The Fieldwork journal

Notes for
making things.

Simple, considered ideas for the places and practices behind your work.

All articles

3 field notes

A cream notebook, pencil, and orange sorting tray arranged on a wooden workbench.

Spaces

A workbench that works with you

Arrange a small workspace around the next thing you want to make, with three simple zones and fewer objects in reach.

Rowan Ellis

An open notebook with numbered lines and an orange note, resting on a pale green surface.

Tools

Keep a notebook you can find things in

A few page numbers, a plain index, and a closing sentence turn a working notebook into a record you can actually revisit.

Mira Lane

A simple weekly calendar with an orange marker beside a green cup on a wooden surface.

Practice

The ten-minute Friday reset

End a week of making with a short review, a clear surface, and one specific starting point for your next session.

Rowan Ellis