Jewelry and Beading » jewelry contests http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading Jewelry Making and Beading Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:30:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Calls for jewelry entries and submissions http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/calls-for-jewelry-entries-and-submissions/ http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/calls-for-jewelry-entries-and-submissions/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:17 +0000 Cyndi Lavin http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/?p=5423 Post from: Jewelry and Beading

]]> Bead + Fiber Gallery, 100 Under 100: deadline 11/01/09
This is the second annual holiday show.  Bead + Fiber seeks artists who produce original work in a range of prices, with at least one item $100 or under.

Stringing winter challenge, Inspired by Art: deadline 11/06/09
Challenge yourself by creating a piece using stringing or simple wirework techniques based on a title provided by the editors of Stringing. All entries will be posted on the website, and readers will have a chance to vote on their favorites.

Fabrications Six, a jewelry and textile exhibition: deadline 11/14/09
Crossings is calling all textile, fiber and jewelry artists for submissions to the annual juried December exhibition “Fabrications”. Entries can include artwork such as contemporary gallery pieces, wall hangings, 3-dimensional fiber sculpture, wearable art of all types, handcrafted jewelry, and holiday ornaments.

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/calls-for-jewelry-entries-and-submissions/feed/ 0 Beads & Beyond winners! http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/beads-beyond-winners/ http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/beads-beyond-winners/#comments Mon, 19 May 2008 23:19:39 +0000 Cyndi Lavin http://www.jewelryandbeading.com/2008/05/19/bead-beyond-winners/ Post from: Jewelry and Beading

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Wow! It’s amazing to me how many people love the same things I do…Hugh Laurie, the Beatles, the Stones, Jane Austen, etc etc.

I wish I could have given a free magazine to every single one of you, but alas… Our three winners are Catherine, Kris, and Roberta! Yay!!

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]]> http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/beads-beyond-winners/feed/ 0 My friend Cindy Forrester won first place!!! http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/my-friend-cindy-forrester-won-first-place/ http://www.blisstree.com/jewelryandbeading/my-friend-cindy-forrester-won-first-place/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 12:00:13 +0000 Cyndi Lavin http://www.jewelryandbeading.com/2008/05/08/my-friend-cindy-forrester-won-first-place/ Post from: Jewelry and Beading

]]> I am so proud of her!! She entered her wonderful mixed media jewelry piece in Rings & Things 2008 contest, Your Designs Rock, and her piece won first place in the Alternative Materials category. Yay, Cindy!!

More of Cindy’s work can be found on Cindy Forrester Designs

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Alternative Materials Category
Safe

Artist: Cindy Forrester (Deltona, FL)
First Place, Alternative Materials

My inspiration came from the drawer pull and keyhole cover. I found these gorgeous pieces at an antique fair. They just spoke to me of being safe behind lock and key. I came across the gorgeous agate and copper trade beads at Rings & Things and knew they would work wonderfully with the design. I separated the two pieces of the drawer pull. On one piece, which is on the side of the necklace, I attached a transferred image of a lady. I soldered the other piece to the round glass pendant and soldered filigree to the top, to portray a door knocker. Behind this piece, in the glass pendant, is a transferred photo of a vintage house. I attached a transferred image of a door into the keyhole of the keyhole cover. The square pendant has another transferred vintage photo of a lady standing inside her home with an open window looking out over the city. I added a piece of vintage lace, a vintage dictionary word (“safe”) and, on the back, I added aged decorative paper and more words (“to return safe and sound, God keep you”). I also used two rusty keys in the design. All of the pieces just seemed to come together to create a very unusual piece.

The processes I used were soldering the pendants and drawer pull, wire wrapping the beads and using liver of sulfur to age the sterling silver and copper. This piece took a couple of weeks, working on it in the evenings and weekends. The obstacles were to get the drawer pull and filigrees soldered onto the round pendant and making each of the two connected the right lengths, with each side a different length. – Cindy Forrester

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