So the best idea I have had today has probably been to create this post which covers what might be needed to perform the tasks related to the creation of stretcher bar frames and or the repair or ongoing maintenance or stretcher bar frames.
The other need for the studio is a canvas stretching table which in my case needs to be something that I don’t have to expend a lot of physical energy or effort to complete the task and that will be suitable for the pre primed canvas I use.
The dimensions of such a table would be quite large due to the nature of the work that I do but I am willing to except that it might need to be a combination of sawhorses and plywood instead of a giant heavy table which would be very difficult to move around.
This gets me thinking that I need adjustable sawhorses so I can change the height and then lay on a large piece of plywood and I might actually need to do this double in certain cases where the canvas is actually much larger and that gets me thinking that too harsh or horses would not be enough that I would actually need four or six or even eight of them.
I saw what were referred to as samurai sawhorses but I only need the very basic version of those which I would actually call a ninja sawhorse or something that was not triangle legs which take up too much space and are hard to put close together more for something like an eight or a T shape sawhorses because those can be stacked together easily or create tables that actually look quite nice and do not haveThe aesthetic failures or foot traffic interference issues that wide legs sticking out in all directions will cause.
And unfortunately whatever solution I do come up with also needs to consider that I don’t have the most time in the world in which two have these made and enjoy them and actually get some real work done.
an art studio requires so much woodworking actually that it’s endless because of all of the tables for working with wood and drawing tables and color mixing tables and taborets and easels and every imaginable tool in between eventually creates a situation where the studio is bigger than the person running it and it’s a wonder that anybody would actually get anything done or eventually realize If they were creating a space more than they were creating art.
So for right now I’m just looking for something where I can run a jigsaw and do some basic cups without having to lean over to far and maybe be able to line up two of these in a big piece of plywood or a big piece of wood and do some basic canvas stretching for various works.
The best option I can think of is making some pretty heavy duty sawhorses and getting a few pieces of wood that I can put on top of them.
