Have spent some more time with Google SketchUP, relearn­ing some things I have for­got­ten. Work­ing more on the lay­out of the new HQ. This image shows the long com­mon hall­way on the south-side. We’re cre­at­ing a larger door open­ing to move in/out the larger and 3d works. Also, a wel­com­ing entrance for art open­ings. We’ve cre­ated a wall in front of the stor­age to fea­ture a sig­na­ture work to draw vis­i­tors in. The left side is fac­ing North and is an ouside wall.

Look­ing in from the north­west. Great amount of north light. French doors and two win­dows. The north wall is shorter than the south by about three feet. Doors open to the out­side. Would be great to have a lit­tle bal­cony, wouldn’t it? Did I men­tion we’re on the third floor?

A look inside from above. The entrance-way is clos­est to the bot­tom of the screen. To the left is a nine foot glass coun­ter­top with draw­ers in the cab­i­nets below. This is a per­fect place for get­ting ink to the right tack for mono­prints, mix­ing pig­ments, trim­ming and glu­ing papers. I’ve used these draw­ers to hold dividers to hold many tools, boards, and papers.

Straight ahead are two 8 foot high banks of wooden shelves for stor­ing all sup­plies in mul­ti­les. This has been suc­cess­fully used in two other spaces. The first wall has 22″ deep shelves excel­lent for framed work an heavy mate­ri­als and tools. The front is cov­ered with a sub­strate that will accept T and push pins; maybe sanded homosote or painted dry­wall. The back set of shelves are the same height but narrower.

In the north­east cor­ner is a stor­age counter with slid­ing doors. This will prob­a­bly be where the cof­fee maker and fridge will go. More ideas com­ing in the next post.

The above image shows the frame struc­ture of the studio/gallery space. This will pro­vide excel­lent above head stor­age and light­ing options. New addi­tional light­ing for exhi­bi­tions and drawing.

Lots of pos­si­bil­i­ties to be worked out.