Monday, November 5, 2007

Partners in Crime

Meet Scott Lankton, Artist Blacksmith from Ann Arbor, MI. A.K.A. Lanktonium, Mr. Wilson, Slanky, and so on..

Meet JC Christy! Artist, Sculptor, Foundryman, teacher, and prize fighter! Jc Teaches all of he foundry classes and some of the blacksmithing classes at The Smartshop Metal Arts Collective!

"Parared Ponies" by Holly Fisher
"Parared Ponies" is a two piece steel sculpture and each pony stands 17 inches high at the head, and is approximately 20 inches long. Together they stand with noses together, enjoying a peaceful moment in the pasture. Finished with a beautiful red enamel.
Win These Ponies!

And help Holly Fisher get to the American Craft Council's flagship show in Baltimore.

Great news! Holly's work has been accepted for exhibition in the American Craft Council's flagship Baltimore show-the largest indoor juried show in the country! Holly & Rachel will be traveling to Baltimore in February for this 6 day wholesale/retail extravaganza.
In order to raise funds to help us get there, Holly has chosen one of her favorite pieces she's created this year to raffle off to you!

$5.00 per ticket or 6 tickets for $20.00. Stop by the gallery to check the Ponies out and get your raffle tickets.
We're open Thurs. 12-7pm & Fri. & Sat. 10am-7pm or by appointment.
You may also call Smartshop @ (269) 345-7285 to purchase tickets by credit card over the phone.

Raffle will be drawn on Friday Dec. 7th @ 9pm during our 'Season Show" Arthop.

Important Notice: This raffle does NOT benefit a non profit. It benefits Holly Fisher & her career as a practicing artist.

Thanks for your support!

Read Holly's blog -The Adventures of Anvilgirl for updates on her career and work as well as her unique personal perspective as a professional artist, teacher, and founder of Smartshop

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Rilke said...

Do continue to believe that with your feeling and your work you are taking part in the greatest; the more strongly you cultivate in yourself this belief, the more will reality and the world go forth from it.

Works of Art are of an infinite loneliness.

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand, not the least thing. Everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be foreseen.

Everyone once, once only. Just once and no more. And we also once. Never again.

Were it possible for us to see further than our knowledge reaches, perhaps we would endure our sadnesses with greater confidence than our joys. For they are moments when something new has entered into us, something unknown.

That is the principal thing: not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being in the mood, but always forcibly to convert it into all things.

Flow (psychology)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. Proposed by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, the positive psychology concept has been widely referenced across a variety of fields.^[1]

According to Csíkszentmihályi, flow is completely focused motivation. It is a single-minded immersion and represents perhaps the ultimate in harnessing the emotions in the service of performing and learning. In flow the emotions are not just contained and channeled, but positive, energized, and aligned with the task at hand. To be caught in the ennui of depression or the agitation of anxiety is to be barred from flow. The hallmark of flow is a feeling of spontaneous joy, even rapture, while performing a task.^[2]

Colloquial terms for this or similar mental states include: to be on the ball, in the zone, in the groove, or keeping your head in the game.

The Adventures of Anvilgirl

Monday, November 5, 2007

Working Pony, Playing Pony

Partners in Crime

Ponies for Everyone!