I don’t get it. The photos of people’s studios are so neat and clean. Do people work at art and craft there?
Sure, I clean up (eventually), but making something out of wood requires removing shavings, chips, and dust. The essence is removal; all that removal has to go somewhere – the bench and the floor – via the broom out the door. Work and projects pile up.
OK, here it isโmea culpaโwhat a woodcarver’s workshop looks like while working. No, it’s not a doctored photo.

More than you can take, huh? You can’t sting me with comments about how my mother must be ashamed.
Neat freaks can look away now. I make messes and have fun doing it!
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I bet you know exactly where everything is.
Periodic reorganizations keep things interesting when I look for things where they used to be. It’s a very small shop.