Notes from a Residency
Field NotesDecember 20256 min read

Notes from a Residency

A month in an unfamiliar studio, and what the unfamiliarity taught the work.

A new studio strips away the defaults. The tools are in the wrong places, the light falls differently, and for a week the work is worse. Then the defaults you didn't know you had start to show themselves.

Borrowed light

Making in a borrowed room is a useful discomfort. You notice your habits precisely because you can't perform them on autopilot.

Comfort is where the questions stop.