Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy

March Challenge Winners!

The votes have been counted and here are the winners of our March challenge.

THE WINNERS VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC:

1st Place - Yonat of YonatDascalu

2nd Place - Christi of RiverValleyDesign

3rd Place - Dottie of Stonebrash

WINNERS VOTED ON BY PCAGOE MEMBERS:

1st Place - Sage of TheSageArts

2nd Place - Yonat of YonatDascalu

3rd Place - Arzu of ArzuMusa

Congratulations, everyone!

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

United States - 177
Isreal - 22
Australia - 7
Canada - 4
Turkey - 3
Great Britain - 2
New Zealand - 2
Spain - 1
Latvia - 1
Malaysia - 1
Czech Republic - 1

Comments left by the voters:

Yonat Dascalu is one of the greatest artists ever! And the best I have ever seen!

I don’t know how we’re supposed to choose only three winners! They’re all winners in my book. All of the artists create the most beautiful designs and are all very talented people. I hope they persue their passions for the rest of their lives. Thank you for the opportunity to view them.

I love the classic look of the Lost City Amulet Necklace by RozPetalz Studio. It would coordinate beautifully with several of my outfits and one in particular that I plan to wear to a Spring concert.

Lovely items, as always. I love #19 as it not only uses texture in its construction,but has a quirky and unusual theme. I love it when people use some lateral thinking!

I loved all the entries, but I especially liked #16. It seem so peaceful!

In awe with all the entries this month. Everyone did an amazing job with this theme and it was difficult to choose. All the artists here are sooo tallented!!Makes me proud to be a member!

I adore these challenges. All of the artists are very talented! It is fun voting, too.

The colors, symetry and originality make it (#14) a winner to me.

Every one of those are beautiful. I love an artist who creats from the heart.

What inspiring textural eye candy. So enjoyed looking at some wonderful pieces!

I absolutely love this leafy textured bangle. It is beautiful and I think it is a perfect winner for this challenge. I also love this rainbow seashell pendant. Beautiful colors and design. This would also be a great winner. The violet textured Star is also one of my favorites. I would love to wear this myself! I had a very hard time deciding. Each and every peice is wonderful! So much talent!!!

All the entries were outstanding, it took a couple of hours to finally make a decision.

I am continually amazed with the variety thay you can create with polymer clay. Great job.

I chose SC Diva’s entry as my number 1 because it is so innovative, not to mention totally beautiful and gorgeously finished. An amazing array of talent this month, and even though I had three votes - it was still a very hard choice.

I have been impressed by the way MichelesArtJewerly has to transform “plastic” into “stone”, it’s amazing and inspiring. I also liked the tiny and almost real flowers by ArrowdaleArtStudio. Thanks a lot to all the other artists for their creations!

The bracelet by HiGirls is very beautiful and graceful.

A couple of photos missed out on my vote because I could not see their picture either at all or close up. I like to see the photo close up especially when it is a texture vote.

The entries were hard to choose from. I know detail is very hard to achieve and many had intricate detail. Hard to choose from. Enjoyed taking the time to vote and appreciate the hard work put into them.

Love your site. So much info

This was one fabulous challenge-all the entries were stunning making this one tough voting process! But all these entries are #1 in my book!!

This is by far the best and hardest challenge to choose just 3 favorites. Every entry is great.

The entries are all so beautiful. It was very hard to choose but SC Diva’s tribute to her partents tugged at my heartstrings. I had to choose the Wedding Invitation as my 1st place recipient.

The level of expertise in this month’s challenge is truly awe inspiring. It was almost impossible to just vote for three.

Our voter winners this month:

Petra Monaco
Daniella Flakowicz
David Polakoff
Maite Mora Ferrer
Stevie Rocco

Thank you again to everyone who voted in and entered the challenge this month. Please join us again next month for our April challenge, the theme of which is “Inspired by Fabric.”

These are the possible prizes up for grabs in our March Challenge. 

First row: earrings by StudioSchiek, pen by PolymerClayCreations, covered tin by ClayCenter, necklace by KDollDesigns

Second row: pendant by NKDesigns, brooch by RenGalSA, pendant and beads by Ashpaints and pendant by BeeTreebyME

Third row: earrings by 11BoldStreet, clay painting by AlisonEKurek, pendant by RiverValleyDesign and a necklace by LaurelSteven

Fourth row: earrings by Juliespace, earrings by JanGeisen, beads by ClayHappy and a pendant by SCDiva

The theme for this month is “Texture”.  Once again, the possibilities are endless.  The only criteria is that the entry had to be at least 50% clay.  We have had several entries already uploaded to our Challenge Photo pool on flickr.  Here a just a couple of the wonderful entries so far:

It’s Alive! by RiverValleyDesign

Salmon Floral Barrette by Jkollmann

There is still time to get some more entries.  Photos need to be uploaded no later than midnight eastern time on Feburary 27th, 2010.

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