Inspiration photos for In-house Studio 2013: part of my inspiration board, my brushes, my ink. Deborah Grayson Studios (c)2013

Last year was my first year doing my in-house residency. One year later here I am again more excited than ever to get started. As a recap, the concept came to me after chatting with Kesha Bruce, reading her blog, and reading the blogs of Joanne Mattera and Tim McFarlane (See previous post for all site links). I did my first residency last year with great succes. I learned a lot about myself, my materials, my process, and what it really means to build a productive studio practice. Having this concentrated time to focus at the beginning of the year  allowed me the time to create and sell new work. I felt less scattered in my process. While I did not meet every goal I set for myself in terms of sales I ended the year on a really up beat note because had a clear vision of where I want to go.  The to do lists I set for myself every week were no longer a random set of things to do but a focused list with clear steps toward moving forward. It was a subtle shift in how I do things but a really important shift to make. So building on what I learned in 2012, here’s a rough outline of what I want to work on in this year’s residency:

Deborah Grayson Studios 2013 In-house Residency

Focus: Clay and Ink

Concept:

• create mixed media figurative sculpture experimenting with different clays and found objects.
• create screen-printed textiles to enhance the stories of the figures created in clay.
• play in the intersections of clay and ink creations

Steps:

• inventory materials currently on hand [DONE]
• purchase any necessary tools and materials needed to complete proposed projects [DONE]
• begin each session with gratitude
• work evenings and weekends on designs and projects
• use social media to track and share progress
• residency will last from 17 February- 7 April (8 weeks) [my work time is extended because I will be working my fulltim day job while completing the residency]
• assess/evaluate what I learned during the residency
• Find ways to put what I learned into practice
• identify venues to share completed works
• invite lots of comments via facebook, twitter and this blog

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