Comments on: Studio tour

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:51:14 +0000

Good point–you don’t need fancy metal shelves to do this. I got the media shelves because they were there and I wanted adjustable heights in case I got, I dunno, larger jars or something. But in the seven years or so that they’ve been up there I haven’t adjusted them even once. Static wooden shelves would have worked just as well.

Wood would also allow you to put stops on the end of each shelf. My one complaint about these is that you can overstuff the shelves with frit jars and knock off the end jars. (And it might not be a bad idea to put a front lip of the shelves, too–I have guestcats right now who wander into the studio and pull down frit jars for fun…)

By: chaniarts

chaniarts — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:00:40 +0000

i build something similar to this to hold video tapes for my wife’s video office using just 2x4s. they wouldn’t be large enough for the 5lb bottles, but are just perfect for the 1lb bottles. i suppose using 2x6s you could make a shelf or two for the larger ones.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:02:21 +0000

Hi, Kathy;

It’s been a long time since I got them, but I believe they’re Hubel Omni media wall racks. I got mine from a production studio that was remodeling and needed to get rid of a dozen, so I didn’t pay much.

I went looking for them online when you asked and, now that I’ve seen the price, wish I’d gotten the whole dozen. Wow.

They are really nice racks, though.

By: Kathy Kollenburn

Kathy Kollenburn — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 04:10:27 +0000

Hi Cynthia,
do you recall where you purchased your media wall racks you are using for your frit? My frit is getting the best of me and I need to find a storage solution that works. I like the looks of what you have and have tried to find something similar, but they mostly seem to be longer than they are tall. Thanks!

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:13:56 +0000

Thanks for the great ideas. I have been working with glass for around 7 years . Just started warm glass a month ago. Sure do need to get my space in order. You’ve helpd alot!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:33:40 +0000

Awesome pix of your storage setup! I am new to warm glass and this is a great help. Thanx!

By: Kirstan

Kirstan — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:59:29 +0000

Cynthia—
THANK YOU! for fixing the photo links…this post is my ESSENTIAL resource as I build and set up my little studio which should be coming along now that my kiln is getting wired in today!

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By: Charlie Gibbs

Charlie Gibbs — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:00:01 +0000

cynthia–I see you are going to be at the OGG meeting. maybe i can make it for once.
For glass rods I cut plastic pipe to length and glued them together in a pyramid stack with pipe glue. works good and is compact. pretty easy to move–don’t make the assembly too big. look forward to reading more on your site.

By: Cynthia Morgan

Cynthia Morgan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:49:35 +0000

Hi, Karyn. I posted on this quite some time ago, so it’s almost fallen off the map…but here’s the link on the portable photo studio:

http://www.morganica.com/bloggery/2006/08/my_photo_studio.html

I’m still using that studio, although in the next couple of months I’ll probably set up a permanent spot in the studio with regular seamless paper and slightly better lights.

Thanks!

–cynthia