Workspace

Your workspace will be as unique as you are. It may limit what you want to do,
but it shouldn't get in the way of doing something. Everything in life is all
about practice. The more you do something, the better, and faster you will
get at doing it. But you must start somewhere before you can practice it.
What will end up taking more room than you ever thought is the extra
tools you will buy to help you make your RBS. A grinder, drill press, tool
box, and all of the assorted things you will need really begin to take up
lots of room. Also, when you have a couple projects completed, where do
you keep them? Space can be the most important thing you may ever need.

I started out making RBS on a wooden workbench, in my house. I soldered
all of my sculptures with silver solder, and a propane torch. Soldering is
safe enough to do indoors, and do not really have to worry about burning
the place down with sparks. You do not need much room to solder, just 
a table to solder on, and a place to sit your butt. Otherwise all your wire
can be cut with hand tools, and bent by hand. I made my workbench from
2x4's and a couple sheets of plywood. Good tables, cheap and I still use
both of them. Find easy instructions on the web, that's where I got the
plans for my benches.


If you plan to weld, then you will need at least a concrete floor. The sparks
that will eventually fall to the floor cannot be put out easily. With welding
also comes the grinding and cutting which is very noisy and very dirty. 

I would think that you could work anywhere you want. If it's all you have
then you just have to make do. Just make sure that the process you are using
to build your rolling ball sculpture isn't a fire hazard for the area you choose.
I have read a few posts lately about workspaces, and if you really want it bad
enough - people will live in almost any conditions to have a place to make art
so they can get a foot in the door. But I have a wife, and I know she won't
just live anywhere.