THE TORONTO APARTMENT POTTER

I live in Toronto and like all major cities finding space to do the things you love can be challenging and so you have to come up with creative ways to get things done.

The same rules apply to your home as in the studio. The most important is to have a clean environment to work and also live. So the most important rules are No Clay down the sink and No clay dust around. Which makes clean up time a pain sometimes but you have to cause you don't want to get sick from all that clay dust in your lungs :)

Studio set up:
I live in a small studio apartment and my "craft room" is a tiny pantry closet.
From Michaels Craft and the Dollar store I bought containers. And from The Box Boys (or free from example supermarkets) I bought boxes. Containers and boxes to pack away everything Clay, Glaze, Paint, Yarn, Beads and magazines. All the things you use in your work. In my craft room I have a desk and a bookshelf for working on.

I have a Shimpo Table Top wheel stored under my desk (covered by containers and boxes) that when I am ready for it I can take it, sit it right on my table and its ready to go. When I am done. It is cleaned like new and pack away again under my desk.