Thursday, April 23, 2009
Let the Naming Contest Begin
Color on the left is the NEW color. Mug on the right is glazed in our old Turquoise. And the new name for the new glaze on the left is??? (Make sure you identify this new glaze name as Glaze #1)
The teabowl on the left is glazed in our Forest Green. The glaze on the right is our new glaze #2, which needs a name. Ideas? (Make sure you identify this new glaze name as Glaze #2)
THE CONTEST BEGINS:
We occasionally hear that our glaze names are too staid, normal, perhaps
even boring. So, knowing that we have to use these glaze names with a straight
face, to sell our work to galleries, to post on our website,.... with that in mind,
we open our contest to you.
We need new names for our two newest glazes!
Here's the deal.... if we LOVE your choice of name, and we use it,... then YOU get
a pot of your choosing in that color. We will keep the contest open for two weeks to give everyone a chance to apply. A final decision will be made on May 7th. Winners will
be announced that day.
How to enter:
You have two ways of entering.
You can email us by clicking HERE
or you can submit your choice of name by leaving
us a comment on the blog.
Please indicate glaze #1, glaze #2.
Best of luck to everyone!
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Here are the names that have been submitted so far (and the names of those who submitted them)
Tobi Andrews suggested:
Glaze #1:Seafoam Mist
Glaze #2: Tidewater Kelp
Carol Bloomgarden suggested:
#1:
Scuba
Reef Dive
Submarine
Kona Coast
#2:
Sphagnum
Atchafalaya
Marshland
Kathryn Hughes suggested:
Glaze #1-suggested name-Aqua Spring
Glaze #2 Earth Moss or Earth Glory
Glaze #2 looks like "Pear" to me, and glaze #1 looks like "Aqua."
I like lichen and island blue.
glaze # 1: verdigris
glaze # 2: butter bean
from Sabra Wood:
ok.
i'll bite.
#1 seafoam
#2 grass hopper
i don't expect to win, but so what???
thanks for the fun.
from Elizabeth Paley
Nice colors!
Glaze #1 = aquamarine
Glaze #2 = lichen green
--Liz
Oh!! I like grasshopper, maybe I'll retract my "lichen". It's definitely more grasshopper than lichen. Maybe a bit greener than grasshopper, but since the grasshoppers emerged yesterday in numbers out in our field, I think it's a good sign.
I also like aqua spring. Sounds like Cold Springs...maybe aqua springs?
#1 Carribean sea
#2 Falling leaf green
or Pea soup
Oh, I like these! Keep em coming! This is exactly what I was hoping for.
#1 Ocean Bottom
#2 Olive Morning
Since most of your pottery I presume is for food use how about renaming all your colors with food or food related names.
#1. Blue is a real challenge and I have not been able to think to blue food except for various drinks. So how about Blue Frost for #1. See link below on how to make it - sounds yummy with lots of cream, though I am not a drinker.
http://www.expertvillage.com/video/11787_bartending-bluefrost.htm
How about including a recipe card with each pot with that colour?
#2 Pistachio.
Your other colours could be watermelon, Orange sherbert, caramel etc. Imagine a recipe card for each one -
As you can see I'm into gimmicks again! I loved the TV show The Apprentice - though I can't stand Trump and all what he stands for, but I loved thinking up all the marketing ideas and hooks.
Rats, several others beat me to it, but here goes any way----
Glaze #1- tropic blue
Glaze #2- lichen
Cheers! Granny
from Joe Streno out in Seattle:
Glaze 2 =
1. Sunday In The Park
2. New Mown Lawn
3. Green Green Grass
4. Photosynthesis
#1 aquavelvet
#2 coastal moss
OK, I know I've already used up a couple of votes. But I can't resist my stream of conciousness...
After Linda's suggestion I think aqua velva would be nice, but unfortunately it's already taken.
And then I was thinking celery bisque after the food name suggestions of 'newfoundout potter"
I'll go back to my seat now. Thanks for letting me write on the chalk board one more time.
Here is another one in terms of food - Kline's suggestion of celery bisque has given me this name for #2 Cream of Asparagus.
glaze #1 - millpond
glaze #2 - reedy indeedy
Love Jim's suggestions-----
Millpond and Reedy-indeedy!!!
Those are appropriate for COLD SPRINGS!
Cheers! Granny
New green glaze. Skinny Dippin Toad
New turquoise Pacific surf
Thanks!
Tricia
#1- Tickle Me Turquoise
#2- Mossy Stone
We love your pots!!!
Names for the new glazes!
Glaze 1: Aegean Green
Glaze 2: Mediterranean Olive
Neccica
Autumn Leaf Gifts
I have a few more.
For glaze 1:
Robin Egg
Teal
Jade
Cascade
For glaze 2:
Matcha
Green Tea/Tea Green
Sage
Honeydew
Fern
All right, here are some other options that I've been kicking around
#1:
veridian
cerulean
ocean
#2:
foxtail
grassland
grass
Hope Fregerio suggested:
Hi,
Here is what I came up with for your new glaze colors.
Glaze #1 - Edisonite, meaning mottled blue turquoise OR Blue Gold.
Glaze #2 - Midori - Pronounced mee-DOR-ee. It is of Japanese origin, and its meaning is green.
Hope you like them! I love your pottery!
Thanks,
Hope Fregerio
www.riverstonestudio.etsy.com
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