If you missed the splendid [tag]Artomatic[/tag] happy hour last night, you can instead have your Artomatic Moment reading about mobile maker Paul Sikora’s groovy studio.

love space. That is why I explore cathedrals, backpack above the tree line and have my sculpture studio/home in a 1,300-square-foot room in a former pizza box factory with a ceiling that peaks at 16 feet. The room is a three-dimensional canvas on which to paint my imagination, including two dozen of my own mobiles. The walls can host tall movie posters, too, including the seven-foot “Bedtime for Bonzo” that suits life on East Capitol Hill. I built a cat ladder to a vantage overlooking the studio: My cat, Quinn, is a connoisseur of space, too.

The print version has a nice picture, too.