BABYSITTER AND THE ARTIST

I'm an artist. I work from home, having converted one of the rooms into a studio. I work mainly in glass and crystal, making carvings and doing etching work. The one firm rule in the house that cannot be broken is the no trespassing in the studio rule.

This is not because of artistic temperament or because I like to flex my authority. There are some pretty sound reasons behind the rule. First of all, glass and crystal are sharp, and I do not want the kids playing with sharp objects. The same applies to my tools. Some of those are quite sharp.

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