Eco Challenge + Prizes ~Posting Picture Time~

[vfem]

I have started a Challenge for an art piece, whether functional art (jewelry, clothes, purses, ect) or hanging art.... or pottery... or WHATEVER makes you create.... must be made from found junk.

This Challenge is over at my favorite artist website EBSQart.com though since there are a wide range of artists who do challenges there.

Its free to sign up with a'patron' account and then you can participate in the challenge.

THERE ARE PRIZES so sign up, get your recyclable goods or JUNK ready, and start making a piece or art we'll all love.

So get the rules, get the details, and sign up by the dates listed.

http://www.ebsqart.com/forum/m_254150/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm#254150

Use the thread on the website to list updates, photos of your project you are adding and so on. You can ask questions about the challenge here or there!

I guess you can post pics of your challenge piece whenever you want here too! Maybe more people will come and join us.

Can't wait to see everyone who comes, I have some fun prizes picked out for the winners of the Challege. (October 30th 2009 is the final all done date)

http://guiavieques.com/photolog/photos/beach_garbage_pile.jpg

I've seen a lot of great garden art from you guys lately... come on over and join in.

*p.s. - A piece that is already done does not count! It has to be a new piece done between now and October 30th! Thanks.

(I am doing this challenge and I am giving away the prizes, so you KNOW it will be good. )

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!!!!!

 

[Greensage45]

Hi vfem,

So the theme is "eco-friendly" with an emphasis on recycling something into something it is not?

I guess being gardeners one could create an office in the garden, but instead of an office table it is made from Hypertufa or something, and instead of a computer you could gut an old one and put plants growing out of where the screen would be. The file cabinet would be opened drawer for planting with the little flowers spouts being the files (even rows of seedlings).

This way our "work" is herald as the "New Office of the Future" LOL, although I would hate to visit the doctor if his office is outside!

Sorry, I am just being imaginative, the problem I really have is my parameters are too far and too great. I am a visual thinker and unless there is a more specific approach to something I tend to let my mind wander. Is there a more in-depth description over there at your art site? I know, I should go look, but .....but what if I like it there? Oh Lordy another site to grab me away! I promise I will look.

I mentioned Hypertufa above because that is what I have been reading about for several days. I have been combing shapes and pieces for creating a collection of bowls, planters, pagodas, and other such fun things. The evenings are getting cooler and the air is changing. One of the biggest challenges in this medium is the drying time needs to be extended and slowed as much as can be; being in the dry desert doesn't afford us that kind of humidity. So this is the best time. Pieces can take 2 months to dry properly, and then to bring them out of the over abundant alkalinity for planting. I am tempted to do all this throughout the winter so when Spring arrives it is all complete.

OK...sorry, I am rambling. I am pretty good with bouncing ideas, but I drift at times. <smile>

I cannot wait to see everyone's input and output .....I can only imagine.

Ron

 

[vfem]

Yes, there is an in depth description on the art site, the only valid challenge participants I will accept have to be on that thread on that site. I have the call for challengers so wide spread I needed a central location to conduct the challenge from... you get it!? Its so my brain doesn't expland doing cross platforms...

I do actually do art challenges over there... and they actually have a section for such a thing, so that is where I set it up!

All details on the challenge, and all questions should be directed there! I will however review questions here, on BYC, on my facebook and eventaully on my blog!

Most importantly, I wanted to do this, to give that extra push to people who would always DREAM of something to do with what they find. This way, that something will GET DONE and you could win a prize for using your imagination... and doing something good for the planet all at once!

This site I used has a PAID membership option asking you to sign up as an artist. However, You don't have to have a paid membership to use this forum. Sign up as a PATRON with a free account and you will have access to join this challenge, as well as use 1/2 the forum threads about other art related things.


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GET CREATIVE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!


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[vfem]

By the Ron... .if you SERIOUSLY want to do the garden office... by all means I am DYING to see it now you brought it up!!!!!!!

 

[Greensage45]

This is not a valid entry. I am just sharing and this being "Garden" oriented I thought you might like to see.

These are roses that I created last year. I tried my hand at selling these at the Farmer's Market here in Las Cruces (a nice market), but the times are too hard on my soul. When there are no sales it breaks my heart, and then I feel rejected. I stopped, happily stopped, this past April and have stayed close to home ever since.

The real kicker was when one guy came up to my stand and said "Ohhhh, these remind me of my failures" and then laughed. I was floored and engaged him at what he meant by that. He said he literally had made almost the exact same product years ago and the public just did not embrace them. He tried and tried and he failed. I do think he could have kept that to himself, I am sure I would have felt the same in the long-run otherwise.

This is not a lost art by any means, I believe that it is just set aside for a bit and the next time it might be expressed in a different medium.

Some of you may have seen these over at the old BYC.

Ron's Roses

At any rate, these were constructed with various paper backed with aluminum flashing. They are on wooden dowels and are 24" long. I was inspired by my own mind to create this pattern and have been working on the same template since 1993.

Enjoy!

Ron

 

[vfem]

I love those RON! Great... inspire people to come join... I've had a lot of messages about it, and I've gotten a few PM's from people going to sign up at EBSQ so they can join in, so I think this is going to be one AWESOME challenge.

By the way, they wouldn't qualify because you are using new product... it would have to be a used product that no longer serves its original purpose... and there is a minimum of 2 of those junk items per art piece to qualify.

Other then that, you can do whatever you want!!!!!!

 

[wifezilla]

This isn't a valid entry either, but I make collages out of recycled fabrics, beads and coins...

 

[vfem]

Gorgeous Wife!!! I hope it motivates you to come join the challenge. I have people signed up to get ready now, but they will officially post when they collect their 'found' objects.

 

[wifezilla]

For me it isn't the issue of finding the materials....it is finding my desk so I can put them together!

 

[lesa]

Ron, I really love those roses... I wonder if they could be made into pins? I love wearing a " flower" on my lapel. It helps me make it to spring! I happened to get my Country Living mag today and thought of you, when I read this quote, "Rejection can be hard, especially when you're presenting something to the world that's a little part of you. But, if you think your product is beautiful- and you really love it-you owe it to yourself to carry on."
Your creation is certainly beautiful, shame on that guy for raining on your parade!