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Balancing Mobility and Immobility

As workers, our desires to increase our work production in the work space tend to bring tools and materials closer to us to the point where everything is within reach. The resulting space capsule effect is fun to design, fun to build and ultimately even fun to look at. Space saving is also essential toward solving square footage restrictions, and who doesn’t have that? We certainly did when we set up to do Christmas ornaments in our small two car garage back in Phoenix. (More Soon)

Illustration or drawing is a part of everything I do as a working artist, but it goes beyond that into all parts of life – everything from brainstorming, problem solving, communicating ideas, or preparing for any project… things like organizing a workspace, a remodeling project, or of course designing a glass etching. I’m always grabbing paper and pencil, as a way to organize thoughts – anything from a simple idea for the yard, to capturing a difficult to describe item from the imagination, or even something remembered from a dream, and that’s the best thing really – bringing into view something that cannot otherwise be seen.

It does go into three basic overlapping directions – illustration as a tool for thinking, as a tool for communication, and also as a finished form of art. The latter is the one I rarely get to enjoy, and have explored the least. Illustrating Meet Ron Paul was a major leap forward in that direction. It taught me exactly what I needed to know – that illustrating books is something worth looking into. I’m looking forward to pursuing it more when I get the chance.