Work Area for Building Puppets

[CBPuppets]

What would be the best area to work on a puppet? I usually work in my bedroom or in a basement of my grandma's house. do you have any words of Wisdom for this?

 

[RockerRob]

The ideal thing would be to have your own studio, but that is just a dream for most of us. I work in the kitchen/dining room because there are a lot of big flat surfaces for me to speard my stuff around. It is also good to have a spot where you can always leave some stuff out and work on details if you have to leave the kitchen. So, big flat surfaces and a place where you can always have at least some part of your project out. Just a warning for the kitchen: clean the counters before you spread out, or a mystery substance could wind up an unitntinal part of your puppet.

 

[D'Snowth]

I usually work wherever I have space, but RockerBob has the right idea, it's nice to have your own workshop.

 

[staceyrebecca]

Because I'm a girl, I can get away with having the almighty craft room. Oh yes, it started off as a place simply for sewing and scrapbooking, and sure we had the computer in there as well, but slowly...very slowly, things creeped out into the sun-room...now the computer has been pushed out into the living room and i have TWO WHOLE ROOMS in which i may create chaos. *rubs hands maniacally*

 

[Buck-Beaver]

When I lived in Mexico, our place had a small maid's apartment attached to it (this is pretty common in a lot of upper/middle class Mexican homes) that I used as a studio and it was great. Now back in Canada I have an office I work out of, but it's not really big enough to accommodate puppet building (of which I don't do much these days). I do have supplies and tools organized and stashed in those rolling plastic drawer units that Rubbermaid sells and I keep them in a storage closet in the kitchen so when they are needed I can just roll them out and work wherever there is space.

What I would love to do is build the traditional Shaker workbench that was featured in this month's Woodworking Magazine.

 

[RockerRob]

The Shakers made amazing stuff. That workbench is definitely something to be salivated over.

All these people with extra rooms or two rooms even! I have to clean up whenever I finish for the day! I guess it forces me to be really organized with each project and I know for sure where everything is. A giant plastic bag from Jo Ann's and a cardboard box is all you really need for storage. Add some floor space and a spot for the sewing machine and you're in business! Puppet building mininimalism. I don't recomend it.