Congratulations to the winners of our PCAGOE November challenge, “Metallic Showdown!”. We had 18 gorgeous entries, all of which featured metallic clay in one or more colors and techniques.
1st place goes to Kelly of KellyPlaysClay for her metallic millefiori barrette.
2nd place goes to Susan of FungibleElements for her Metallic Mix pendant.
3rd place goes to Lynda of SCDiva for her Faux Antique Brass Asian-Inspired Necklace.
Our voters who won the polymer clay prizes this month are:
Prize #1 Perri Jackson
Prize #2 Anita
Prize #3 Susan
Prize #4 Karen Teveten
Prize #5 “M”
The votes have been tallied in our October PCAGOE challenge. Only 4 votes separated second, third, fourth and fifth place this month. All the entries were amazing and beautiful. Thank you to everyone who entered and everyone who voted!
The winners of the October challenge are:
First place goes to Studioschiek for her stunning “Lady In Waiting” framed polymer clay sculpture inspired by Gustav Klimt. This entry was the overwhelming favorite of the voters, garnering more than 50% of the total votes.
Second place goes to Spiritmama for her beautiful pendant, a faithful rendition of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”.
Third place goes to NKDesigns for her beautiful Yellow Calla Lilies image transfer pendant and gemstone necklace, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s series of Calla Lily paintings.
The winning voters chosen at random to receive one each of the prizes shown below are:
Winning voters, you will be contacted and asked for your mailing address so we can send your prize to you. If you do not respond within one week, we will draw another name for that prize pack.
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!
The votes have been counted in our August PCAGOE Challenge. Only two votes separated 1st and 2nd place this month, and we have a tied for 3rd! Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite entry in our Mixed Media challenge. We appreciate your support and your lovely comments.1st place goes to Iamcr8ve’s stunning polymer clay and seed bead necklace inspired by the Lascaux Cave Paintings in France.
2nd place goes to BijouxHibou’s beautiful and innovative Ancient Sun polymer clay pendant, which combines polymer and colored inks.
We have a tie for 3rd place this month between FungibleElements‘ exotic Faux Leopard Print Polymer Clay Pendant in a Metal frame with glass beads and gemstones; and WorthingtonFox’s super trendy Steampunk Metal and Polymer Clay Necklace.
The winning voters for the prize packs are as follows:
Winning voters, you will be contacted shortly for your mailing addresses. If you do not respond with your address within one week, another winner will be randomly chosen for that prize pack.
Congratulations to all our winners this month. Please join us next month for our September challenge, the theme of which is “Color Combinations”.
Comments:
Tough to choose just one! For me it was a coin toss between Ancient Sun and Lava Pen.
Love the colors on this one! (Ancient Sun)
Super entries! Was really hard to choose. It was a tie really, between Iris Mishly’s bugs and this wonderful necklace (Ancient Sun).
All artists are fantastic. My favorite is my friend, Susan with Fungible Elements.
Wow! Beautiful entries this month. Amazing work.
Heard about the vote at Polymer Clay Central. The Black Rose with Honey Necklace by Laurel Steven is just gorgeous!
All beautiful, difficult to choose!
All the pieces were beautiful!
I dabble in clay and have found your guild to be very helpful in my learning process! I discovered resin coating thanks to your members! Also, I have a great respect for the quality of/and artistry of your talented members! I LOVE participating in nominating a winner every month!
I felt that the “Room in my heart” pendant was an excellent example of the challenge and at the same time created a very elegant, simple piece whose depth adds intrigue to the usage of materials.
All entries are gorgeous! Very creative and artistic, too! Well done!
Good luck to everyone…they are all great!
I love SCDiva designs.
It was soooooo hard! I had to keep narrowing it down and then finally got down to two.
All these works are awesome!!! Really nice to see such a variety of work.
It’s amazing the diversity of work from essentially one medium - fantastic work!
What a wonderful array this month. So hard to choose a favourite, but I chose Iris’ because they are so fun and colourful and unique.
I’ve been following this blog for a couple of months now, I love seeing all the new pieces and find it very resourceful!
I love the simplicity and wearability of this piece (Mixed Media Bracelet by Polyclarific)
