Our house has a small addition with a bedroom, small storeroom, bathroom, and what I guess was sort of a TV room. This became our daughter's space and, since she was an art student and also because she doesn't watch TV, my husband built a long table along one wall and tore out the carpet and put in linoleum so she could draw and paint. I took over a corner and put in a kiln for metal clay. I started enameling in that small corner, and it wasn't so bad (see pictures of spoons). When she moved out several months ago I waited a respectful day or two, then I took over the whole space!
I have an enameling area with a brick Paragon kiln, a middle area for miscellaneous stuff, and another area for metal clay with a muffle kiln. I also have a dental kiln that I haven't used yet, but looks like it will be nice for small enamels and experiments. It's nice to be able to separate the metal work from the enamel area, and I happily roll around in my chair. The table is nearly 12 feet in length and there are surfboards above the shelves. I have Thompson unleaded enamels in one storage unit, Thompson leaded in another, and Japanese leaded enamels in still another. I wet pack from plastic spoons.
Although you can't see the windows, the ventilation is good and there is a big mango tree shading that side of the house. The small storeroom became my husband's more traditional metalworking bench. We have a complete woodshop and lathe shed outside.
Our house has a small addition with a bedroom, small storeroom, bathroom, and what I guess was sort of a TV room. This became our daughter's space and, since she was an art student and also because she doesn't watch TV, my husband built a long table along one wall and tore out the carpet and put in linoleum so she could draw and paint. I took over a corner and put in a kiln for metal clay. I started enameling in that small corner, and it wasn't so bad (see pictures of spoons). When she moved out several months ago I waited a respectful day or two, then I took over the whole space!
I have an enameling area with a brick Paragon kiln, a middle area for miscellaneous stuff, and another area for metal clay with a muffle kiln. I also have a dental kiln that I haven't used yet, but looks like it will be nice for small enamels and experiments. It's nice to be able to separate the metal work from the enamel area, and I happily roll around in my chair. The table is nearly 12 feet in length and there are surfboards above the shelves. I have Thompson unleaded enamels in one storage unit, Thompson leaded in another, and Japanese leaded enamels in still another. I wet pack from plastic spoons.
Although you can't see the windows, the ventilation is good and there is a big mango tree shading that side of the house. The small storeroom became my husband's more traditional metalworking bench. We have a complete woodshop and lathe shed outside.
