Welcome back to my Copic organizational mini series. Today I wanted to share my Copic Airbrush System area with you. So where is it? That what I like--it's pretty much out of the way, but easily accessible since I use it several times a week!
Yes, it's hiding in the cabinet just to the left of my Copic Various Inks and extra markers. When we put the cabinets in, I asked Rick to put a couple of electrical outlets inside my cabinets for tools like my air compressor and under-cabinet low voltage lighting. The cabinet obviously isn't airtight, so I don't worry about the air compressor not getting enough air circulation. Rick also drilled a hole through the back right bottom of that cabinet so that I could run my air compressor hose through the hole, but I haven't used that much since I really just prefer to pull the hose and air grip out when I need it, and then put it right back when I finish with it rather than having cord showing on my countertop or hanging on my wall all of the time.
If you've been here very often, you've probably also heard me mention my Ellen Hutson Craft Assistant--a 12 x 12 magnetic board that I love for airbrushing. It lives in the drawer just underneath the cabinet holding the air compressor. I usually pull it out of the drawer and set it on the counter top to use it; but if the counter top is full (as it sometimes is), I sometimes just pull the drawer out and use the Craft Assistant right where it is. So far I haven't had to clean ink overspray off of my cabinet, but I'm sure I eventually will. It's really a better idea to pull it out and use it. . .
And that's what I usually do. (By the way, the metal is not warped. I just need to change my piece of scrap paper that I leave on the board to keep it clean.)
So when I'm airbrushing, this is the set-up. Then it all goes away pretty quickly, as you saw in the top picture on this post. In addition to my air compressor and Copic ABS3, I also have a Copic ABS1, which is a portable (canned air) version of a Copic airbrush system. That one is my traveling airbrush; at home I always use the air compressor.
Edited to add one more picture: I had to laugh this morning when I saw the only comment at the top of this post:
I hope it's okay with Trudie that I posted that, because it really made me think. . . You do know that when people take pictures of their work spaces, they generally prefer for them to be Pinterest-Tidy, right? I mean, who wants to document the 95% reality when the 5% ideal is so much more appealing? [Warning, sermon alert!] We have an epidemic of beautiful women--and maybe men too, but I'm not as well-versed in how they think--who feel vaguely like a failure because their lives aren't as tidy/pretty/together as "everyone else's" around them. {{{Dear creative people, we're pretty much ALL in that same boat.}}} That's the point of my picture above. And, frankly, sometimes it gets much worse than that! When it gets too messy, I find that my creativity is sapped. That's when I stop and spend an evening cleaning everything up and putting everything away, and it again becomes a happy space for me. But don't be deceived into thinking that somehow YOU are the only one in the world who doesn't have your act--or work space--together much of the time. Keep making messes, and and keep making beautiful things that make your heart and the hearts of those around you SING. There, I feel much better with that sermon out of my head. ;-)
If you have any questions, let me know in the comments section, okay? Thanks for stopping by,
