{"id":19424,"date":"2015-02-02T03:05:23","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T11:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19424"},"modified":"2015-01-22T20:44:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T04:44:02","slug":"how-i-organize-by-zones-in-my-polymer-clay-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/how-i-organize-by-zones-in-my-polymer-clay-studio\/19424\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Organize By Zones in My Polymer Clay Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=19424#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2015-02\/02-90621-studio-tour-organized-zones.jpg\" alt=\"Studio Tour Organized Zones - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #621:<\/span> Today is a general tour. But if there&#8217;s interest, I can do future videos on the individual zones. Let me know where to start.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Today I&#8217;m going to give you a tour of my Studio and talk a little bit about organizing your craft space into zones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">It doesn&#8217;t really matter whether you have a tiny little workspace, like your Kitchen table&#8230; or you have a super giant one, like a whole separate building.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you have a lot of craft supplies, you need to organize them in a way that you can get access to them, and also be able to put them away properly when you&#8217;re done.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Otherwise you run into problems like buying the same product over and over because you didn&#8217;t realize that you already had it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">So, I wanted to show you how I organize my studio.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A lot of you have been requesting a studio tour&#8230; and I did show you when it was crazy messy a while back.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">But I have done some clean up and organizing since then.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Still not perfect yet, but it is good enough to show you how it is all set up.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have my space allocated into the following zones&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Workspace &#8211; where I have all the supplies, clay, tools and findings within arms reach for making polymer clay jewelry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Paints &#8211; all (or most) of my paints, finishes and liquid clays are stored on a shelf above my workspace.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Publishing &#8211; Laptop for writing posts, web research and communicating with students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Office Cabinet &#8211; Cabinet with manuals, paper and other supplies needed for the office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Inks and stamps &#8211; alcohol inks, stamp pads, spray inks, stencils and rubber stamps stored in drawers and trays, in one area.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Craft Bins &#8211; miscellaneous craft supplies stored in a wall of plastic drawers. Each drawer has a different supply, such a small ribbon bits in one drawer and feathers in another.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Office Supplies &#8211; Drawers with pencils, pens, rulers, scissors, glue sticks, etc., in one skinny tower of drawers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">CD Player and CD&#8217;s next to it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Baking Area &#8211; Top of metal cabinet has my convection oven and all the baking supplies such as oven thermometer, baking trays, bead racks, tins of cornstarch, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Rock Tumbling Area &#8211; Rock Tumbler and containers of sanding substrate stored together. There is an electrical plug close by so the tumbler can run, right where it is stored.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Metal Card Cabinet &#8211; Metal drawers are filled with overflow clay, tools, color recipe chips and other supplies. I would love to paint this cabinet a bright color and reorganize the drawers some more.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dressform &#8211; Vintage dress form of my Grandma Edna&#8217;s, is a great place to store my lab coat for the PcT Test Lab videos. I didn&#8217;t mention it but it is also a great place to test out necklace lengths and to see how the piece will drape on the body.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">New Products for Demo Bins &#8211; In this rolling drawer unit I keep all the new products that I plan to create demo videos for, as well as the product test samples for the test lab videos.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Book Case &#8211; Stores all my books, magazines and a variety of nic knacks, including my vintage treadle sewing machine that was my Grandma Hanna&#8217;s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cord and Chain Storage &#8211; A slot wall units with hooks and rods store all my cording, beading wire, beading thread, needles and similar items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Peg Board &#8211; A painted wood peg board on the back of my door, stores miscellaneous supplies that are better off seen, than forgotten.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Storage Cupboards &#8211; Two tall storage cupboards store items that are used in the studio but don&#8217;t need to be seen such as cans of acetone, solvents, buttons, paper, Scrapbooking supplies, die cutting machine and dies, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Another shelf unit holds 12&#8243; x 12&#8243; Scrapbooking papers, and there is also a set of drawers for cutters, molds, and texture items.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Center Island &#8211; A short bookcase and sewing cabinet are pushed back to back in the center of the room to create an island. The bookcase holds plastic bins normally used for storing scrapbook paper, but I store all my different jewelry making wire in them. Each bin stores a different type\/quality of wire. Precious metals in one, copper and bronze in another, craft wire in another.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Sewing Station &#8211; Sewing machine cabinet can open up and the machine pops up. The drawers are filled with sewing supplies such as thread, needles and notions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Metal working &#8211; on the sewing machine side of the island I have a metal working station with a heat proof marble tile, soldering board, dapping blocks, disk cutters etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Polishing Station &#8211; On the side of the island there is a lower unit that holds my JoolTool and all the accessories needed for sanding and finishing my pieces. It is easily used by just spinning my chair while sitting at my work station.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24zn4Skt37A?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18840#video\">My Messy Polymer Clay Studio Quickie Tour<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4991\">Catalina&#8217;s Polymer Clay Studio<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4316\/#comment-42666\">Sue F&#8217;s Studio Notes and Photos<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=15303#video\">Polymer Clay Tutor Studio Chit Chat<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=13868#video\">What&#8217;s In All Those Drawers Cindy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=13676#video\">Cindy Lietz Polymer Clay Tutor Studio Tour<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=24zn4Skt37A\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Tutor Studio Tour &#8211; Organized Zones<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> &#8230; the Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #621: Today is a general tour. 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