Amy Reader

I fall more and more in love with this studio of mine every single day.

We built this in our backyard and I love the permanence of this space.

I love the way the light hits the back wall early in the morning and as the sun is setting in the evening.

I love that I have room for a proper space on my wall just for works in progress.

I love the little corner with all my different sheep, are by my six year old self, and art by my friends

I love having a rainbow shelf of roving again.

I love how this space was designed and built just for me in collaboration with people who love me.

I love what the investment in this space represents for my future goals and plans.

I love that I can watch the azaleas and roses bloom from my desk.

I love dreaming about all the art this space will let me create.

I can’t wait to see how this space changes over the years to come and how that supports my art practice.

Current work-in-progress that is currently in “I can’t decide how to finish it off” jail. It feels like it needs *something* else but I can’t decide what else, so it will hang out on my wall in jail for a while

I keep thinking “oh I’ll finish this up today!” And I’ve been thinking that about this piece for a week so I think I need to recalibrate my estimation abilities.

Alas, maybe this piece will be finished next week!

This piece is needle felted and the background is two layers of prefelt with layers of wool I’ve dyed, curly locks, and needle felted mushrooms. Eventually it will be stretched and framed!