Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy

Here are this months challenge entries.  As you can see we had a whopping 20!! Thanks to everyone who entered.

1. Chanmaille and Polymer Clay Bracelet  by Chicki

2. Faux Zebra Animal Print Polymer Clay, Bone and Metal Necklace  by SCDiva

3. Lascaux Swimming Deer Necklace   by JillPalumbo

4. Polymer Clay Millefiori Bugs by IrisMishly

5. Mixed Media Bracelet by PolyClarific

6. Faux Fused Glass, Polymer Clay and Resin by Eugena777

7. Cafe Latte by NKDesigns

8. Leopard Spot Pendant by FungibleElements

9. Ancient Sun by BijouxHibou

10. Black Rose with Honey 2 by Laurel Steven

11. Steampunk-01 by WorthingtonFox

12. Dolphin Pendant by ArtistTooStudios

13. Frida in My Heart by BeeTreeByMe

14. Mica Shift with Swarovski Crystals and Metal by PolymerClayCreations

15. Inspired by the Lescaux Cave Paintings by iamcre8ve

16. Green 1 Bracelet by Ashpaints

17. Mysterious Ways Necklace by KDollDesigns

18. It’s All Faux by ElementalDragons

19. Lava Pen  by CreativeWriting

20. Room in My Heart Pendant by juliespace

  Voting is open until the 7th at midnight eastern time.  Five lucky voters will win some great creations from our very talented artists here at the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy.  Winners will be announced August 8, 2009.  Go to: http://www.pcagoechallenge.blogspot.com

Here are the beautitul prizes that five randomly chosen voters will win in this months PCAGOE Monthly Challenge.       Prize Pack #1 is a lovely necklace from MarciaPalmer and a pair of butterfly magnets from SilverGateStudio Prize Pack #2 is a beautiful Geisha necklace from NKDesigns and a pair of cute earrings from LaurabeeStudios   Prize Pack #3 is a cute pair of red earrings from Chicki and a pretty art nouveau necklace from YonatDascalu  Prize Pack #4 is a pair of Peach floral earrings from PolymerClayCreations and a wonderful pendant and bead set by Ashpaints     Prize Pack #5 is a gorgeous pair of earrings from JKollmann and a pretty butterfly transfer pendant by SCDiva 

The mixed media challenge is still open to all PCAGOE members until midnight 7/28.  Come back here to vote for your favorite on 8/1.  Voting will be open until midnight 8/7.   Go to: http://www.pcagoechallenge.blogspot.com to cast your vote.

This month’s theme is mixed media.  It can sound intimidating, but most of us do everyday what can be considered mixed media.  A necklace for example is mixed media.  It contains clay, wire, gems and findings.  A vase covered with clay, embellished with gems, glitter or paint.  We have had several entries so far this month.  Here are a couple from Linda of nkdesigns and Jill of jillpalumbo

So keep those entries coming!  You have until midnight 7/28/09 to enter.  Upload your picture to the challenge pool on flickr at www.flickr.com/groups/1089891@N25/.

www.tonjastreasures.etsy.com

Recently I asked several of our members to write a short blurb about themselves so we can learn a little more about them.    Tonja of Tonjastreasures tells us:

I was born and raised in beautiful Washington State.  At a young age I became a crafter with the help of my grandmother. She taught me to crochet, knit, macrame and sew.  In school, my favorite time was always art class.

In the last few years I’ve discovered that I adore creating jewelry.  I saw Donna Kato on the Carol Duvall Show and polymer clay became a big part of my life.  I bought a kiln and added silver metal clay and dichroic glass to my list of materials.  Every time I open the kiln door and see the results of my designs it’s like Christmas.

Chainmaille jewelry is another thing I hope to perfect. (So many designs, so little time.) It’s quite amazing when you can turn a length of sterling silver wire into a handful of jump rings and create a stunning piece of jewelry.

My accomplishments include:

Being published in Jewelry Crafts Magazine 4 times

• Polymer Cafe Magazine once (on the cover no less)
• My mini masks can be seen in the book Celebrations in Polymer Clay by Sarajane Helm.
• I tied for 1st place at 3-D Memory Trends 2006 with my project called Fresh Flower Candle Screen, which was placed on display at the Amaco/Fimo booth at CHA. A picture of my project was featured in an Amaco ad that ran for 3 consecutive months in Today’s Creative Home Arts Magazine. You can also find 3 of my polymer clay how-to tutorials online at www.polkadotcreations.com
• I have several more articles ideas that I hope will be published in 2009/2010. Not bad for a self taught artist if I say so myself. Now to try the next thing on my to-do list - enameling. Wish me luck. :)

With what we have seen Tonja, you don’t need luck, you already have talent!