardware, and dinner: some nets and brayer. Yummy! Seriously I can be freaking messy on my table, take a look at this, my journal, a box of who knows what sits there in, some markers, a mat, glue, rings and a lot more:
The green pen holder is a present from a friend, it always makes me smile so it is under my nose. So my darling friend can explain always everything, even the most impossible situations, and in a hilarious way, so the pen holder is green with a kiwi that is according to his translation is a Chinese gooseberry (all printed on it). And now comes in action hardware and software as I love mixed media:
As you can see I am an inky freak:
And of course I die for colors, a lot of colors acrylic colors:
I am a fan of found objects and rusting:
And finally I addicted to Stampotique stamps, it’s like a sickness, guess several one of us has it, but by my it takes two drawers and if I don’t get my weekly portion my hands are shaking, so let’s stamp!
That favorite there is France Papillon’s design cube. I’ve got already the question how do I keep my supplies and where. So now I let you in my drawers and boxes, now you can see how they stand or supposed in order.
You can see all the nasty fingerprints, that’s me playing around with inky painty hands and not cleaning it down, one day, they will be all nice and colorful. So here it ends, the guided tour in Studio Lerusho, hope you enjoyed. If your are interested what comes out from my mess just hit the subscribe button. If you’d like to get update via Facebook you have the page on the sidebar, just push on thumbs-up-like.
Great workspace, am in awe of your Stampotique collection & your rusted bits and bobs. A great share:-) xxx
Thanks 🙂 xoxo
Your rusted hardware for lunch is my favorite! What a wonderfully well loved studio!
Thanks Carolyn, my hubby hates it 😉
Love your crafting area!!!! I think it is what I call a creative mess. It looks about like mine, but if I need it, I can find it shortly. I wouldn’t know how to play in a neat workspace. It’s all good!!! hugs, Patty
Thanks Patty! xoxo
love it!
Thank you 🙂
I’d love to come and make art so I could use all those yummy stamps!! Thanks for sharing your workspace!
You are welcome any time Christina 🙂
So tidy!
Is it tidy??? Lol, thanks for the compliment! 🙂
I love your work space, so many cool supplies. Too fun.
Thank you Kathryn 🙂
Fabulous tour! Thanks for the studio access.
Thank you Marjie! 🙂
This just made me smile 😀 LOVE your workspace and I’m going to show my hubby your inky stash so he can how restrained mine is!!!
Susan, I am awfully messy and taking over more and more space, so just tell your hubby he is still lucky 😉
I love how your studio table and organized supplies look!! And the rusty nails are giving me some ideas of something to do with the ones I’ve collected 😉
Thank you for sharing you ‘studio table’ with us today! It’s great to know that I’m not alone in having some messy space =)
Thank you Monica! 🙂
much tidier than me!! Lusting after all those drawers and cubbies – looks very organized!!
I obviously have a different sickness as my art table is one solid mess instead of beautifully organized in long green thingies. All those wonderful drawers and boxes. I want to be just like you when I grow up!
Thanks Bill! 😉
Hi Ruth – I actually arrived here from someone else’s blog post, not through G+! This is a fascinating insight into your studio! Your stamp and ink collections are enviable!
Thanks Zsuzsa 🙂
Love your collections! Also the quote on one of your journal pages, something like “All possibilities begin with the courage to imagine”. Where’d the quote come from?
Thanks Paige! The quote is on a stamp from Stamper Anonymous, you will find it as mounted red or in a set of Tim Holtz 🙂
Well Ruth I love your rusty bits and you seem pretty organized to me. Good stuff all around. xox
Thanks a Lot 😉 xoxo
It does look organised… And all those inks… Wow… And the mess is just creativity at work isn’t it… Loved having a look around your studio table… Really fabulous
Thank you Tracey!
I’m a super fan of rust. I also like tea and coffee stained fabrics and papers. So you had me hooked with the very first photo. Your storage seems quite nicely organized. I really like all those inks you have. Thanks for sharing your art space with us.
Thank you Elizabeth!
The STUFF in your studio is my fave so far….not that we are voting…just saying. My kinda fun!
Thanks Rachèl 🙂
I love your rusted supplies, I wanted to ask you haw do you make them, just leaving them in water??
Thanks Vicky, rusting in simple water would take too long, so I use vinegar (alcoholazijn 7°), 24 hours in, then out and let it air dry, you can put it on the sun. If you would like to give to it a bit more grunge put it into salty water after the vinager-dry process. I don’t use those extra expensive surface treatment materials from the art shop, just don’t believe in them.
thx for the info
Welcome 🙂
Brilliant!! Inky heaven indeed! And as for Stampotique – I totally understand – I’ve only just begun my collection but it is gaining pace :o)
Thank you Stefanie! 🙂
I have some of those little IKEA boxes – mine are white. I have wanted to try some rusting for a while and look forward to seeing more of your work. Great work space! Thanks for sharing. Ann
Thank you Ann, hope you will find some interesting things 🙂
I too love rust, though I did not show it in my photo, I usually leave it to fate and just find my rust, but someday I will rust up some new things.
Annie I have another box only with found object, my son helps me to collect them 🙂
I just read your comment on my blog and wanted you to know those “grunge papers” are actually my handmade paper, sorted by color. I haven’t made any paper in a long time, because I have a good supply that I seem to forget about when I’m making art. Since I use only recycled paper, I can say truthfully that I have all the recycled paper segregated by color, which was the most time consuming of all when I first realized I needed to keep the colors in separate boxes. One of my screens developed a tear, so that may also be why I haven’t made any paper in a long time. The grungy edges are because I don’t use a deckle when I pull the paper from the slurry. Other than that, I make it in the traditional way.
I thought that it’s handmade, I have a journal from handmade paper, and that has the same natural grunge edge, by the way I love that paper quality, it’s more absorbent 🙂
RUTH>..LOVE YOUR SPACE!! I especially want those drawers FULL of Stampotique stamps! Yummo!! I love the black drawer case and the red case with the cool bins! I’m envious, you look like you have fabulous digs! Thanks for sharing this! Gives us a little tiny peek into the Ruth we love to see creativity from! Blessings! 🙂
Thanks Felicia, and you know at the beginning I was afraid from that deep magenta/red case, it seemed a crying color, but at the end it adds some light so I began to love it 😉
Ruth!! I love your space!! And you had me laughing out loud with your description of the meals(not) HAHAHA You are quite the clever writer too! Thank you for sharing my friend!! I would love to climb in that inky drawer- all that color yumminess!! eek! xo
Thanks Jackie, you are always welcome to visit then we can play together 🙂 xo
Thanks for sharing! I love your rusty bits! Look forward to seeing more from you. Have a beautifully creative weekend! 🙂
Thank you Lynn!
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Looks more organized than mine! i love rust too-even save my “rust dust”…thanks for sharing!
Thank you for stopping by Donna!
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Catching up on the studio table links from Seth’s blog… you have so much great stuff! Looks like a fun place to do your art 🙂
Thanks Carrie!
I am just drooling at your stash and how perfectly organised it all is. Look at all that Stampotique goodliness too 🙂
I just thought, that I saw those photos, where you organized your garage with all the boxes, lol I thought I can’t stay behind 🙂