Friday
Aug202010
Contest. What's in a Name
Friday, August 20, 2010 at 8:45AM
Okay, three of my clay pals and I need a name for our pottery 'group'. We are going to have a couple sales each year and hopefully some exhibits too. So far we've come up with a few ideas but I thought it would be fun to ask you all for suggestions.
The potters are: me, Amy Sanders, Jen Mecca, and Julie Wiggins. I have included hyperlinks on their names so you can get an idea of the kind of work we all make.
We don't want a name that includes a number. So nothing like Four Potters. Also nothing too obvious or cute like Pottery Pals, or Mud Buddies.
You can leave your suggestions in the comment section for this post.
The prize for the winner will be two of my mugs!
The group members will look over all the names suggested and decide who the winner is. Even if we don't use any of the names I am sure this will be fun and will help us come up with something. There will be a winner no matter what, so please contribute and hopefully we'll have a name by this time next week. The deadline for entries will be Friday Aug. 27th at noon EST.
Any questions? Thanks for your help, I can't wait to see what you all suggest.
The potters are: me, Amy Sanders, Jen Mecca, and Julie Wiggins. I have included hyperlinks on their names so you can get an idea of the kind of work we all make.
We don't want a name that includes a number. So nothing like Four Potters. Also nothing too obvious or cute like Pottery Pals, or Mud Buddies.
You can leave your suggestions in the comment section for this post.
The prize for the winner will be two of my mugs!
The group members will look over all the names suggested and decide who the winner is. Even if we don't use any of the names I am sure this will be fun and will help us come up with something. There will be a winner no matter what, so please contribute and hopefully we'll have a name by this time next week. The deadline for entries will be Friday Aug. 27th at noon EST.
Any questions? Thanks for your help, I can't wait to see what you all suggest.
Reader Comments (60)
Surfacing Potteries.
How about "Artmore Potters"
Three Chicks and a Rooster
lol
I just went through this with the girls I'm hanging out with and we can't even find time to all meet so we may just pass on a name right now. I had some good suggestions, do a search on my blog if you want to borrow them.
so then playing on tracey's name -- 3 chicks and a guy!
amyronjuljen pots
julamyronjen pots
ronjulamyjen pots
jenjulronamy pots
jjar pots
ajjr pots
rajj pots
Southern Functionality
Southern Functional Potteries
Southern Form and Function Potteries
Form and Function Potteries
this is a bit like scrabble, trying to think of names
Function Meets Surface Potteries
Surface and Function Potteries
there's my two minute, two cents worth,
great post, what fun it'll be to see what others come up with, lol too at Tracey's suggestion
Keep 'em coming!!!
* Drawn from clay
* Clay, transformed (featuring the work of....)
or
* Southern pots-pitality...
:-)
Happy weekend all!
Jeez...we're the "Clay Club" up here. Doesn't get much less creative than that, eh?
Sounds like Linda knows how this game works!
Mud Posse, Clay posse
Mudwrestlers(this was my groups name for our bfa show years ago!)
Clay Wrestlers
Mudslingers, Clayslingers
Clay scratchers
Mud potters
Mud clan, Clay clan
Team Mud, Team clay
The Mud Group, the clay group...you could also use earth in place of mud or clay. I love all of your blog posts, I check you all daily... Makes me feel connected to some clay artists even though I am up here in the middle of nowhere in the pacific northwest... Good luck! Laura @ artgardenlaura.blogspot.com
06 Mafia. (or your cone of choice)
I am totally diggin' all this folks! You know some of those we thought of too!
Keep um' coming. If a super duper great one come up I may just throw something into the "prize bucket".
This is so fun!
( don't tell Ron but I like names with MUD in them....shhhhhhhhhh!)
Okay need to step away from the computer and get to throwing... Just a few more....came up with the idea of a whirling dervish- meditation/ worship that whole thing....
Mud Dervishes, Mud Dervish, Mud Dervish South, Southern Mud...just a thought...artgardenlaura.blogspot.com
In light of Jen's comment, I'm amending mine to:
Drawn from mud
or
Drawn to mud
or
Mud, transformed
Ok. Got to wedge some MUD now...
over and out,
Miri
With "mud" I have : Mud'n'more Ceramics Mud'n'more Potters
FunMud Guild or League.
okay then - this one's for Jenn -- 3 muddy chicks and a clothesline!
Ok, I'll chime in too!
What about 'From Mud to Meaning'?
Wow you all sure are trying to get on Jen's good side with all these 'mud' names! Ha!! Fun, fun, fun. I can't wait to see what else comes up.
well, I've tried to get my potter group to use this (no one liked it) then my son's band (again, no go) but I love the name 'Grounded'...it has a lot of meanings, all of them good (except maybe for my son's band, back in middle school.
New beginnings are great - good luck!
Ron and the Mud Chicks (then Ron gets to be a pimp) haha!
Ron and the Ronettes
Romy JulJen Potters
Muddly Crew (motley crew?)
I loved Circle of 8, perfect, how about
Circle of Mud
I been through this, it ain't easy!
Ron and the Ronettes!!!! LOL
I keep coming over here to see what's going on! my girls will take what's left over maybe :)
Art Among Us
Among Friends
Bounded in Clay
Clay Bonds
Glazed at the hip
Art Abounds
The language of clay
Realted by mud-clay
It takes a rooster
There's a rooster in the hen house.
Hen's and a rooster-
I'm with Ron. I not a "Mud" fan. I agree with not including numbers in the name. You never know will you'll add a member or lose one. It seems like you would want something somewhat personal though. You're limited because you don't collectively have a physical space, or even a common town or city. I suppose the piedmont is common. Maybe focus on similarities within the group. All electric, right? Howa bout SparkyFantasticOxyPotters.
Okay, where's my prize?
Keep um' coming! I'm checking in again to see what we've got. So many good ones!
( And of course I love that so many folks took my "mud" plug....Ha!)
Jen
Down to Earth Potters