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A customer at the Portland market made my week with one comment
She pointed at my asymmetrical linen jacket and said, 'That's the first piece I've seen that actually looks like a storm cloud.' It happened right after a slow morning, and it totally validated the whole 'texture as mood' concept I've been pushing. Anyone else have a random comment completely shift how you see your own work?
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susan8111d ago
That's the whole point, right? It's like someone hands you a better pair of glasses to see your own stuff. "Wet tree bark" or "petrified honey" gives you the feel of the thing, not just a dumb color name from a fan deck. Makes you wonder why we ever describe creative work with boring technical terms in the first place.
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emma_garcia12d ago
That's such a cool way to put it lol. Had a buyer call one of my glazes 'petrified honey' once and it totally stuck, changed how I mix that color now.
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rowanw9512d ago
Totally get that. A client described my custom stain color as "wet tree bark" once and it clicked. Now I keep that phrase on my paint mixing notes. It just nails the deep brown with that cool, almost black undertone. Changed my whole approach to naming colors for clients.
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