Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy

I’m sure I speak for everyone, there were so many beautiful entries this month, it was hard to choose.  This is where the new voting format came in handy.  You didn’t have to pick just one.  The votes have been tallied and here are this month’s winners as voted on by the public:

1st Place BeeTreeByMe

2nd Place 11BoldStreet 

3rd Place JKollmann 

This month’s winners voted on by the members of PCAGOE:

1st Place BeeTreeByMe 

2nd Place SCDiva 

3rd Place JKollmann 

Congratulations, everyone!

127 votes were cast this month, from the following countries:

Unites States - 113
Canada - 7
United Kingdom - 2
Spain - 1
Isreal - 1
Netherlands - 1
Australia - 1
Czech Republic - 1

Comments left by the voters:

Love the big and bold bracelets!

I love your newsletter and updates!

It’s been so hard to decide my vote. All the designs should win, they all are lovely.

Always hard to vote, so many nice things shown. Great inspiration. Working on a theme scares me so I appreciate the artists who can do so.

The Summer pendant by BeeTreeByMe is so simple, yet so elegant. The way it flows downward is a testament not only to the nature of the gladiolus itself, but the drooping heat of the month of August. The addition of peridot crystals in the center of the blooms ties the whole piece in to this month’s theme beautifully.

I love 11BoldStreet’s playful take on the rule that the piece has to be 50% polymer clay. Soaking the gauze for her faux topaz bracelet with liquid polymer clay is ingenious, and I could not believe that the cabochon was polymer clay as well! The style of the bracelet is misleadingly simple, when it must have taken some time to get the gauze wrapped so perfectly.

Overall this was a great show from many talented artists, kudos to everyone who entered. I can’t wait to see what next month’s challenge is!

I like the new voting format. It is always so hard to pick just one. They are all good.

I saw the news about this month’s challenge on Eugena’s Creations blog. I chose my 1st place entry because I adore anything roses and she incorporated them so nicely with the pearls and alexandrite. I love the vintage look overall. I hope she will have it in her shop. My 2nd and 3rd choices were based on overall eye appeal and their use of the theme in their compositions. Wonderful job by everyone. Very hard to choose!

I chose the Faux Amber Bangle because I love not only the level of expertise, but the setting for the stones. Lovely work!

The gladiola pendant looked as if it would actually smell good, it is so lifelike. Wonderful work!

The peridot piece is not only done well, it is a really nice usage of a sort of triptych effect, with the vines spanning all of the elements seamlessly.

SCDiva, you do such consistently beautiful work. Love it!

I like the new way of voting. Thanks for listening!

All the entries are fantastic and all the prizes offered are amazing, too! You are all great artists!

Such great talent is displayed here!

Each entrant is a winner - for creativity, vision and technique!

Thank you again to everyone who voted in and entered the challenge this month. Please join us again next month for our March challenge, the theme of which is “Texture”, a favorite theme among our members. It promises to showcase creativity at its best!

Our voter winners this month:

Pat O’Neill
Sharon Foster
Lois Shull
Zuda Gay Pease
Shanti Peschler

The theme for the February monthly challenge was “Gemstones and Flowers associated with your Birthmonth”.   The artists had their choice of which part of the theme they would like to depict.  The Flower or the gemstone.  Along with the traditional gemstones, they could choose modern, mystical or even star signs.  Please go to the list of entries to see a more detailed picture and description of each entry before making your decision.  Voting will be from February 1st through midnight Eastern February 7th.  The winners will be announced here on February 8th.            

1. Summer Pendant by M.E. of BeeTreeByMe

2. Red and Burgandy Pillow Beads by Linda of NKDesigns

3. Morning Glories by Kelly of KellyPlaysClay

4. Victorian Rose Necklace by Lynda of SCDiva

5. Faux Amber Bangle by Eugena of Eugena777

6. Cortney’s Life by Angela of ElementalDragons

7. Faux Topaz Cuff Bracelet by Susan of 11BoldStreet

8. The June Twins by Cindy of ArrowDaleArtStudio

9. Celebrating March by Marie of YoungCreative

10. Marigold Clay Painting by Angela of PolymerClayCreations

11. Emerald Beads by Terrie of Cloud9ClayCreations

12. Peridot by Jill of JKollmann

13. Daffodil on Faux Turquoise Bracelet by Janice of BlessedBeadJewelry

Please follow this LINK to cast your vote beginning Feb. 1st through midnight Eastern Feb.7th.  You will directed to a new website to cast your vote.  The voter box is at the bottom of the page.  So please scroll all the way down.

The theme for the February Monthly Challenge is “Gemstones /Flowers associated with your birth month”.  The entry can be interpreted anyway you choose, so long as it is at least 50% polymer clay and has something to do with this month’s theme. 

Every month there are 5 lucky winners chosen at random from the pool of public voters.  Here are the prizes up for grabs this month.

First Row:

 A desk pen set by ClayCenter, a brooch by SCDiva, a magnet set by SilverGate and a necklace by JKollmann

Second Row:

Pendant by MarciaPalmer, Necklace by RMKDesign, pendant by WorthingtonFox and pendant by RiverValleyDesign

Thrid Row:

Pendant by ClayHappy, Set of buttons by PolymerClayCreations, Pendant by LaurelSteven, and a pendat by NKDesigns

Fourth Row:

Pendant by BeeTreeByMe, set of beads by Jencom72, earrings by StudioSchiek, and a pendant by SpiritMama

Entries will be accepted in our flickr challenge pool until midnight January 28th.  Here are two of the beautiful entries so far:

Summer Pendant by BeeTreeByMe

 and a beautiful set of Red and Burgandy Pillow Beads by NKDesigns

January Challenge Winners!

Congratulations to all the winners in our January challenge. We had 13 gorgeous entries depicting butterflies or interpreting the butterfly them, all of which deserved to win!

We are very excited about the changes in the voting we announced at the beginning of the challenge. For the first time, voters were able to choose their top 3 favorites; and we implemented two categories, winners voted by the public and winners voted by their fellow PCAGOE guild members.

The Winners chosen by the PUBLIC are:

1st place goes to Berit of ClayCenter for her beautiful Butterfly Barrette

2nd place goes to Susan of PhoenixRose for her stunning Steampunk Flutterbye

3rd place goes to Angela of PolymerClayCreations for her gorgeous Colorful Millefiori Butterfly on a 3D Flower Artist Trade Card

 

The Winners Chosen by PCAGOE Guild Members:

1st Place goes to Susan of PhoenixRose for her Steampunk Flutterbye

In a tie for 2nd place, the winners are Berit of ClayCenter for her Butterfly Barrette and Jeanette of ClayHappy for her Beautiful Black and White Butterfly and Flowers Necklace

We also had a tie for 3rd place between Linda of NKDesigns for her stunning Butterflies Necklace and Lynda of SCDiva for her Faux Collage Multiple Layer Image Transfer Pendant