Archive for September, 2009

October Voter Prize Pack

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

PCAGOE October Challenge Prizes by DivaDesigns1.

#1 is a pendant created by LaurelSteven

#2 is a pendant created by KDollDesigns

#3 is a pendant created by SCDiva

#4 is a pendant created by NKDesigns

#5 is a pendant created by Worthington Fox

You could win one of these prizes by voting in our PCAGOE October Challenge between Oct. 1 and midnight, EST of Oct. 7, 2009.  Please click on this link to vote for your favorite entry:
www.pcagoe.com

The voting box is at the bottom of the page in the link.  Please be patient and wait for it to load.  Thank you!!

5 lucky voters, chosen at randon, will each win one of these prizes!

Our theme for October is “Favorite Art or Artist”. Our members have come up with some wonderful pieces of art, it will be hard to choose your favorite.

October Monthly Challenge

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

The theme for this month’s challenge is Favorite Artist/Artwork.   Our members were challenged to create something from a favorite artist, or a favorite painting or illustration.   They may have been inspired by the colors in their favorite painting to create an entry piece, or  may have tried to duplicate their favorite painting in clay, or depict something from the life of their favorite artist.  Here were the wonderful works of art submitted this month.

1) Pendant by BeeTreeByMe - Inspired by Edgar Degas’ Ballerinas

2) The Scream Pendant by SpiritMama - Inspired by Edvard Munch’s The Scream

3) Calla Lilies Pendant by NKDesigns - Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Calla Lily Series

4) Red Poppies Miniature Polymer Clay Painting on Easel by ArtistTooStudios - Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s Red Poppies Series

5) Study in Color Necklace by TheColorofDreams - Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky’s Farbstudie Quadrate

6) Iris Pendant by Jencom72 - Inspired by Claude Monet’s Garden at Giverny

7) Meditatoin Polymer Clay Sculpture by Ashpaints - Inspired by Don Li Leger’s Garden of Meditation

8) Lady In Waiting Framed Polymer Clay Sculpture by Studioschiek - Inspired by Gustav Klimt

9) Lighthouse Polymer Clay Painting in a Polymer Clay Frame by PolymerClayCreations - Inspired by Thomas Kincaid

Vote for your favorite entry at www.pcagoe.com between Oct. 1 and midnight, Eastern US time of Oct. 7, 2009. 5 lucky voters chosen at random will also receive beautiful polymer clay prizes created by our member artists!

September Challenge Winners

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

September Challenge Winners

The votes are in and the winners have been chosen in our September PCAGOE “Color Combinations” challenge!

1st place goes to SCDiva for her pendant, Here We Go Round In Circles.

2nd Place goes to PolymerClayCreations for her gorgeous Millefiori Necklace and Earring Set.

And we have a tie for 3rd place between Ashpaints and MarciaPalmer for their beautiful Covered Tin and Bangle Bracelet, respectively.

Votes were logged from all over the world, including: Mexico, Slovakia, France, India, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Canada, Great Britain (United Kingdom), Spain and Sweden!

The winning voters for this month are:

Prize Pack #1 - Jason Shroyer
Prize Pack #2 - G (no other name given)
Prize Pack #3 - Barb Bunton
Prize Pack #4 - Crystal
Prize Pack #5 - Jan Manning

Winning voters, you will be contacted shortly for your mailing addresses. If you do not respond with your mailing address within one week, another winner will be randomly chosen for that prize pack.

Comments from some of our voters indicate just how touch a challenge this was, for the entrants as well as the voters.

“Once again the pcagoe members have outdone themselves in their creativity. How on earth are we all expected to choose just one???? Fab entries all of them - thank you for the huge amount of hard work that goes into organising this. It is a brilliant challenge every month. I really want to enter, hopefully I will soon! Well done everyone!”

“Love the challenge. Colors can make a difference!”

“I think this pin is beautiful (#1) and a great use of color.”

“Hard time choosing between 1,2,6 & 7! They’re all so great though…wow…”

“It’s hard to pick just one as they are all lovely and make appropriate use of the color limitations imposed by the challenge rules.”

“It was so hard to choose, since there were a lot of talented people entering!”

“I heard about this from Laurel Steven’s blog, Rue’s Daftique. Great pieces created by all, hard to choose just one!”

“I have seen several of SCDiva’s creations. This artist’s creative ability is beyond the normal. Every piece is inspiring.”

“I had a hard time with this one cause all the entries were beautiful. great job everyone. I think this one (#3) is the most unique and the design is so interesting!”

“How can you vote when you think they are all great? You just have to eliminate until it comes down to one.”

“What a challenge! All the entries are wonderful. I found it very hard to pick just one!”

“My favorite colors. I wish I could have joined in.”

Thank you to all the PCAGOE members who entered and those of you who voted. We couldn’t do this without your support! Please join us at PCAGOE.com in October, when our theme will be “Favorite Art/Artist”. It promises to be one of our most exciting challenges yet!