Monday, August 22, 2011

October Team Members Challenge Theme "Inspired By Picasso"

Sarah Breese of BohoDameDesigns won our August Challenge Team Poll, and her prize is selecting our October theme. She tells us:

"Recently I visited the Picasso exhibit at the de Young Museum in lovely San Francisco. Creatively speaking, it was incredibly inspirational for me as a beading artist. I thought it would be fun for you all to do a bit of research on Pablo Picasso's many different styles and create your own beadwoven masterpiece, inspired by his work.

Picasso's journey as an artist took him through many different periods such as Blue, Rose, Cubism, Neo-Classicism, and Surrealism. With so many artistic periods to choose from, the sky is the limit for this challenge.

If you would like to work from a specific drawing, painting or sculpture - as I did with my "Inspired by Picasso" bracelet - that is perfectly fine. You can reference your source of inspiration in the description, but it is copyright infringement to post any photos of Picasso’s work along with your work, and direct copying of any portion of his imagery is also prohibited, and will result in disqualification.
I hope you all have a blast doing a bit of research and learning about one of the greatest artists of modern times."


You may begin your entry today, August 21st, and must list your finished item by midnight Etsy time on October 5th. Please be sure you read the following challenge rules that apply to EVERY challenge and understand them as well.

THE CHALLENGE RULES
Any EBW member may create one new beadweaving of your own design (not from a kit, book, magazine, or class) in response to the challenge theme. You work should be entirely beadwoven, or have a substantially woven component, to feature and promote our art form. You may not renew an existing piece or list a tutorial as an entry.

Members are expected to participate in challenges when possible, and required to do so once each year. Start the weaving anytime after the theme is announced. Complete and list the work for sale on Etsy by the 5th of the month of the challenge, before midnight Etsy (Eastern Standard) time. Your listing date is proof you entered by the deadline, and also determines your placement in the mosaic, so DO NOT RENEW your work until after the voting poll opens on the 9th. If your listing sells, you can still participate in the challenge, but please alert the moderators to the sale.

WHAT INFORMATION MUST BE IN MY LISTING?
Your listing must include the following four (4) things:
1. The theme of the challenge. For example, “This (describe your work) was created for the Etsy Beadweavers Team (insert the month) challenge on the theme (insert the title of the theme).”
2. An explanation of how your work relates to the theme.
3. The address of our team blog where the voting will take place and the voting dates. For example, “Please visit our team blog, http://www.etsy-beadweavers.blogspot.com between the 9th and 15th and vote for your favorite entry.”
4.Tag your entry EBWC. This is how we find your entry. Please test this tag by searching "handmade" and "EBWC" on Etsy. If your entry does not appear in this search within an hour after listing and tagging it, please contact a moderator for assistance. Please do not apply this tag until after the previous challenge poll closes on the 15th, and remove the tag after the voting poll closes, so entries for the next month’s challenge can be featured.


About Promoting the Public Voting Poll
The purpose of the public poll is to bring as many viewers to our team blog as possible, increasing awareness of Etsy Beadweavers and our art form. The winner of the public poll should be the work that the most viewers liked the best. Promote the challenge by inviting as many friends, acquaintances, co-workers and family members as you like to vote for their favorite entry. Please use your blog, Facebook, Twitter and any other resources you have to drive traffic to our blog during the challenge. Feel free to say which entry is yours. Many friends will choose to support you with a vote. But please DO NOT request that your friends vote for your work, or that of another member. Please let them make up their own minds about which entry they like the best. Let’s play fair with each other, and keep our challenges fun for all.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Congratulations to the winners of the August Challenge, "Summer's Juicy Fruit!"




Congratulations go to Katalin Budainé Nagy of Budaikata, the 1st place winner of the Summer's Juicy Fruit Challenge Fan Favorite Vote for her "Summer's Juicy Fruits Jewelry Set."   Katalin’s beautiful entry received 96 votes (19%).





 
The runners up are:
2nd Place - # 12 Citrus Slice Bracelet – BohoDameDesigns  with 86 votes (17%)
3rd Place - #13 Lemonade – Vicus with 36 votes (7%)
4th Place - #3 Bottled Cherries – 4uidzne with 32 votes (6%)
5th Place - #19 Wild Blueberries Bead Embroidered Collar Necklace – glimmerstone with 31 votes (6%)
6th Place - #16 Peach Profusion Necklace – HauteIceBeadwork with 26 votes (5%)
7th Place - #8 Life’s a Peach Beadwoven Amulet Bag – beadn4fun with 22 votes (4%)
8th Place - #7 Summer Berries Bead Woven Bracelet – iceboxgems with 21 votes (4%)
9th Place - #22 Bracelet TuttiFrutti – enchantedbeads with 19 votes (3%)
10th Place - #5 Strawberry Fields Forever – randomcreative with 18 votes (3%)



Congratulations also go to Sarah Breese of BohoDameDesigns and her Citrus Slice Bracelet, the winner of the Summer's Juicy Fruit Challenge Team Vote!    

Sarah will have the honors of selecting the theme for the October challenge.


Sunday, August 7, 2011

Voting for the August Challenge - Summer's Juicy Fruit

The August 2011 challenge, chosen by Sharri Moroshok of the Beaded Bead
invited our members to create original designs inspired by the theme "Summer's Juicy Fruit." 
Please click on any image in the mosaic below to see additional views 
and read about each piece in detail.  

Voting for the challenge runs August 9th - August 15th, 2011.
Please vote only once for your favorite.
click map



1. Watermelon Monimia Beadwoven Bracelet - MFDBeadworkOriginals

2. Texas Summer Healing Sunburn Aloe Fruit Necklace - ArtMasquerading

3. Bottled Cherries - 4uidzne

4. Classy Casaba - christianvrodriguez

5. Strawberry Fields Forever - randomcreative

6. orange and cream pendant ribbon necklace - marsiescrafts

8. Life's a Peach Beadwoven Amulet bag - beadn4fun

7. Summer Berries Bead Woven Bracelet - iceboxgems

9. Citrus Blend Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns

10. Orange Juice - crystalwonders

11. Summer's juicy fruits jewelry set - budaikata

12. Citrus Slice Braclet - BohoDameDesigns

13. Lemonade - Vicus

14. Poeticus Preciosas - beadsofaquarius

15. Pineapple Power Bracers Cuff - FrancescasFancy

16. Peach Profusion Necklace - HauteIceBeadwork

17. Wild berries from the boonies - BoonieBeads

18. Sweet Berries - SpringColors

19. Wild Blueberries Bead Embroidered Collar Necklace - glimmerstone

20. Blueberry Byzantine Earrings - windyriver

21. Delight - AmaryllisBoutique

22. Bracelet TuttiFrutti - enchantedbeads

23. Raspberry Ripple Herringbone Stitch Necklace - SallyGoRoundTheMoon



1. Watermelon Monimia Beadwoven Bracelet - MFDBeadworkOriginals
http://www.etsy.com/listing/77215999/watermelon-monimia-beadwoven-bracelet

2. Texas Summer Healing Sunburn Aloe Fruit Necklace - ArtMasquerading
http://www.etsy.com/listing/77358640/texas-summer-healing-sunburn-aloe-fruit

3. Bottled Cherries - 4uidzne
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78248578/bottled-cherries-ebwc-august

4. Classy Casaba - christianvrodriguez
http://www.etsy.com/listing/77904557/classy-casaba-unakite-and-freshwater

5. Strawberry Fields Forever - randomcreative
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78440757/beaded-cuff-bracelet-strawberry-fields

6. orange and cream pendant ribbon necklace - marsiescrafts
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78520313/orange-and-cream-pendant-ribbon-necklace

7. Summer Berries Bead Woven Bracelet - iceboxgems
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78728697/summer-berries-bead-woven-bracelet-ebwc

8. Life's a Peach Beadwoven Amulet bag - beadn4fun
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78684486/lifes-a-peach-beadwoven-amulet-bag-ebwc

9. Citrus Blend Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78792364/citrus-blend-beadwoven-cuff-bracelet

10. Orange Juice - crystalwonders
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78827284/orange-juice-beaded-and-wire-wrapped

11. Summer's juicy fruits jewelry set - budaikata
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78938984/summers-juicy-fruits-jewelry-set-ebwc

12. Citrus Slice Braclet - BohoDameDesigns
http://www.etsy.com/listing/78995657/citrus-slice-braclet

13. Lemonade - Vicus
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79028077/lemonade-bead-embroideredcrocheted

14. Poeticus Preciosas - beadsofaquarius
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79035709/soutache-bead-embroidered-necklace-ebwc

15. Pineapple Power Bracers Cuff - FrancescasFancy
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79051420/pineapple-power-bracers-cuff

16. Peach Profusion Necklace - HauteIceBeadwork
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79059784/peach-profusion-necklace

17. Wild berries from the boonies - BoonieBeads
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79060408/beadweaving-a-necklace-of-wild-berries

18. Sweet Berries - SpringColors
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79189147/rivoli-beadwoven-pink-cuff-bracelet

19. Wild Blueberries Bead Embroidered Collar Necklace - glimmerstone
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79193569/wild-blueberries-bead-embroidered-collar

20. Blueberry Byzantine Earrings - windyriver
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79205754/blueberry-byzantine-earrings-with-lapis

21. Delight - AmaryllisBoutique
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79207805/delight-glass-and-rhinestone-encrusted

22. Bracelet TuttiFrutti - enchantedbeads
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79219026/bracelet-tuttifrutti

23. Raspberry Ripple Herringbone Stitch Necklace - SallyGoRoundTheMoon
http://www.etsy.com/listing/79215219/raspberry-ripple-herringbone-stitch