Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy

To celebrate the Mother’s in your life, several members of the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy are having promotions in their respective stores.  Listed below are the stores participating in this year’s promotion.

VixenJewels                                 11BoldStreet                           CreativeArtCenter

NKDesigns                                    PolymerClayCreations          BlessedBeadJewelry

CraftsbyCAG                                ClayCenter                              RenGalSA

YoungCreative                            ClayHappy

Several of these stores are offering between 15 to 20 percent off and some are even offering free shipping.  Please visit each store to see the wonderful selections of gifts for the favorite woman in your life.  What Mother doesn’t deserve a unique, handmade treasure?

April PCAGOE Challenge Winners

 

The votes have been counted and here are the winners!

THE WINNERS VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC:

1st Place - VyaKyasha

2nd Place - BeeTreeByMe

3rd Place - PhoenixRose

WINNERS VOTED ON BY PCAGOE MEMBERS:

1st Place - BeeTreeByMe

2nd Place - PhoenixRose

3rd Place - PolymerClayCreations

Congratulations to all our winners!

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

Unites States - 113
Canada - 1
United Kingdom - 4
Guam - 3
Isreal - 3
Australia - 2
Turkey - 1
Austria - 1

Comments From The Voters::

All of the competitors have really done a marvelous job. I am so impressed.

What beautiful things! It’s amazing how you captured the feel of fabric in clay!

What a wonderful way to promote the work of so many different artists! It is so nice to see such a variety of styles and techniques used.

I chose the pieces that most appealed to me if I were purchasing them, and the ones I felt were unique and original.

It is just amazing that you can achieve fabric effects with this medium.

All such wonderful entries! It was a joy to participate in voting.

I loved them all! The reason I think #10 deserved to win: She used the fabric designs to show all the different sections of the kimono…it accented the way a real kimono is put together…really creative!

This was a tricky theme, but what gorgeous results!

Hard choices, but the innovative work by 11BoldStreet is a standout! She’s really been pushing the envelope with these, as PolymerClayDaily noted a little while back.

I love them all and it was really hard to make a decision. Always so impressed by the talent of this group. To me the Serape necklace just really looks like a real woven serape. I also think that the flower quilt looks so much like real quilted fabric. The kimono brooch is wonderful too. These 3 entries look the most like fabric to me.

I think all the work is really top quality and must have taken a lot of time. I’m just starting out with clay and I’m impressed to see how those with talent have been able to mold and scuplt it. Really nice job.

I love the texture and design of #6. Really professional. #16 is really original and so cute. What a great idea. This would make a nice gift. I love the color harmony and paterns used for #10.

Loved the #6 design! Absolutely my cup of tea! #12 is beautifully done! #3 for hard work of polishing it till perfection!

Each piece is amazing but the ones that look like real fabric and not clay are like optical illusions.

Each month is a pleasure to get inspired by the wonderful work submitted.

It is so awesome to see how artists are given a theme and how diverse they make it with one medium. Beautiful pieces everyone.

I love that the Fun Flower Quilt is “puffy” and has “stitches”. Such attention to detail is what sets the work apart. I love the clean color and pattern in the Serape necklace, and the paisley is just great.

Beautiful work by all, it was so hard to choose just 3, and then ranking them was even worse! I finally chose Butterflies in Flight as first place because of the impressionist/batik look of the piece, but would love to have more of a description about it right there on the page. I also like the attention to detail in pieces #1 & 9, and they definitely say “fabric” to me.

As usual so hard to choose. I chose the entries I did because they reminded me most of fabric. The Fun Flower Quilt Pendant has the look of fabric both in texture and pattern.I can see the fabric pattern in the mod Retro Look necklace and the piece is nicely composed, it has interest. The Kimono brooch has lovely patterns. Congratulations to all the entrants on some great polymer clay work!

Thank you again to everyone who voted in and entered the challenge this month. Please join us again next month for our May challenge, the theme of which is “History/Historical Event”. We can’t wait!

Our voter winners this month:

Mia Austin Scoggins
Jennifer Becker
Marlene Brady
Jerise Fogel
Gayle White

April PCAGOE Challenge - INSPIRED BY FABRIC

 

This month our members were challenged to create an entry depicting or interpreting the fabric theme in some way. Our members took their inspiration from a favorite item of clothing, a particular fabric pattern, and one entry even incorporates actual fabric. Every entry must be at least 50% polymer clay.

Please vote for your top three favorites in the pull-down voting box shown at the bottom of this page. Depending on the speed of your internet connection, it may take a few moments to appear. Only one vote per person, please. One (1) vote consists of choosing a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entry. If you choose an entry for 1st place, please do not also vote for it as your 2nd and/or 3rd place choice. Duplicate votes will not be counted.

Voting is open to the public and to PCAGOE guild members. Voting begins April 1, 2010 and ends at midnight, Eastern U.S. time on April 7, 2010. The winners chosen in each category and the voter prize winners will be announced at here on April 8, 2010. Winning voters will have one week from the date we contact you and ask for your mailing address so we can send you your prize. If you do not respond within one week, another name will be pulled from the pool of voters.

April Challenge Entries

1) Fun Flower Quilt Pendant by BeeTreeByMe
2) Childhood Dress Fabric Pendant by RiverValleyDesign
3) Patchwork Purse Tins by ClayCenter
4) Spring Quilt Pendant and Beads by CraftsbyCag
5) Cubist Bangle by HiGirls
6) Silver Granite Gauze Cuff by 11BoldStreet
7) Longhorn Patchwork Spoon and Wine Stopper by RenGalSa
8) Serape Necklace by PhoenixRose
9) Paisley and Polka Dots Trinket Box by ArrowdaleArtStudio
10) Chinese Brocade Kimono Brooch by PolymerClayCreations
11) Mod Retro Look Necklace by VyaKyasha
12) Butterflies in Flight by AshPaints
13) Polymer Clay Fabric Covered Easter Egg by MirameCreations
14) Ikat Fabric Inspired Beads by TheColorOfDreams
15) Woven Fabric Structure Plain Weave Bone Bracelet by StillPointWorks
16) Pocket Change by IansCafe
17) Spring Fling Pinwheel Quilt Bib Necklace by BlessedBeadJewelry

Please follow this link to cast your vote.  Remember voting is open until Midnight Eastern time on April 7, 2010.

  Our members were challenged to come up with a creation to fit this month’s theme of “Inspired by Fabric”.  So far we have had several entries, all beautiful and all as diverse as our members.  Here are just a couple of the wonderful entries so far.  This first is from Arrowdale Art Studio

This next one is from Cag Crafts

Also every month 5 lucky voters win some absolutley great prizes created by our member artists.  Here is the pool of possible prizes available to the lucky voters.

Top row left to right: pen set by 11BoldStreet, tie tac by RenGalSA, bead set by PolymerClayCreations, pendant by LaurelSteven, pair of earrings by Chicki

Second row: charm by Spiritmama, pendant by BeeTreebyMe, earrings by Clayhappy, pendant by SCDiva, earrings by ClayCenter

Bottom row: brooch by NKDesigns, necklace by , bracelet by RenGalSA, tin by ClayCenter, bracelet and earrings set by LauraBeeStudios

Entries will be accepted to our flickr team challenge photo pool until Midnight Eastern time of the 28th of March.  Voting will begin here on April 1, 2010.