Necessity is the mother of ..... a space-saving easel!

As soon as I knew we may be evicted from the Old College much earlier than expected, I started thinking about the painting space. Luckily I have a hut at the bottom of our garden as a studio which is cozy and very comfortable and even had a tap connected to a rain water butt. However, as my canvas/board size increased, it became obvious that I need to reorganise things to maximise the space.

So, I googled ‘space-saving easel’ and found a brilliant idea.

However, it soon transpired that the easel design is for displaying not painting artwork, as the top of the vertical bars too easily move side to side. As the basic idea was still too good to abandon, we (sorry to disappoint you but I am no superwoman. I just have a superhero husband) quickly modified it by adding dowel pieces (male) on the wall and notches to the bars to fix two bars in the right positions depending on the width of the canvas/board. It is great not only for it’s flexible and space-saving design but also for the cost. The material cost was not even £20 when you will pay hundreds of pounds for a large conventional easel.

After removing quite a lot of things (bookshelf, retractable bed and loads of canvases) and a good de-cluttering, the studio became so much more spacious and usable. I can actually stand right back to check my work. I now don’t have any excuses not to be able to create masterpieces, do I?

https://www.lilblueboo.com/?s=wall+easel

By the way, I also have a home-made donkey easel, whose design was based on the one I saw on a New York auctionnaire’s website.

I use an inflatable cushion for motorbikes when I sit for a long period.