How spatial and temporal constraints act as catalysts in the production of contemporary art. This research takes as its central concern the notion of the artist's studio as an influential and active site of production. The studio always exists in states of change, under pressure to adapt to economic and physical changes within current and potential future climates of contemporary artistic production. These changes in production continually offer new models of considering the artist's space, the role of that space in production, and its reliance upon traditional forms of spatial provision.

First of several editorials prepared for Shaping Sculpture publications produced throughout 2010: To begin this series of publications it became apparent at an early stage that their purpose needed to be defined artistically from a relevant position within the practice of sculpture itself. That they should attempt to provide alternative aspects and outlooks on the medium as opposed to replicating or returning to tried and tested formulae already in rich circulation. Offered here is something wildly alternative, provided as an indication of what an investigation such as Shaping Sculpture might seek to achieve.