When Amateurs got interviewed by Sight Unseen a few months ago, we had to share our studio. It is not a fancy and spacious space, but I was happy and proud to show our atelier which used to be our bedroom not too long ago. Here’s what Mattie and I said about our atelier in the interview:

We live in a tiny Parisian flat, but we manage to dedicate one room as our working space. In fact, this used to be our bedroom, which we transformed into our studio when we decided to start Amateurs earlier this year. What makes it perfect for us is the amount of tools we have accumulated over the years that make us independent in most of our projects. We have gigantic rolls of raw canvas and papers, a sewing machine, a projector, a spirit duplicator, an etching press, a lino press, various cameras, and liters of all kinds of paints and inks. These materials and tools aren’t fancy, but most of them are rather antique. However we know them well, and they do their jobs perfectly. As our atelier is small, we’ve learned to modulate it depending on what we’re working on at a specific moment, from a sewing station to a painting atelier to a photo studio to a printing workshop and sometimes a guest bedroom.

You might ask then where do we sleep? In the living room, in the sofa bed ; )