Inside the Creative Studio: Inspiration and Ideas for Your Art and Craft Space [Paperback]

Cate Prato (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2011

Embrace your space!

The professional organizers and editors of Studios magazine give you the tools to create your own one-of-a-kind artistic environment in this best-of compilation. Learn how to find space in your home, whittle down your stash, and get tips on maximizing your storage and organization. Experts will also show you how to repurpose furniture, recyclables, and vintage items to establish a space with function and personality.

Inside the Creative Studio offers imaginative and unique solutions for every lifestyle, regardless of money, time, or space. Artists and crafters of all types—quilters, fiber artists, mixed-media artists, jewelry makers, sewists, painters, and more—share their stories, tips, and images of putting together their customized creative spaces. From spacious oases to cute and compact retreats, each studio offers countless inspirational ideas.

With some of the best articles and creative inspiration from Studios magazine, Inside the Creative Studio offers everything you need to know to spend less time making your studio work and more time actually creating.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Do you dream of having a studio of your own, a place where you can think, create, make a mess, or even teach? Anyone who answers yes will find plenty of encouragement in her book." – Bangor Daily News

About the Author

Cate Coulacos Prato is the editor of the increasingly popular Cloth Paper Scissors Studios magazine, online editor for Quilting Daily and Cloth Paper Scissors Today, and the author of Mixed-Media Self-Portraits: Inspiration & Techniques.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Interweave Press (November 15, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596683988
• ISBN-13: 978-1596683983
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.5 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,930 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am a writer, editor, wife, mother, collector of vintage fabrics and objects, and (underneath the sarcasm) an optimist. I think I began writing when I realized it was a way of speaking without being interrupted. Hurray! I love the "voice" that writing gives me, and so it was fate that after years of toiling in daily journalism, my first book was about exploring the self: Mixed-Media Self Portraits (Interweave, 2008). I also contributed to Pam Carriker's book Art at the Speed of Life (Interweave, 2011).

I'm captivated by home decorating and design and have been rearranging the furniture in my dwellings ever since I was big enough to push my white canopy bed across the floor when I was 8. Because I can only afford one house, I spend most of my time redecorating mine and writing about other people's. Fortunately, my job as editor of Cloth Paper Scissors Studios Magazine allows me to peek inside artfully decorated homes on a regular basis.

I bring writing and design together in my blog In The Studio with Cate (http://clothpaperscissors.com/blogs/in_the_studio_with_cate/default.aspx) and on Twitter@StudiosMagazine.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding insight into artists studios November 11, 2011

By Lynn Krawczyk

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I really love this book, it has SO much to offer! I feel like I got to visit the artists in their studios and see how they put their spaces together first hand.

The thing that I liked most about this book is the variety of artists that are shown. Everyone has a style that suits their medium and I found it really intriguing to be able to compare them side by side in the book (I'm *still* drooling over the Wendy Vecchi's collection of library card file cabinets - what an excellent and beautiful way to organize your space!)

There are tips on how to organize and you can see how thrift store finds help you make a creative space for yourself that doesn't require building new construction.

Its a very genuine book, shows everyday artists and professional artists side by side and that makes the book a winner in my, well, book. I plan to give it as holiday gifts, its very inspirational!

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars I'm dreaming of a new studio, just like the ones inside this book November 13, 2011

By S. Fishburn VINE™ VOICE

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The studios showcased here are jam-packed with both practical and aspirational ideas - in other words, some of them could be easily incorporated into any of our work spaces, a few require an investment most of us probably don't have. They're all loads of fun to visit via the photographs and discussions with the artists who work there. There are a few international inclusions. I especially loved peeking into the creative spaces of Seth Apter and Tim Holtz.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Fine is you have never read Studios magazine November 18, 2011

By A reader

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This is an attractive book, but it is simply a collection of articles that have previously been published in Studio's magazine - if you have read the magazines, then this book literally has nothing to offer - no more depth, no extra information (in fact less - in the magazine at least you get told what type of art the owner makes!) and no new inspiration. As a fan of the magazine I too was hoping for more depth from a book - extra information, how tos for flooring, lighting, organisation of space etc and new studio's or at least new information about previously featured studio's. Also, it is quite clear from the fact that the floorplans often do not match the photo's that in a number of places photo's have been reversed in the printing process, making things very confusing. Interweave books are usually of a high standard, and not just a rehash of the magazines. Disappointing. For better guides on to how to organize a quilt studio I would recommend 'Creating your perfect quilting space' by Lois Hallock and 'Organizing solutions for every quilter' by Carolyn Woods. A bit dated now, but also still useful is 'Dream sewing spaces' by Lynette Ranney Black.