Thursday, October 17, 2013

December 2013 "Out of this World" Challenge

We have our new theme, Everyone! From Karen of WizardIslandDesigns:

 Out of this World

"In this theme, I ask you to be inspired by things that are “out of this world”. Whether you choose to explore elements of science fiction/fantasy or real world celestial bodies, the only requirement is that you let your imagination run wild and “aim for the stars”.

I’ve been obsessed lately with accurately depicting nature and I thought it would be a nice stretch to try and create something more fantastical."

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.

October Challenge "The Art of Geometry" Winners




Congratulations to Zvia of zviagil for winning the blog vote in our October challenge with her piece, "Not just a square."

Here are the top winners" 1st place with 86 votes - #12 Not just a Square by zviagil 
2nd place with 62 votes - # 5  Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet by DebgerDesigns 
3rd place with 54 votes - #11 Honeybee Collar by WizardIsalndDesigns (team vote winner) 
4th place with 45 votes - #2 Geometric Necklace - SashaSi
5th place with 38 votes - #13 Geometric Beaded Green Pendant by BeautyGlamourLuba6th place  with 26 votes - #10 Geometric Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet by MaryTDesigns7th place with 25 votes- #20 Murano Geometry Beaded Necklace by PlumidiaCollection8th place with 24 votes  -#9  Tetra Bracelet by KrisDesignFSP9th place with 23 votes  - #6 Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace by beadn4fun10th place with 19 votes- #14 Black and White Geometry Bracelet by AnnaCohen


Congratulations to Karen of WizardIslandDesigns for winning the Internal vote in The Art of

Geometry October challenge! Here are the top entries:
1st place with 19 votes - #11 Honeybee Collar by WizardIslandDesigns
2nd place with 11 votes each -#2 Geometric Necklace by SashaSi, and #10 Geometric Beadwoven Cuff by MaryTDesigns
4th place with 7 votes - #7 Triangles and Squares by EsmereldasStudio
5th place with 6 votes - #13 Geometric Beaded Green Pendant by BeautyGlamourLuba
6th place with 5 votes each - #5 Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet by DebgerDesigns, and #6 Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace by beadn4fun
8th place with 4 votes - Perception Bangle by #1 CreationsofAgape.


Karen will have the pleasure of selecting our theme for December 2013, the last challenge of the year.

Monday, October 7, 2013

Voting for the October "The Art of Geometry" Challange

Choose your favorite entry for this October's "The Art of Geometry" challenge and vote for it during the 9th and 15th on the poll on the right sidebar.



Click on the images or links below to learn more about each entry and see larger, detailed images of each piece.

PLEASE VOTE ONLY ONCE FOR YOUR FAVORITE ENTRY.


1. Perception Bangle - CreationsofAgape 2. Geometric Necklace - SashaSi 3. Geometrical Beaded Necklace - enchantedbeads 4. Geometric Cutout Cuff Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns 5. Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet  - DebgerDesigns 6. Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace - beadn4fun 7. Trangles and squares bracelet - EsmerldasStudio 8. Modern Geometric Leather Strappy Bracelet - crimsonfrog 9. TETRA bracelet - KrisDesignFSP 10. Geometric Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns 11. Honeybee Collar - WizardIslandDesigns 12. Not just a square -  - zviagil 13. Geometric Beaded Green Pendant - BeautyGlamourLuba 14. Black and White geometry bracelet - AnnaCohen 15. Cube Bicones and Flowers - Jewelrybyjane29 16. Textured Lines Cuff - OfYourLove 17. Homage to the Square - KraftKonfessions 18. Repetition II Cocktail Hour Corset Cuff - crownrosegems 19. Geometric Cat Necklace - Maewa 20. Murano geometry beaded necklace - PlumidiaCollection 21. Black, White & Red Abstract Necklace - BeadworkAndCoe 22. Zig Zag Glass Bead Peyote Stitch Cuff - Fivefootfury13 23. Scottish Heritage - Davianna 24. Beadwork Candy Cane Earrings - ArtMasquerading Image Map
1. Perception Bangle - CreationsofAgape | 2. Geometric Necklace - SashaSi | 3. Geometrical Beaded Necklace - enchantedbeads | 4. Geometric Cutout Cuff Bracelet - MegansBeadedDesigns | 5. Ferris Wheel Bangle Bracelet - DebgerDesigns | 6. Vesta Roman Tile Brooch Necklace - beadn4fun | 7. Trangles and squares bracelet - EsmerldasStudio | 8. Modern Geometric Leather Strappy Bracelet - crimsonfrog | 9. TETRA bracelet - KrisDesignFSP | 10. Geometric Beadwoven Cuff Bracelet - MaryTDesigns | 11. Honeybee Collar - WizardIslandDesigns | 12. Not just a square - - zviagil | 13. Geometric Beaded Green Pendant - BeautyGlamourLuba | 14. Black and White geometry bracelet - AnnaCohen | 15. Cube Bicones and Flowers - Jewelrybyjane29 | 16. Textured Lines Cuff - OfYourLove | 17. Homage to the Square - KraftKonfessions | 18. Repetition II Cocktail Hour Corset Cuff - crownrosegems | 19. Geometric Cat Necklace - Maewa | 20. Murano geometry beaded necklace - PlumidiaCollection | 21. Black, White & Red Abstract Necklace - BeadworkAndCoe | 22. Zig Zag Glass Bead Peyote Stitch Cuff - Fivefootfury13 | 23. Scottish Heritage - Davianna | 24. Beadwork Candy Cane Earrings - ArtMasquerading |