Tag Archives: studio

Swan Song from Paris: La Fenêtre

Posted on November 4, 2017 by smallhousepress

  At 8:00 a.m., November 3, 2007, red-eyed and flight-addled, Noel and I were huddling with our roller bags around cafe cremes across rue Cler from our favorite Greek-French café from the previous trip—Ulysse en Gaulle—which had yet to open. … Continue reading →

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Rooftop Studio, Part II–A little more parsley, please?

Posted on April 30, 2017 by smallhousepress

The rooftop studio was #59 of our miniature buildings and houses, completed in 2001-2 almost thirty years after #1. If we stick with the minis-as-meal-prep metaphor, all that time we wished we had a sous-chef—someone to build the basic structures to our … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Black Holes & Dirty Work Spaces

Posted on March 24, 2011 by smallhousepress

Our inner alarms went off a few years ago when we were asked to photograph our studio and workshop for a slide show comparing artisans’ work spaces for the IGMA annual Guild School gathering in Castine, ME. To say we … Continue reading →

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