tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73588567136569838632023-11-16T05:52:23.700-05:00Metal Clay HeadsMetal Clay Headshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633342130256880942noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-62782462753991704692015-10-21T15:12:00.000-04:002015-10-21T15:12:13.844-04:00Our Fan-Fiction winner announce!Our Fan-Fiction challenge results are in! Here they are (p=popular poll, t=technical poll):
1) Handmade Dragon Eye Pendant Game of Thrones by TheSinteredArtist (p:31.58%/t:75%)
2) Hobbit mailbox by Envydesignsjewelry (p:47.36%/t:25%)
3) Fan Art Silver Pendant by MostlyStoneware (p:10.53%/t:0%); and
Divergent Movie Inspired Soaring Bird Silhouette Necklace by YorkAvenueStudio (p:10.53%/t:0%)
So Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-79385191365632604422015-09-21T23:57:00.000-04:002015-09-21T23:57:17.591-04:00MCHs Team Challenge: Fan-fiction ChallengeWelcome back to our team challenge. This time we challenge our team members to created a piece of metal clay art inspired by a book, movie, music or TV-series. We have received four wonderful submissions from our super-talented MCHs.
1) Divergent Movie Inspired Soaring Bird Silhouette Necklace by YorkAvenueStudio
Divergent necklace with soaring bird silhouette in Bronze with gold filled Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-52189265032016228592015-09-21T23:56:00.002-04:002015-09-22T00:01:16.701-04:00Fan-fiction Challenge Technical PollThis poll is reserved for MCHs members only. Thank you!
Click Here to Vote.
Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-55603664272375651262015-05-31T01:40:00.000-04:002015-05-31T01:40:21.209-04:00Congrats to our Add Some Color/Enameling Challenge Winner Carrie!We're so glad to announce we've a winner for our Add Some Color/Enameling Challenge -
Shelyn's Holy Symbol from CarrieMichael
Carrie's first attempt at a champleve finish with enamel won our hearts! The vote results are 50% of popular vote and 75% of technical vote (by the MCHs). Carrie won the bragging rights of being the Queen of Coloring Metal Clay Art 2015!
Thanks to all the Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-39222665276815892652015-05-03T08:00:00.000-04:002015-05-03T13:23:02.468-04:00MCHs Team Challenge: Add some color/enameling challenge Welcome! This time we challenged our Metal Clay Heads to add color or enamel their work. Member can use alcohol inks, ceramic/glass paints, enamel, resin, epoxy or colored pencil. The style or design is completely open. As is the metal. The possibilities are simply endless.
These are the fabulous, handmade entries.
1) Rag-A-Dolly Necklace from YorkAvenueStudio
Little girl Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-1353510963115334332015-05-03T05:41:00.000-04:002015-05-03T05:41:37.161-04:00Add some color/enameling challenge Technical PollThis poll is reserved for MCHs members only. Thank you!
Click Here to Vote.
Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-90865628220859494082014-12-25T17:06:00.005-05:002014-12-25T17:06:54.753-05:00And Santa is coming to ....Jennifer R!!!!
Jennifer won our December Blog Giveaway! Congrats! She will receive the Sea Inspired Necklace handmade by Barbara Alcock Gurlek of Fishbonesilver.
Sea Inspired Necklace by Fishbonesilver
Thanks for your partcipation. Biggest thanks to Barbara who contributed to the feature and the giveaway! Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! See you all in 2015!Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-33768343931099234792014-12-09T20:44:00.001-05:002014-12-09T20:44:44.390-05:00Metal Clay ... was the Best Invention Ever! -- Barbara Alcock GurlekHappy Holidays! While the outside is cold, cozy up inside in warmth and check out our December feature here! This month we've metal clay artist Barbara Alcock Gurlek of Fishbonesilver. As you can tell from looking at her wearable art, her inspirations come from the sea where she lives by.
Silver Aquarium Pendant by Fishbonesilver
Why did you pick your shop name?
The first thing I made Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-58873258561397432832014-11-25T15:32:00.000-05:002014-11-25T15:32:02.302-05:00Congrats to Linda M. who won our November Blog Giveaway!Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I'm sure our lucky winner Linda M. (llhm) will have a good holiday as well since she won our November blog giveaway! Here are the prizes Linda is getting:
Thanks to everyone who had participated! Our feature artist Kathy McDonald beautiful handmade collections can be reviewed here. Please stay tuned for our December feature.Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-19697843048749944202014-11-07T09:00:00.000-05:002014-11-07T09:00:03.967-05:00That magical connection of human hand, earth, and fire -- Kathy McDonaldWelcome! Our November’s feature artist is Kathy McDonald, a Canadian ceramic and jewelry artist who operates WillowTree Design near Brandon Manitoba.
This is what she says of her journey after several decades of art and craft.
A little bit about me: I live in Manitoba Canada and have operated WillowTree Pottery here for more than 25 years. My training is in psychology and education. I owe my Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-53235560037481701242014-11-05T20:46:00.001-05:002014-11-05T20:46:26.107-05:00October Blog Giveaway result is here! And the winner is ...Bethany!!!!
Congrats to Bethany who won! Thanks to everyone who has entered the giveaway. In the meantime please continue to admire our October featured artist Anna Siivonen's amazing creations here.
Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-6164818879282797372014-10-15T23:04:00.000-04:002014-10-15T23:06:04.856-04:00I actually managed in creating my dream job -- Anna SiivonenWelcome! Our October featured artist is Anna Siivonen from Sweden. Exotic, fairytale-ish (if there is such a word), dreamy ... are the words that wandering in my mind when I wow over Anna's wearable art. Here is an inspiring story on how she pursuit her dream since 6.
Serqet Scorpio Goddess Statement Necklace by Anna Siivonen
I have been dreaming about working with art since I was a kid (Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-54915630650395083622014-09-28T04:36:00.002-04:002014-09-28T04:43:30.141-04:00Congrats to Julie who won our September Blog Giveaway!Our lucky winner this time is Julie Tomes! She will receive a OOAK Peppergrass and Prairie Grass Textured Necklace from Kit and Caboodle Shop.
Peppergrass and Prairie Grass Textured Necklace by Kit and Caboodle Shop
Thanks to Gayle Dowell who spent her precious time to become our featured artist of September and everyone who participated. Our next blog giveaway will happen in no time, pleaseFaccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-49406389621253459242014-09-10T06:00:00.000-04:002014-09-10T06:00:06.982-04:00Kit and Caboodle Shop -- September Feature & Giveaway It's September and Fall is here. Nature is in full force. Our September featured artist Gayle Dowell lives in the heart of the flint hills prairies of Kansas where she finds most of her inspirations from nature.
Why did you pick your shop name?
When I first opened my Etsy shop, my
two daughters were making and selling jewelry with me. All three of us
had different styles and preferencesFaccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-69106479605138704912014-08-29T00:52:00.001-04:002014-08-29T00:52:43.345-04:00Winner Announce for our August Giveaway!The lucky winner is Susan Jolly Lokaj! She will receive the amazing Tree of Life Silver Pendant handmade by Lynn Cobb.
Congrats to Susan. Big thank you to Lynn. Thanks to everyone for your support. We will have another feature + giveaway coming in September, don't forget to come back and enter again!Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-53659802853143222872014-08-13T18:06:00.001-04:002014-08-13T18:06:33.582-04:00My inspiration? Creative process? Challenges? Ambitions?
August Featured Artist Lynn Cobb
Welcome to Metal Clay Heads Team Blog Feature and Giveaway! This time we have well-known and talented metal clay artist Lynn Cobb talking about her inspirations, her creative process, her challenges and ambitions on metal clay art.
My challenge, overwhelming at times, is to remain fresh and creative. I feel best about my work when it feels Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-73020156521729831472014-07-01T21:57:00.003-04:002014-07-01T21:57:50.589-04:00Artist Carrie Michael Feature + Blog Giveaway Result is here!And the winner is ...
Barbara!!!!!
Congrats to Barbara! She won the Copper English style ocarina pendant with an included purple sapphire beautifully handmade by Carrie Michael.
Big thanks to Carrie who devoted her precious time for the interview and giveaway. Thank you for your support and time to read the blog feature and to enter the giveaway. Please stay tuned on our next blog feature!Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-66523985633396986162014-06-16T12:00:00.000-04:002014-06-30T00:12:53.138-04:00It Feels Like Magic Every Time! June Featured Artist Carrie MichaelOur featured artist of June is Carrie Michael from Kalamazoo, MI. Carrie has extensive creative experience with polymer clay and has perfecting her skills on metal clay since 2012. Her work is whimsical and dreamy! Carrie is giving away a copper metal clay english style ocarina pendant to a lucky reader. Read on to learn how to enter the giveaway and win a piece of her amazing art!
Why did you Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-25815157424438331982014-02-06T20:36:00.001-05:002014-02-06T20:36:11.634-05:00We Have a Winner for Our Recycle Scraps Challenge!Congrats to .... drumroll ...Anise of SeavBeach whose Vintage Mother of Pearl Button Necklace won our challenge this time! We have a tide on the popular vote with 8 votes for both SeavBeach and Allegro Arts but SeavBeach led the technical poll by having 4 votes while Allegro Arts received 1.
Thanks to everyone who participated, including you who voted! Our next challenge will come in next Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-50558705747702603682014-01-21T14:56:00.000-05:002014-01-21T17:33:01.709-05:00MetalClayHeads Challenge - Recycle Scraps with Bezel Set StoneWelcome everyone! Our challenge this time is to recycle bits and pieces of leftover,
rundown, or just badly fired projects. Use imagination! We have
also added the technical challenge of bezel setting a stone or piece of
glass into the piece.
We received three beautiful, handmade, green art pieces this time.
Mended Heart Pendant - Fine Silver by AllegroArts
The heart base started as a Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-20276727837237888782014-01-21T14:55:00.001-05:002014-01-21T15:01:36.323-05:00Recycle Scraps Technical PollThe Technical Poll is limited to Metal Clay Heads members only!
Cast your vote here.
Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-28633741754810703462013-09-08T17:48:00.003-04:002013-09-08T17:48:27.593-04:00Congratulations to the Top Voted Metal Clay Designs - Text and Textures Challenge Results
Sideways Cross Tree of Life Bracelet by Janie of Lifeartdesigns
Back view - Sideways Cross Tree of Life Bracelet by Janie of Lifeartdesigns
Sunset at the Tree of Life by Carrie Michael of CarrieMichael
Congratulations to the top two voted designs using text and texture! Janie's designed bracelet had 17 votes and she now has "bragging rights" as well as gets the opportunity to YorkAvenueStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10668227327904287150noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-9053841911305392882013-08-25T02:55:00.000-04:002013-08-25T04:01:38.856-04:00Text And Textures With Metal Clay - Metal Clay Heads Team Challenge
Presenting The 2013 Third Quarter Metal Clay Design Challenge by Etsy’s Metal Clay Heads Team.
Entrants were posed with the challenge of designing a metal clay original work under the theme “Text and/or Texture”.
Metal Clay is a wonderful product that is soft and pliable, then dries hard by air, then finally hard metal when fired. Each stage presents opportunity for the artist toHeartsabustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10395919244364175859noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-49266507524060006462013-01-07T13:40:00.000-05:002013-01-07T13:40:45.573-05:00Another way to look at Marketing
I am in no way a marketing guru - I do however have access to some very talented and knowledgeable experts in the field, that I pump for information at any possible opportunity!
Marketing
I recently attended a workshop on marketing and thought I would share some of the points that were discussed.
It was a bit of an idiots guide to marketing, some great points came up that might just Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18245581195499117333noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7358856713656983863.post-509405426089288512012-12-28T14:17:00.000-05:002012-12-28T14:17:38.565-05:00
Metal Clay Heads Your Style Challenge Results
We challenged our team members on creating a design with
the theme "Your Style" with any technique of their choice and received seven amazing entries. Here are
the results:
By Popular Vote:
1. Bronze Star Anise Spice Jewelry - SeavBeach with 9 votes
2. Dolphin Necklace - Lifeartdesigns with 4 votes
3. Amethyst stone cage necklace cats - Faccia Felicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235610811343131324noreply@blogger.com5