Sarah Danforth Ceramics

How to Make A Bed of Flowers

2010-06-07T09:56:00.000-07:00

running with the bulls

2010-06-01T18:26:00.000-07:00

do you want to know what my horoscope says?
"
For a couple years now you've been plugging away steadily at a creative project (this could also involve a child-related matter or your romantic life) and it has probably seemed as if every two steps forward earned you at least one step backward. Believe it or not, you're about to find out that the Universe had a very good reason for putting you through this insanely thorough testing process. When the restraints come off in the next few weeks, you're going to see your project leap forward in ways you've only been able to dream about. So it's more important than ever this week to make sure you know what you want out of all this. Under Saturn's tutelage, you've learned that you have both the talent and self-discipline needed to succeed."

go bulls!
don't mess with the bulls, you're gonna get the horns.

what does it all mean? it means that i have been building the lightbox, making the flowers, experimenting with firing the wire in the porcelain to make the movable figures, scrubbing the studio floor, and getting ready to make a movie. apparently the planets and stars have been taking notice and aligning to encourage my success.

i'm hoping that the movie will be around a minute and a half. i'm not comfortable with feature-length, not yet.

2010-05-23T07:34:00.000-07:00

have you been here once
did you need that ladder
i wasn't there

did you know that how
we get the making materials
is with china and trucks

and so it is said
that flowers doth bloom
out of foam at last

over and out.

new work update

2009-11-29T18:09:00.000-08:00

spoiler alert on danforth's new work:

no rabbits.

but lots of trees, and little dots that make lines, or diamond shapes.

and gold teeth, and maybe some rocket ships.

one princess dentata.

lots of little ceramic flowers. and hopefully lots and lots more, even. they take time, though, and i give them away too often.

here is what to do with a ceramic flower:

place several around a favorite work of art, like an accent, or to bring out the colors. this painting is by alli good and she is one of my favorite artists.

there is a light flickering out there. i keep meaning to walk towards it.

til next time. boca raton needs a tip drill.

This Is Where The Magic Happens

2009-11-14T17:08:00.000-08:00

This is the tiny light-filled room that I work in since finishing my residency at the Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts. I think it measures to be 8 x 8, enough space for someone whose work is rarely bigger than what can be held in one's hand. Of course, I am sometimes envious of the long, large work tables in the studios of my friends, but I am grateful for the wall of window, the soft winter sunset, and the fact that all I have to do is walk upstairs to get to work or check on how a piece is drying.

Its 30 days from today that I will set up my show at Eclipse Salon in downtown Asheville.

Here is what I have been working on:

I am feeling inspired by faberge eggs and Faberge birds.

little trees.

and so it goes. over and out.