It’s time to share our winner and feature another vase in need of a name! Welcome to my monthly feature – ‘Name that Vase’.
For those who are new to this feature, ‘Name that Vase’ is where you can suggest a name, create a story, poem or prose for this raku pottery vase. Consider this your chance to be inspired, a writing prompt or a creative cue. You can check out a ‘Name that Vase’ post to see how it works, or if you are feeling nostalgic, you can check out the first ever ‘Name that Vase’ post that started what has now become a monthly tradition for our blog and readers.
This month we have a very special vase for your naming, but first we must congratulate last time’s winner Lynda McKinney Lambert for their name and write-up! Congratulations!
Abalone Sky
I suggest “Abalone Sky” for this powerful “vase-for-all-seasons,” and I wrote this poem for it.
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abalone sky
Polynesian pearl in sunshine
silken snow melting
bronze leaf clusters on smoke tree
wet branches that feel satisfied
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by Lynda McKinney Lambert
And into our new month!
Here is our vase for this month:
Please add what you think the name should be for this month’s vase and any associated poetry or story in the comments below. I look forward to reading all your great ideas!
If you have coronavirus on mind (as so many of us do right now) please check out this helpful post, B-B-B Bye Corona, Self-Care In The Time of Pandemic.
The Teal Goddess
She shines like blessed rain
in an oasis long forgotten,
she spreads her hues of glory
across the sky not yet ready for their luster,
and she lights the soul
with gentle fire, that burns yet caresses.
Thanks for your thoughtful entry!
Cinnabar’s Dream
I get it , the colors are cinnamon like🙏🐕♒️
Yes, though more so I saw some of that pale, olive, Cinnibar as well — avocado-ish light green with a twist color. Subtle, though it jumped out like sunbeams through the leaves.
Poetic too! 👍
Thanks, Jordan!
You’re welcome!
Here’s my contribution hope y’all like: Cartwheels underfoot Dharma wheels rising from the mist. Ochre, reds and blues Spinning into Being!
Molds, vases and bricks Concrete thoughts Springing into Life!
As we mold shape and cause the Path of 8 Spokes to speak for ya entire world 🌎.🙏🐕♒️😷
thanks for your entry! I hope you are keeping safe and well 🙏
I love ya work and as soon as I retire I will be able to get me an owl from ya raku collection! Thank ya and ya stay safe and strong too🙏♒️🐕
It looks like a sponge or wierd sea creature in the bottom corner. It’s nice!
I can see what you mean! It’s likely the result of the pattern of sawdust where it was sitting as the glaze reduced. 🙂
The multiple colors and shades on the vase are beautiful.
thank you! so glad you like them 🙏 I hope you are keeping well, Linda!
I submit “Andromeda’s Genesis”
There was something about the pattern on that made me think of the birth of a galaxy, perhaps of all creation. I did a search online and discovered a picture jarringly similar, of the large emission nebula IC 1396 in Cepheus.
Here’s the link to the picture: https://astronomy.com/sitefiles/resources/image.aspx?item={1F0EB747-560E-4784-84B7-CFEC053C5116}
I continued down the rabbit hole and found the story of Cepheus & Cassiopeia and what they did to their daughter Andromeda before Perseus saved her.
Forgive the free verse – I normally avoid poetry.
Andromeda’s Genesis
Clay spun out
in a spiral nebulae
Resembles Cepheus,
Who with Cassiopeia
Emits Andromeda
She finds how worthless family can be
They sacrifice her
for the sins of the mother
Yet saved by Perseus,
she spends eternity with her hero in the sky.
Wow that photo really DOES look like the vase. very cool! Thank you for your entry, William!
‘Sunyata’
THE EMPTY VESSEL / A SHELL FORMED OF EVERYTHING / CONTAINING NOTHING
Wonderful! Thanks for your entry!
cyan sky blissful
forgotten stay very close
kindred souls return
My name is Cyan Sky.
Definitely has a nice ring to it, thanks Eugenia!
Turquoise beauty in the sun,
Holding flowers from dearest one
If I named you greeny-blue
Would you look back and say “who”?
Thanks for your entry! I love that this gives the vase a voice. it’s very fun!
Shark attack.
Abalone Sky is a wonderful name for that vase! I’m not sure what I’d call the new one, but it makes me think of frosty undergrowth in an evergreen forest.