Studio

2024

Personally, I love studio spaces, and generally find them fascinating. The way that an artist works, and the environment in which they work, are endlessly interesting to me.

In the past my own work spaces have had all the hallmarks of someone who has given up on life, and has been reduced to collecting cereal from behind the cushions on the couch in order to survive.

But now I’m a little older and wiser, and I’ve worked to improve my working environment. My studio is not one of those hyper-clean Star Trek kind of ones full of exquisite outboard gear and walls of synths, but it is clean and relatively ordered, and I find it a pleasant place to work for long hours.

If you’re interested to see my past studio hovels, I have left the page online for everyone’s amusement over here.

My current studio is in the converted loft space of my flat in Glasgow, and consists of a desk, a couple of work tables, and a lot of storage. My working life is now split between working at the computer and creating things with my hands, hence the work tables. The storage is probably about 50% devoted to tools for woodwork and electronics, which are now necessary for instrument building and other installation projects. There is a very real need for a proper work area, as the fumes from the laser cutter, and the dust from sanding wood are NOT what you want in a professional studio. But what’s a man to do?

So here are some pics of my space.