Friday, December 28, 2012

May 2013 Theme Announced: "Hungarian Folk Art" Theme and Entries"

FABERGE EGG:

Gather ideas and inspiration from the Faberge eggs’ fine, meticulous elaboration and amazingly detailed lacy patterns.

HISTORY:

One day the Russian Tsar Alexander III. wanted to give something special to surprise his wife, Maria Fjodorovna for the occasion of Easter. For the noble purpose he asked the well-known jeweler Peter Carl FabergĂ© who made a specially crafted jewelry egg placing gold chick inside, diamond crown and a Ruby egg (unfortunately we only can read about them as they got lost in the storms of History). The Tsar and the Empress were so impressed and from that day on it become a habit to celebrate the resurrection of Christ by giving FabergĂ© Eggs. Master Faberge’s eggs were already legendary at that time, and now are considered precious treasures.

DOs and DON’Ts:

DO NOT post photos of Faberge eggs along with your work; It is copyright infringement. DO NOT Re-create a Faberge egg; This will result in disqualification. DO post a link to your source of inspiration in the description.

LINK:

Here is a link to get your creative juices flowing.

You may start your entry today December 28 and post to your shop by midnight March 5th Etsy time. Please do not tag your entry with EBWC until the February challenge is complete (February 16th)

THE CHALLENGE RULES

Any EBW member may create one new beadweaving of your own design (not from a tutorial, kit, book, magazine, or class) in response to the challenge theme. Your 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 or made-to-order item 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.

Your listing must be for sale for the duration of the challenge (not made to order), unless it sells from your shop. If that happens, please alert the moderators to your sale, and you can still participate. If you must reserve your listing for purchase, please follow Etsy's recommendations and edit both your title and your description to begin with: "RESERVED FOR (buyer's Etsy username, or designation of buyer's choice) ONLY." Etsy does not allow the listing of items not for sale, so reserving your entry to sell elsewhere or keep for yourself is not permitted. Please do not put your shop on vacation mode when you have an item entered in the challenge, or deactivate your entry from the time you list, until the close of the challenge. If you must be away from your shop, please leave your challenge entry active, with a message explaining the date the item will shipped if purchased."

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. 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. 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. Let’s play fair with each other, and keep our challenges fun for all.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Congratulations to the Winner of the December "Emotional Rollercoaster" Challenge

Vicus won both our Team Vote and popular Blog Poll vote, with 112 voted for her very worthy entry "Hope."



Congratulations also to the runners up, who are as follows:

2nd Zviagil- "Emotional Roller Coaster" 88 votes
3rd TheSpecialCase- "Desire" 39 votes
4th ellimei- "Nostalgic Courage" 27 votes
5th AnnaCohen- "Pacification" 26 votes
6th RebeccasWell- "Joy to the World" 24votes
7th AngelqueCreations- "Envy" 23 votes
8th RadisteDesigns- "Bridal Bliss" 22 votes
9th Crimsonfrog- "Nostalgia" 18 votes
10th BarbaraEllis- "Purple Passion Potion Bottle" 10 votes

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Voting for December Challenge :Emotional Rollercoaster"



Marsha from HauteIceBeadwork, internal vote winner of our October 2012 "Misty Winter's Dawn" challenge selected the theme for our December 2012 challenge:


Emotional Roller Coaster 

Marsha's theme guidelines were as follows:

Find beady inspiration in a human emotion. Choose a feeling or state of being: joy, sorrow, cowardice, jealousy, anxiety, or anything that describes a powerful emotion. Create a beaded artwork that expresses your chosen emotion.

Think about the use of design elements as you work. Colors all have emotional connotations, and lines and textures do, too. You can use repetition, gradation, mass, scale and proportion, pattern, contrasts, balance or harmony, anything you can think of to make your work look and feel like your chosen emotion. Try to avoid using symbols, like a smiley face or emoticons.

The finished mosaic collection of our work will provide an "emotional roller coaster ride," a fast paced, whirlwind tour of feeling and sensation for our fans, as they view our many different interpretations of this theme. Remember to explain how you designed your work to demonstrate your chosen emotion in your description.

Voting for for this challenge  is on December 9th - 15th.

Click on the images within or the links below the mosaic to see additional views and read about each piece in detail.


PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY



1. After the Assault: A Mother\ 2. Nostalgia - crimsonfrog 3. Transitions Freeform Bib Necklace - beadn4fun 4. The Rhythm of My Life - DowntheCopperLine 5. Hope  - Vicus 6. Balance - MoreThanSomewhat 7. Scarred - CreationsofAgape 8. Empty Portraits - KraftKonfessions 9. Desire - TheSpecialCase 10. Bridal Bliss - RadisteDesigns 11. Passion and Love - Maewa 12. Drama Queen - SpringColors 13. Hope for the best - BeadsForBeauty 14. Nostalgic Courage - ellimei 15. Euphoria Bracelet and Earrings Set - HauteIceBeadwork 16. Purple \"Passion\" Potion Bottle Necklace - barbaraellis 17. Pacification Aqua set - AnnaCohen 18. Emotional Roller Coaster - zviagil 19. Feelin\ 20. State of Bliss - 4uidzne 21. Envy - AngelqueCreations 22. JOY to the world - RebeccasWell 23. Holiday Joy - enchantedbeads  

1. After the Assault: A Mother's Heartbreak - ArtMasquerading

2. Nostalgia - crimsonfrog

3. Transitions Freeform Bib Necklace - beadn4fun

4. The Rhythm of My Life - DowntheCopperLine

5. Hope  - Vicus

6. Balance - MoreThanSomewhat

7. Scarred - CreationsofAgape

8. Empty Portraits - KraftKonfessions

9. Desire - TheSpecialCase

10. Bridal Bliss - RadisteDesigns

11. Passion and Love - Maewa

12. Drama Queen - SpringColors

13. Hope for the best - BeadsForBeauty

14. Nostalgic Courage - ellimei

15. Euphoria Bracelet and Earrings Set - HauteIceBeadwork

16. Purple "Passion" Potion Bottle Necklace - barbaraellis

17. Pacification Aqua set - AnnaCohen

18. Emotional Roller Coaster - zviagil

19. Feelin' Festive - MaryTDesigns

20. State of Bliss - 4uidzne

21. Envy - AngelqueCreations

22. JOY to the world - RebeccasWell

23. Holiday Joy - enchantedbeads