(Laughter)
This is what it feels like in my city all the time: super tense.
What’s gonna happen?
You should do quick steps there, and then
How is the beat studio?
Booh!
What up!
You gonna carry it sexy
Yeah
Four years ago this whole floor was just one empty space
There was no plumbing there was no heaters, there was no electrical
Does it look level to you?
Lucky for me, I got it grant and I partitioned to move it out
some of it is rented to other artists.
And I curved out a space for myself that was way bigger than I ever dreamt
I was taking on too much in figuring out how to amake it happen.
It's real. It works. Sort of.
When I first moved to NY, my studio was maybe 700 sq feet
I made sculptures within inches of the walls, it was really difficult,
Especially for the work that I made. It taugh me how to be efficient,
how to save space, how to save money and especially how to save time.
Cause no one helps me, and when you don’t have a lot of resources, you get sharp.
Voici la nouvelle sculpture de Diana
Elle a deux mois pour la finir, pour une exhibition.
Ouaih!
This past year I had a pretty fast growth.
It just impossible to do this alone on this scale.
Do you have a bucket for me? Yes!
So, now I have assistants that help me make these things.
Tout le monde a un surnom au studio
DrewDack "dessinait beaucoup étant petit"
DrewDudak--"Dessinait Beaucoup Quand Il Était Petit"
YejiLee--"Yejisauk"
SarahFaitell--"Fatal"
That's also why I have a studio manager to allocate different tasks to people
now I can focus on something that requires my attention.
Working on a set this large is amazing, it’s so much fun
When I was first working for her I was her only assistant.
I spent like 6 months working really closely with just her I learnt a lot about all different techniques.
It might just be that one rod.
You are great