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Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - WINNER ANNOUNCED... - 12/22/2008 9:23:23 AM

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HOLIDAY REPURPOSED JEWELRY CHALLENGE!!!

Dates: December 22, 2008 through January 25, 2009

The Challenge: Make a piece of jewelry out of "Holiday Junk", something that would normally get tossed out!!! Wrapping paper, tinsel, bows/ribbons, a broken ornament, burnt out holiday light, that stale candy cane that’s been in your wrapping paper tub for 15 years, holiday cards, pieces of your broken Menorah that you just can't bear to toss, wood from the dying Yule Tree, well, you get the idea.

The jewelry has to be made from at least 70% Repurposed Holliday "Junk". This gives room for you to use jewelry wire/clasps if you like, but the more of it that is repurposed, the better!!!

You should include a short artist stament about the piece, what materials were used, and techniques you employed to create the piece.

This challenge will be juried by myself, and possibly a couple other jewelry artists not on EBSQ.

The Prize: The winner will receive a copy of Susan Lenart Kazmer’s book, “Making Connections; A Handbook of Cold Joins for Jewelers and Mixed-Media Artists.”

About the book (from Amazon):

“Featuring a wide variety of cold-join techniques from the commonly used to the amazingly new, this beautiful handbook is the first on cold connections and combines the art of jewelry making with modern craft assemblage, which metal workers can use to spark creativity and look at their craft in new, innovative ways. Proving everyday found objects—staples, rivets, fibers, resins—can be used to make beautiful jewelry, sculpture, or mixed media, this guide explains how to craft original works with just about anything. Each chapter offers a new technique with a different attaching method along with descriptive sketches showing the connecting layers. This handy crafter’s resource showcases a gallery of 23 top jewelry artists and offers insights, philosophies, and techniques as well as pages of creative musings and stunning photos of marionettes and jewelry.”

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 12/26/2008 5:29:44 PM

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 12/29/2008 2:14:38 PM

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The bulk of the holiday chaos is over so let's see those gee-gaws!

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 12/29/2008 6:54:55 PM

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damn, I've been wanting that book....

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/2/2009 6:10:48 PM

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Still no submissions??? You all should be recovered from New Years by now (if MY hangover is over, then I KNOW your's should be too!!!

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Lets see those repurposed jewelry pieces!!!!

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/2/2009 6:12:12 PM

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I want to do this Joe, but I can't even think about it until next week. We have all month, right?

AND where the hell have you been, btw?? I was about to send out a search party.....

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/2/2009 6:21:38 PM

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We have till Jan 25th!!

I'v been working "out in the field" the past 2 weeks, so no office, no internet. Since most of the base I work at shut down for 2 weeks, including the project I'm on, we all got "offered" to go out and pick up trash for 10 hours a day. Yee haw, roaming the desert for trash and trying not to get blown up (Our desert was used in WWII for mine testing, and back then they didn't record how many/where mines were placed, still a lot of em out there hidding).

Well, it was either pick up trash, use up ALL my vacation and sick time, or take 2 weeks off NOT paid.... Well, I decided to pick up trash. I did have some vacation saved up, but I want to use that for vacation, not to make up hours my project is shut down....

The good news, at our company Christmas Party, local buisiness's donated door prizes and I won a gift certificate for a 1 hour massage/adjustment at the Chiropractor!

With my back probs, I will definatly use that!!!

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/3/2009 10:49:56 AM

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Sounds like fun and a great prize but I don't have any christmas junk laying around here. I kept a few nic nacs that are cute but threw everythign else out or gave it away.

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/5/2009 9:57:51 AM

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ORIGINAL: BeadedHeron

Sounds like fun and a great prize but I don't have any christmas junk laying around here. I kept a few nic nacs that are cute but threw everythign else out or gave it away.

Many storefronts will be tossing their holliday decorations, or parts of em out right about now, so if you don't have any "junk" to repurpose, ask around, or even peek into dumpsters and neighbors trash cans.....

I won't tell anyone!!

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/12/2009 3:48:10 PM

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/12/2009 5:37:51 PM

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Working on it! Finally resolved a major logistics issue I was having...

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/12/2009 5:45:16 PM

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OOh, I like the prize. Too bad I'm useless in 3D...

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/13/2009 6:14:50 AM

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garrrr I missed this...hmm wunner if I can still get sumpin done before the deadline

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/15/2009 11:49:01 AM

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Bump bump!!

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/20/2009 5:00:35 PM

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Still no entries??? And down to the last week!! I may just be buying that book for myself.....(hint hint everyone, get moving!!)

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/20/2009 7:19:22 PM

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Shhhh. This way, no matter how bad mine sucks, I win, right?

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/21/2009 5:39:14 PM

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I'm hoping to make something!

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/26/2009 11:47:46 AM

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Okay, such as they are, I finally got photos. This funky sea creature necklace was made form left over Scooby Doo wrapping paper (to make the paper beads) and matching satin ribbon.

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/26/2009 12:11:45 PM

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Another - adjustable length.

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RE: Holiday Repurposed Jewelry Challenge - Open Now - P... - 1/26/2009 12:19:02 PM

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Very nice Donna!!

As no one made the deadline (which was yesterday) I am EXTENDING this challenge until the Sunday AFTER Valentines day, Feb. 15th!!! (Sorry Donna, you won't win by default, but its a nice necklace, so you're still in the competition!)

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