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Moving day ...
Posted by Dave Bull on June 24, 2013 [Permalink]
OK, we're in! All of the printing workstations are now set up in the new workroom, and the storage cabinets are nicely arranged along the back wall.
I took a day off from my carving work on Saturday, and laid the carpet tiles. I've done this before, and got in trouble trying to get them lined up properly, so this time I did a dry run around the area first:
Once I was confident of being able to get them aligned, I went at it zone by zone, moving the furniture and tools out of the way bit by bit:
... and by the end of the day, had it all in place:
Sunday was a day back at the bench, but the work was tempered with anticipation of the arrival of the crew Monday morning to find their new workspace ready!
And here's proof that they like it ... heads down! :-)
That is Ayumi-san and Fujii-san, both working on the current batch of Chibi Heroes. After lunch, we were joined by Shiba-san, who is here today to do more uploading to our Partner Shops website. This was my chance! With the three youngest staff members on hand, that gave us a quorum to move those cabinets downstairs!
It took us something just shy of an hour or so. Girl Power!
I was unable to take any photos while we were doing the job (for obvious reasons), but once we were done ...
They then all got back to work. After they left in the early evening, I got another shot of the now-peaceful workroom:
How many prints ... over how many years ... will come to life here?
Added by: Marc Kahn on June 25, 2013, 1:20 am
Well done! That looks like an absolutely wonderful workspace. Congratulations!
Added by: Margaret Maloney on June 25, 2013, 7:20 am
The finished room looks gorgeous! It looks like a pleasing, comfortable place to work. If you added a few plants, you'd be rather close to the vision you described in your post on "Mokuhankan of the future" (albeit on a smaller scale than that end goal!) Though perhaps the views outside the window provide all the green one needs.
In any case, congratulations to you all.
Added by: Dave on June 25, 2013, 7:33 am
The plants are coming. Both Sadako-san and packing lady Yasui-san are - as we speak - working on this. Neither of them are overly confident that this room will be 'friendly' to plants, given the total lack of sunshine (it's north-facing) and the fact that it will have pretty wide seasonal fluctuations in environment (temperature/humidity), but we're going to give it a try.
As for the construction, there's still quite a bit to do: all the mouldings, some bug screens on at least a couple of the long windows, the large bench/workspace for Yasui-san, a computer station, the webcam ... etc. etc.
And once those things are done, we're going to turn our attention back to the original workroom, which is where my own workbench is (and will stay), and finally get that cleaned up and organized.
Added by: Anita Cage on June 25, 2013, 12:32 pm
This looks like a wonderful work space. You have worked very hard on it and I am so happy to see the beautiful results and hear the laughter of your employees filling the space. The pictures of them are great. Congratulations to all of you!
Added by: Annie B on June 28, 2013, 11:53 pm
What a beautiful work space. I'd work there in a heartbeat! Congratulations!
Added by: sue k on July 2, 2013, 3:11 am
It's wonderful to see your dream come true.
Added by: Julio Rodriguez on August 15, 2013, 5:48 am
This would be a great environment to either have a moku-hanga workshop or have guest printers come in for a visit.....hint !
Added by: Dave on August 15, 2013, 7:37 pm
moku-hanga workshop
We've actually begun discussing how we might put such things together. We have a bilingual staff member (Fujii-san) and could presumably offer printmaking workshops aimed at foreigners living in Tokyo. The long distance to get here kind of puts a bit of a damper on that, as we're about two hours out from central Tokyo, not to mention the train fare of around $12 one way ... but we're thinking that there must be some way to work out an interesting type of event ...
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