Theme: Cool Waters

Due Date: July 31st, 2007

How to Enter: Between now and July 31st create a piece of wearable art with your interpretation of the theme Cool Waters. Please note that this piece MUST be created during this time period, so please do not submit older work. ALL forms of wearable art that fall under jewelry or jewelry related will be accepted. Bead stringing, bead weaving, wire work, PMC, stamping, polyclay, smithing, are just a few of the forms that would be acceptable. To view old challenges please click here.

Who Can Enter: Anyone who is a member of this forum. (Members of Bead&Button and ArtJewelry forums are also welcome to participate.)

Important Information : Once your piece is completed, use a digital camera to take a photo. A plain background, which allows your piece to take center stage is highly reccomended. Please send one photo with a resolution of 72 DPI and a size of 452 pixels in JPEG format.

Please submit photos to cammy@bejigged.com, along with a brief description of materials and techniques used, and any inspiration you wish to share.

Voting will occur once all photos and descriptions have been placed on the BeadStyle Web site. Voting will remain open for two weeks. A winner will then be announced, and the prize awarded.

Please use this thread to discuss the challenge, any questions you might have, or any inspiration and ideas you wish to share. ALL submissions are winners in their own rights. Remember that for some, simply adhering to a timeline or theme is their biggest challenge. For some they might have a fear of not being worthy... I say PHOEY! :^) We welcome all styles AND all skill levels into this challenge. I look forward to the following discussions, and to seeing everyones work.

Many thanks to Kalmbach publishing, and to Lindsay Headt for all their help and support.

Ahhhh....I thought I had lost this....

Thanks for pointing me back.  I actually have a submission that was inspired by a recent trip to Northern Wisconsin.  The lake I was on was crystal clear!!  I love looking at the colors of the rocks under the water and when I got home I found some stones that reminded me of the colors.  

Now to get the picture sent in....  :-)

Kathie  

Hello Cammy.  I would just like to confirm that you rec'd my submission.  Also, can you submit more than one piece?  Thanks!

Cammy,

I just sent mine in too...let me know if you didn't get it.

Kathie

Hi Cammy,

I just emailed you my entry. Please let me know that received it.

Kathi

Lindsay Haedt:

Theme: Cool Waters

Originally posted by camyam73, the challenge organizer.

Due Date: July 31st, 2007

How to Enter: Between now and July 31st create a piece of wearable art with your interpretation of the theme Cool Waters. Please note that this piece MUST be created during this time period, so please do not submit older work. ALL forms of wearable art that fall under jewelry or jewelry related will be accepted. Bead stringing, bead weaving, wire work, PMC, stamping, polyclay, smithing, are just a few of the forms that would be acceptable. To view old challenges please click here.

Who Can Enter: Anyone who is a member of this forum. (Members of Bead&Button and ArtJewelry forums are also welcome to participate.)

Important Information : Once your piece is completed, use a digital camera to take a photo. A plain background, which allows your piece to take center stage is highly reccomended. Please send one photo with a resolution of 72 DPI and a size of 452 pixels in JPEG format.

Please submit photos to cammy@bejigged.com, along with a brief description of materials and techniques used, and any inspiration you wish to share.

Voting will occur once all photos and descriptions have been placed on the BeadStyle Web site. Voting will remain open for two weeks. A winner will then be announced, and the prize awarded.

Please use this thread to discuss the challenge, any questions you might have, or any inspiration and ideas you wish to share. ALL submissions are winners in their own rights. Remember that for some, simply adhering to a timeline or theme is their biggest challenge. For some they might have a fear of not being worthy... I say PHOEY! :^) We welcome all styles AND all skill levels into this challenge. I look forward to the following discussions, and to seeing everyones work.

Many thanks to Kalmbach publishing, and to Lindsay Headt for all their help and support.

Cammy

Just bumping this up as a reminder...TOMORROW, JULY 31ST IS THE DEADLINE!

Glad you made it, Cammy! I'm looking forward to seeing the challenge results!

Lindsay 

I would like to know when the next challenge will be.  Are they held often?

 -Jimena-

Forum Challenge #12 is up and running! Here is a link. 

Please remember to vote for your favorite piece. The winner will receive a complimentary subscription to the Kalmbach jewelry magazine of his/her choice.

As always, I was very impressed by all of the entries. Great job, everybody!

Lindsay
 

EliteBeadCreations:

I would like to know when the next challenge will be.  Are they held often?

 -Jimena-

Hi Jimena,

The forum challenges don't really have a regular schedule. We hold them when it seems like there is enough interest to have a reasonable number of participants. If you're interested in participating in the future, just keep an eye on the Forum Challenge thread, which will always be located in the Show Us Your Work forum. I make it "sticky" so that it's always at the top of the list.

Lindsay 

Lindsay Haedt:

Forum Challenge #12 is up and running! Here is a link. 

Please remember to vote for your favorite piece. The winner will receive a complimentary subscription to the Kalmbach jewelry magazine of his/her choice.

As always, I was very impressed by all of the entries. Great job, everybody!

Lindsay
 

Woohoo!  A toast & mahalo (thank you) to Camyam73 for taking on this Challenge!  Nice to see so many entries this time.  Wasn't it fun?!?  For those of you waiting for the next Forum Challenge, perhaps you'd like to give the Color Challenge a try.  Just click on the keywords, "Color Challenge" on the main forum page.  ~alohabc 

Thank you Cammy and Lindsay for your hard work!  Everything looks very well and the entries are great!

Good luck to everyone.

 I'm so excited!! I can't wait to see who wins!!! Good luck to everyone!!!

Steph 

I am just getting to looking at all of the wonderful pieces on the challenge!!  What a beautiful grouping of work!  I can't really vote for only one can I?  Whew.  I'll have to think about this one.  This must be how it feels at BeadStyle every month trying to decide what to publish!! 

How long until the voting closes?

Great work everyone!!

Kathie

kjscrim:

How long until the voting closes?

Hey milli . . . here's the link . . .  forum challenge #12

Steph 

kjscrim:

How long until the voting closes?

I think we originally said voting would be open for two weeks, which means it would close tomorrow. Just to be on the safe side, I'll close it down Thursday morning.

Lindsay
 

Voting is closed and the results are in. Gabriela Luna won with 25% of the vote. Gabriela, please e-mail me at lhaedt@beadstylemag.com, and we can set up your subscription.

Thank you, everybody, for your participation. I hope that we have many successful challenges to come. 

Lindsay
 

Aloha & congrats, Gabriella!

A big MAHALO (thank you) to Cammy for getting everything together for us on this Challenge!  For those of you inspired and ready to give it a try, please take a look at our ongoing Color Challenge  http://cs.beadstylemag.com/bdscs/forums/t/607.aspx ...something of a warm-up for the next official Forum Challenge TBA.  ~alohabc