My friend, Åsa Boström is a Swedish artist and writer. She is also coordinating the workshop in Cold Wax and Oil that Rebecca Crowell and I will teach at Ricklundgarden , Saxnas, Sweden in May. Åsa is collecting stories from artists about their creative process. Here is her recent interview with me: Studio Practice: Can you describe your studio practice? For example when and how you work, what you surround yourself with while working, and how you switch over to studio-mode? When I go into my studio each morning, I begin the day with a little ritual that sets the space for my creative work. I wrote a blog post about this last summer. I have a comfortable old chair in a corner. A couple of big stones and a white pillar candle rest on a small table beside the chair. My morning ritual is to sit in the chair, light my candle and meditate. A wood-burning stove is in one corner, bookshelves filled with art books in another co...