plastic industry india » jewelry contest http://plastic-industry-india.com plastic industry article and news Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:31:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Award winning artist Cathy Frank shares her winning piece http://plastic-industry-india.com/2010/05/28/award-winning-artist-cathy-frank-shares-her-winning-piece/ http://plastic-industry-india.com/2010/05/28/award-winning-artist-cathy-frank-shares-her-winning-piece/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 12:08:00 +0000 Linda Peterson Designs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923172618884530773.post-4263422678483962973
Imagine checking your inbox to receive this...

Cathy,
Congratulations! Although "Watercolor Owl Pendant" did not win an official prize in the 2010 Your Designs Rock Contest, our catalog editor Polly thinks your design displays a noteworthy use of Rings & Things stock in a practical design (winning pieces are sometimes too outrageous to be functional).

As a way to say "well done," we’re giving you a electronic gift certificate you can use this gift whenever you’d like.

To see your entry, plus winners and other "Polly's Picks," visit our online Design Gallery at:


http://www.rings-things.com/gallery/

Wow! That would totally make my day as Im sure it did Cathy's!!!  We want to send out a great big CONGRATULATIONS! to Cathy for winning  Polly's Pick!

Here's a little more about the winning artist Cathy:

Artist: Cathy Frank (Pittsburgh, PA)
Polly's Pick, Found Objects & Miscellaneous
"After producing multimedia jewelry (Metalsmithing BS, Art Ed, SUNY, New Paltz ‘81), ornaments and Judaica for over 20 years -- the past 12 primarily with Friendly Plastic(R) -- I feel like I have been reborn! With the help and generosity of the online crafters community, I have begun to experiment with alcohol inks, imprinting on Friendly Plastic and fabricating thin sheet metal. How-to blogs, tutorials and videos abound and each artist is encouraged and invited to take their own artistic journey. Through experimentation new techniques emerge. I am very excited with my results!

"Technique: Alcohol inks are air brushed onto Friendly Plastic modeling sticks and heated in a small oven. Gold and bronze embossing powders are applied to stamp and pressed into the Friendly Plastic after about 1 minute of cooling and setting. Piece is then buffed with a soft cloth to remove some of the powder, trimmed and adhered to card stock. Metal work: Gold and silver wire is twisted together and formed around the Friendly Plastic piece. Wire is adhered to the front matte board template. ArtEmboss gold sheet is cut, adhered to the back, and burnished up and around the side of the piece, capturing the twisted wire and bezeling it in place. Holes are made carefully with a dental tool and all findings are attached."


-- Cathy Frank

Job well done Cathy!!! Can't wait to see more!







Polly’s Picks are designs our editor especially likes despite the fact that they did not win a formal prize. These designs are often simple, practical and/or whimsical examples of how to use Rings & Things components well.







View more 2010 Polly's Picks. Or, check for details about our most recent contest!









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]]> http://plastic-industry-india.com/2010/05/28/award-winning-artist-cathy-frank-shares-her-winning-piece/feed/ 0 Get those entries in! Sherry McGilvray did and she won!!! http://plastic-industry-india.com/2010/02/09/get-those-entries-in-sherry-mcgilvray-did-and-she-won/ http://plastic-industry-india.com/2010/02/09/get-those-entries-in-sherry-mcgilvray-did-and-she-won/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:09:00 +0000 Linda Peterson Designs tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7923172618884530773.post-645995651865621936
Is your head spinning with ideas for the Rings and Things contest?  What/!?!?!?! You don't know if you should enter????  WHY NOT!?!?! What have you got to lose?  Check out this email below from one of the past winners:

Hi Linda,
I visit the Friendly Plastic blog each day.  I enjoy seeing new techniques and other artists work.  On todays blog I noticed you mentioned the Rings and Things contest.  I entered this contest in 2008 and won Polly's pick, Alternative Materials category.  A picture of my friendly plastic pin "Shopper Girl" is featured on the friendly plastic page 361 in the 2009 catalog.   I have attached a copy of my pin in case you don't have their catalog.
Sincerely,
Sherry McGilvray

Sherry was also one of the 2010 Design Challenge Winners! But....as she knows....you can't win if you don't enter!  So get those entries in...then email me and let me know too!

Congratulations to Sherry!  Next time...will I be congratulating you??

Friendly Plastic can be purchased at Rings N Things.



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