If you're going to do science like art it's good to have a blank canvas standing by at all times in addition to whatever pieces may already be present in the studio, whether unfinished or undergoing restoration.
The more unique and diverse the pallette of materials you have at your fingertips, and the more you sharpen your skills at utilizing them, the more likely the outcome will be something worthwhile never seen before.
So any time you get a wild idea, you have a place to at least give it a little try, or when others who are needy declare an art emergency, you've got a place where you can step right up to the plate and hit it out of the park.
In the chemical instrumentation lab, some invention needs to be done from time to time anyway, might as well make it easier on yourself by having an "invention bench" standing by. Eventually when you have experienced the occasional cool thing coming off the bench, you don't even need an idea. Just belly up to that bench, and you come up with more ideas than you could ever execute in a lifetime. Mostly beyond your immediate pallette of resources or single-handed ability, but it really can only take seconds to mentally go down that list until you hit the things that don't tick those two boxes.
Then something interesting starts to appear on that blank canvas.
Go ahead and make it look easy, Bob Ross would be proud :)
That's beautiful.