All Change…

There are many plus points about working from home, but a major inconvenience no one mentions is when you move house, you have to move home, your workspace, equipment etc all at once. 

Well, this, as well as a health scare and operation, are the sort of quagmire I've been in since about January. When Covid was about, everyone rightly kept saying ‘what a strange few years’, well, I feel this one has topped it.

We bought a house, with um, potential, as they say and the beginnings of a great workshop for me, although, look below and you can see Miss Havisham had got there first.

For the last few months i've dug out tree stumps for a workshop extension, my partner has been repairing the existing structure, and we've been up to our knees in rotten wood and plaster dust. 

We have started to change windows over ( old double glazed units from the house ) and it's making a huge difference, but we are both resigned to the fact we will be moving soon (instead of just ‘visiting’ our new house for weekends of hard work) and will still be living in a mess.

I have gotten to the point where a few electric sockets and a couple of benches will have to do. I am lucky I can carve and do most of my work in a relatively small space, it mightl just be a bit frustrating.

I am also my own worst enemy. I have an almost insatiable curiosity for techniques and art forms of all kinds. I want to try everything, thinking how I can enhance my work with a new skill, and that soooo often has meant buying some toy/equipment/book/inspirational piece of detritus from a charity shop… now I have to face the fact that my current workshop is stuffed to the gills. But what to get rid of? One man's junk really is another man's treasure, and I keep finding things and thinking, ‘oh yeah, that was for that idea… um, ooh, still could be interesting… ‘ so I can't bring myself to chuck anything! I dream of being one of those minimalist creatures, in a tidy, empty space. Grrr. ; - ) Let's see how I do….