Alisa og Claus Clausen on sun 11 feb 01
On this thread and to Dannon,
I sign a lot of my pots just Alisa, because I know all too well that =
there are extremely few Alisa's here. Denmark still has a name =
registry, and you must name your offspring from the registry's list, or =
get all sorts of special permission. I came to this country "named" and =
it is not a good Danish name. I rather like that everyone in my parts =
knows exactly who "Alisa" is, the American potter. Alisa only =
designates pots for me that not routine, which only get initials, from =
the pots that I think are "smoking" that get the full John Hancock. I =
was looking in Hamer and Hamer and there is a photo of "Jutland ware", =
red clay pots that are traditional to the area where I live, South =
Jutland. It is a listed as a pot by Ellen Marie. Granted there are =
zillions of Ellen Maries here, there were would be far less of them in =
Texas (Ellen Jo?) I am an Alisa Jo, which never suited me, because no =
one would know that I named after Joseph, not because my parents liked =
Bonanza. =20
Any name or mark that is distinctive and meanigful to the maker, shouild =
be all right. That could be as simple as your own first name in a =
country that does not recognize it as typical. As for student work not =
be fired with out a last name on the work, I found that pretty universal =
in all the studios I was a part of. Makes practical sense for ownership =
and who to blame for ruined shelves. You know what? I recently found an =
old, old, old metal nail from an old, old farm house that has a really =
nice nail head. I have been using it as a "chop" on some of my pots =
because it looks nice, although it could well be the personal symbol of =
Ole the blacksmith, from 1700. =20
Best regards,
Alisa in Denmark
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