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Music Inspired Contest
Well this is our second forum wide contest we have hosted and once again we have pushed our artists to their limits . The idea of the music inspired challenge was to have a song or a certain type of music inspire our artists to create a piece that reflects how the music affects them. Music can touch a person in their deepest core, and as you can see from our entries the challenge worked.
The winning member will receive two weeks of free advertising on the Handmade Artists’ Forum, HAF Blog, Chainmaille By MBOI, and Makin’ The Best Of it as well as $25.00 cold hard cash to do with whatever they want!
There is also a prize for voting and leaving a comment! At the end of the contest we will choose one person at random who votes and will give them $25.00 to spend on any item they want on The Handmade Artists’ Shop!
In addition to the $25.00 prize the commenter also will win this beautiful Handmade Little Black Bear by iKnitQuiltSew.
This bear has everything going for it! In keeping with the first contest, he’s upcycled… In a previous life, he was a machine washable coat (which has been washed)! If a disaster strikes, this bear can be put in a pillow case or a lingerie bag and machine washed and dried on warm settings! In keeping with this contest, I can remember singing a song when I was in Girl Scouts (many, MANY years ago) about a little black bear. The pads of his feet and fronts of his ears are eco-felt (made from recycled paper and water bottles!). He has safety-stay plastic eyes and a hand-embroidered nose and mouth. His arms and legs move – they are jointed with the old-fashioned string-and-button method which is all internal. Without his scarf, he is completely child-safe. Standing, he is 12 inches (30.5 cm) tall.
So take your time and pick your favorite, you can vote only once per IP address, and don’t forget to leave a comment to be automatically entered to win $25.00 to spend at the HAFshop and that beautiful Little Black Bear!
| Trusk4U Inspired By “The Mystic’s Dream” by Loreena McKennitt | |
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iKnitQuiltSewInspired by O’ Chritstmas Tree |
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| PennyFarrowInspired by Ron carter Quartet, Sunshower |
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| GrandDesign Inspired by Abney Park, The Clockyard |
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2DezineArt
Inspired by Miles Davis,
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| TotallyUniqueTreasuresInspired by Dire Straits, Sultan of Swing | |
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Inspired by Claudio Monteverdi, Pur ti miro
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Inspired by Rhapsody by George Gershwin |
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HollynSage
Inspired by the Moody BluesNights in White Satin |
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| Crafted RootsInspired Moonlight Sonata, by Beethoven | |
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The voting will end 12/01/2010 at midnight, so get your votes in and don’t forget to comment and be automatically entered to win $25.00 to spend at the Handmade Artists’ Shop and the beautiful Little Black Bear!
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Tags: artisan, artist, craft, crafts, Creative Handmade Artisans, Handmade, Handmade Harbor, handmade jewelry, jewellery, jewelry, steampunk
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79 Responses to “Music Inspired Contest”
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Wow – these are all delightful! It was a difficult choice, however the Sultan of Swing has won my heart.
Cheers,
Susan
Grand Design’s piece was inspired by the Abney Park song The Clockyard from their Æther Shanties album. 🙂
I voted!
Fifteen minutes of staring and scrolling, but I finally voted. Could you guys have made it any harder? Really?
Amazing job, all of you!
The 2DezineArt piece sings of the elegance of Miles Davis and his fabulous trumpet. Very well done.
Thanks Crafted Roots for adding my inspiration song. I voted too.
I voted. Thanks everyone for the wonderful comments.
The Trusk4U spoke to me immediately. Since I’m a one-of-a-kind jewelry designer, I appreciate others who do the same.
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Voted. Wonderful job everyone!
It was tough, but I finally picked one. Good luck everybody!
This is truly one of our best contests yet. I think the turnout and quality of entries is fantastic. Although tough I did vote. I am also putting down this comment for the bear! He is amazing, so this will be the first contest that I ‘m letting my comment count. I never pick the comment winner anyway so it will be fair. LOL
Andrew
This was such a difficult decision!
Love Grand Design’s piece. Now if only they could make the eye follow the viewer…
Love the Christmas Tree!
Voted for Rasmalai because I am fond of cutouts, and that one is cute.
I voted for iknitquiltsew. Good quality work.
some lovely pieces here! Great idea for a contest too, music inspired has me thinking…
These are all beautiful. Congratulations to all of you on jobs well done!
I vote for Grand Design – it reminds me of a song that rolls along, like the gears, but also holds a surprise. Very imaginative!
Hard choice – but I love the simplicity of the button bracelet!
They are all great, but 2DezineArt Did it for me! Love it!
It was a hard decision but I voted for Grand Design. That is just an awesome piece.
I love the clean modern lines of “freddy freeloader” by 2DezineArt.. gorgeous work
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I voted for iknitquiltsew! Just love the Christmas tree inspired theme. Great needlework and the colors are very festive! Very cheerful and sure to bring the joy of the season to anyone that receives it as a gift.
Everyone did an awesome job, but I was torn between Grand Design and Totally Unique Treasures. I ended up going with Totally Unique Treasures. Good luck to all!
Everything was so beautiful! Great work! 🙂
Totally Unique Treasures your entry is perfect for the Sultan of Swing.
Everything is lovely!!
Can we still enter?
Sorry entries are closed maybe next time.
They’re all lovely, that’s for darn sure. 🙂
Nice work everyone! Love the 2DezineArt piece! Posted the link on my facebook page to help spread the word about the contest. Good luck to all!
Really beautiful creations everyone!
Took awhile and I love them all! Great work all!
I voted, great job everyone, maybe we can do this again;-)
As a button person and one who loves the Moody Blues I had to vote for HollynSage. And bears? That one is great and should come home to me since the closing date for this contest is my birthday!!!
So many great entries! Certainly made for a second challenge just to decide who to vote for!
I voted, and thanks for the kind words. Good luck to all who entered!!
Fun contest. I liked all the entries but jewlery gets me everytime. thanx for sharing your art.
Such a decision to make! Great job everyone. Wish I had at least half your talent!
These were all great. It was very difficult to choose just one. They all deserve to win. Great job all.
love the quilt made by iknitquiltsew. it’s beautiful!
Love all the entries, interesting how the songs fit so well to each individual designs. I had a difficult time deciding, Totally Unique Treasures caught my eye.
Lovely examples of very talented artists. It was very hard to choose. Thank you for showcasing everyone.
Hello, just came by from Twitter, have voted and my choice is in the lead. lol. What an incredibly cute bear!
This is a great way to showcase these artists’ talent. I can’t wait to see the next contest!
Awesome giveaway!! Thank you so much. I went ahead and voted for Rasamalai – beautiful work. Although all of it was very beautiful, so it was a difficult choice.
Fun!!! I love music so much and i think i might take this challenge myself at home.
I love them all..one fave is Clockyard because i have seen a lot of Steampunk designs lately..but this one is unique!
Rasamalai was my choice! It’s detail is stunning and the design is directly related to the music! Love it.
I voted for Rasmalai because I love her work the most and it is very colorful and creative .
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I voted for Totally Unique Treasures….love the interpretation! Looks like I would picture the Sultan of Swing. 🙂 Great job, everyone! Such a hard choice!
So difficult to choose! But in the end I voted for the gorgeous creation by Totally Unique Treasures, to me it looks as exotic as the name ‘Sultan’ implies, and its as pretty as the Dire Straits song 🙂
It’s really hard to vote for just one. They’re all great.
I love all the designs, and it was really hard to decide, because Freddy Freeloader caught my eye, but I had to go with The Clockyard, definitely caught the essence of the song with that piece Grand Design.
Wonderful work everyone!
Everything is absolutely beautiful. Sorry I missed the opportunity to enter. We have such a talented group!
I voted, it was not an easy decision, great work everyone!
Love ALL the shops and beautiful items but I finally voted for Rasamali!
I voted for Crafted Roots – Inspired Moonlight Sonata, by Beethoven
Amazing pieces from amazing artisans, but I had to vote for Penny.. love her work!
My favorite is the Rasamalai
I voted! I have to say it was really hard to decide. Great entries!
All way cool. Can see the inspiration and a very hard choice. But Sultans of Swing captured so much of that quirky, artistic song. Great competition.
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The papercut work and beadwork by Rasamalai ia amazing!
I loved the entries I picked Pur Ti Miro, Love the Contests Hope to Enter the Next one. God Bless
I voted (just in time) All were worthy of my vote… but I fell for Knights in White Satin…
This was a wonderful collection to look through. Rasamali got my vote! (But everyone has such teriffic entries!)
Voted for Rasamalai. Great work.
I am amazed! What gorgeous work, all of them… but the process and product that stunned me was Rasamalai!
I like Rasamalai!
I agree. Rasamalai is stunning. Good luck with the contest.
And the vote goes to…Rasamalai. The song and the design reflect love and perhaps gain a new audience.
I liked Rasamalai too, but there were other great designs too.:-) Thanks for sharing your work!
Love Rasamalai’s work-beautiful
Well we have a winner! Unfortunately I had the poll settings incorrect and it allowed multiple votes from the same ip address. Well I’ll remember to fix this for the next contest. So I had to manually count the votes deleting duplicate votes from the same ip address. The winner is Rasamalai with 98 unique votes. I will be contacting her directly to give her the prize. I will draw the comment winner shortly and announce it hopefully today.
Congrats to all of our entries, the contest was a close one and it truly showed how talented a bunch we are.
Well we just put the comments into the random number generator and the winner of the comments is Carol J Grand-Cowan comment #5 was the lucky one! Carol of the Grand Design is a maker of lovely steampunk jewelry as well and a long time member of the forum. So congrats Carol and I’ll be contacting you shortly to hook you up with your prizes of $25.00 cash to spend at the HAFshop and the lovely teddy bear!
Thanks again to all who participated and hopefully we will have another contest soon after the holidays.
Until then…
Rasamalai!
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