Here it is!
After much designing, working the candle at both ends, very early starts to accommodate various tradesmen we have the Jewellery Studio on the home stretch!
Once the plaster boards went up, the Studio took on a whole new persona, instead of having only a skeleton to look at through the day, we now had a studio with some flesh on it and we could really start to appreciate the spaces that we would be working in.
The studio definitely does not have the biggest square meterage, so how we used each and every single bit of space was of prime importance, as you can see I was pretty happy with the way the spaces have worked out!
Getting the studio cleaned up for the painters to come in and do there work was such a rewarding thing to do as much as it was a pain! Looking back at the first workbench that went in – it felt like such a long journey to get even that far, I am actually shaking my head here thinking “my god, what a journey that was…”
Now I know why people get stressed when they do home renovations!
What a difference a coat of paint make to the place too! When I walked in on the monday morning, it felt so good to have it all looking clean and fresh and crisp with the coat of paint, We still had a fair bit of work to do but it was a nother major step in getting the Eskae Jewellery Studio up and running.
When the lights were installed, the difference that having them on all the time made to how we worked, was huge. We were relying on spotlights that were actually called “day-makers” these were more floodlights than not and the amount of heat that they gave off was unbelievable…
All I will say is this – Let there be light!
I would like to say thank you to Luke Miles from LME Electrical Contracting for their great service and experience in getting all my electrical parts sorted out for me, as you can see they did a stellar job of it.
When the jewellers benches started to go in, it was like the icing on the cake was being prepared. I have selected solid oak timber benches, which have all been finger jointed, and are all made out of recycled timbers. These benches will take a bit of a beating over time so they need to be up for the challenge of the day to day use that being in a jewellers studio will give them. As you can see they are starting to come together well and the all important underside of the benches with the workings of how a jeweller gets his jewellery made is still a little bit early on, but the benches are coming together that is the main thing and a HUGE step towards getting started in the studio.
There will be 1 more video log of the development of the Studio and I hope that you enjoy the stages of the development.
Sam Kritsotakis
Eskae Jeweller – Your Private jeweller
