Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy

We had 14 very gorgeous and diverse entries for our July Challenge.  The theme was vessels.  The voting for these will open up on July 1st and go through July 7th.  Five randomly chosen voters will win some beautiful prizes.  Click here to cast a vote for your favorite.

www.yonatdascalu.etsy.com

There are so many exceptional polymer clay artists living in Israel.  One of our own members living in Israel is Yonat Dascalu. She is  married and has three great kids. Living in  in Ra’anana, Israel, she used to work as a computer engineer.

She loves crafting and does many crafts including cardboard furniture, stained glass and fused glass projects.  She learned to be a metalsmith, and the craft that she likes best is working with polymer clay.

She says, “I have been working with polymer clay since I was a child and I discovered the “millefiori” technique about 4 years ago.  I have been hooked ever since .  I love to work with polymer clay.  I think the possibilities with this medium are endless.

Two years ago, I wrote a book ” Millefiori Instructions Book for Beginners” - in Hebrew, this book was a great success.  Some of the people who bought this book do not speak Hebrew, and they could use it because each step in the tutorial is illustrated with a full color photograph. Here is a link to an example page from my book: http://www.ijlart.com/millefiori-book/millefiori-book.htm.   Yonat also writes tutorials in English  and they are available in her Etsy shop.

She  recently made a video tutorial that was published on youtube.com showing Idit Zoota’s “Play-Doh trick” that solves the problem of getting rid of that pesky background around your flowers and other shaped canes.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ecS_Sa0KbM

She is also a member of the Israel polymer clay guild and loves meeting people with the same interests, people who love polymer clay like she does.  Your love of clay certainly shows Yonat!

Here are the beautiful creations donated by some of the very talented members of the PCAGOE for the prizes to be won by five randomly drawn voters in this months monthly challenge.

#1 A polymer clay covered pen made by  PolymerClayCreations and a pair of earrings created by TheColorofDreams. 

#2 A polymer clay barrette created by NKDesigns and a rose pendant created by LaurelSteven. 

#3 A pair of  buttons created by Juliespace and a flower bracelet created by PolymerClayProductions.

#4 Is a pendant created by SCDiva and a pair of earrings created by Juliespace.                       

#5 Is a pair of earrings and pendant made by OrganicOdysseys.

The PCAGOE Monthly challenge theme for July is vessels.  It can be anything from a simple vase, trinket box,  a jar or inro.  Anything that can be considered some kind of container.  We have a few new rules for who can enter, please check them out here.

We already have a few entries…this one from eugena777

one from mariapsaltis and several more.  See them all on the new PCAGOE Monthly Challenge Photo Pool on flickr.   There is still plenty of time to get your creation entered.  The challenge is open until midnight eastern time on June 28th.