My surface design studio is located in Rochester, New York, in a four-story converted factory building that houses commercial businesses, students and artists. I moved into a two-room space on the third floor in April, 2002, after spending five years working in a small finished area of my basement without water or natural light. Making the choice to claim this light-filled expanse of studio space has turned out to be one of the most wonderful investments I have ever made in my own creativity.




Here is the main room of my studio, where I do most of my surface design work. I have a large stationary print table and smaller portable tables that can be pushed together or used as separate work stations for multiple, smaller projects. I like to work on several projects at a time and move back and forth between them.






This is my utility or “wet” room, complete with washer, dryer, double sinks, stove and small refrigerator. This space is ideal for dye storage and mixing, discharge and immersion dyeing or steaming acid-dyed silks.

At home, I’ve taken over two of the three bedrooms on the second floor for my sewing and design studios.




One of my other “indulgences” when I set up a home sewing studio was to buy sewing tables with large extensions for both my machines and a large cutting table with drop leaves, drawers and shelves. As the children have grown and moved away, the closets and extra dresser drawers have been filling with my fabrics, books and other “essentials!”

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