Friendly Plastic Design Gallery CHA 2009-Anaheim
Welcome to the Friendly Plastic 2009 Design Challenge Gallery!
Congratulations to the 26 artists who created 38 entries for the AMACO Friendly Plastic Open Design Challenge for CHA 2009-Anaheim
Look for winning entries here!
Best Use of Friendly Plastic– Anne Igou, Best Butterfly Entry– Mylene Hillam, Most Inspirational Entry– Jen Lowe, Best Design Jewelry Set– Lisa Pavelka & Mylene Hillam, Best Valentine’s Jewelry Ensemble– Jeni Calkins, and Best of Show– Lisa Pavelka.
 Mylene Hillam "Venetian Jewels" |
 Linda Hess "Love is all Around" |
 Co-Winner Best Design Jewelry Set Mylene Hillam "Sweethearts" |
 Winner Best Valentine's Jewelry Ensemble Jeni Calkins "My Heart Made of Glass" |
 Katie Argyle Bottle of Hope "Healing Waters" |
 Pierre Berg "Rainbow Wings" |
 Winner Most Inspirational Jen Lowe "Dance" |
 Sally Morton "Lavender's Blue" |
 Katie Argyle "Branches" |
 Linda Hess "Martian Dreams" |
 Denise French "Colorful Butterfly" |
 Michaela (Mikie) Riley "Southwest Shimmer" |
 Brian Brock "Hands" |
 Winner Best Butterfly Mylene Hillam "Butterflies in Flight" |
 Siam Cheetham "Tattered Wings" |
 Jasmine Mager "Rainbow Butterfly" |
 Francisco Vallin "For Pat" |
 Liz Welch "Lace Wing" |
 Jenn Hubbard "Untitled" |
 Sara Feeney-Marks "With Love" |
 Katie Argyle "You Make Me Smile" |
 Katie Argyle "For You Madame" |
 Winner Best of Show/Co-Winner Best Design Jewelry Set Lisa Pavelka "Cascading Autumn" |
 Linda Hess Mini Bottle of Hope "Fly Away and Be Free" |
 Melissa Jimenez, age 12 "Wings of Hope" |
 Jeni Calkins "Live Free" |
 Linda Hess "Flashy" |
 Brian Brock "Stars" |
 Winner Best Use of Friendly Plastic Anne Igou "Mariposa Victoria" |
 Caryn Gehm "Mosaic Butterfly" |
 Linda Hess "Eye See You" |
 Susan Kurz "Take Heart, Take Flight" |
 Chrisie Hubbard "Untitled" |
 Julie Mager "Purple Butterfly" |
 Jenn Baggett "Rainbow Butterfly" |
 Sara Romero "Butterfly Memory" |
 Melissa Jimenez, age 12 "Beauty of Flight" |
 Pierre Berg "Purple and White" |
Read about the Awards Reception in Anaheim
Read George Zimmerman’s memories about his years as a prisoner of the Holocaust, Russians and aftermath.
Read Brian Brock’s Speech from the Craft & Hobby Association’s Awards Reception in Anaheim.
“I have been working with Friendly Plastic since 1990. I have never fond another material with such vivid color and so many possibilities… I continue to be inspired by its ease of use and fantastic sculptural possibilities! Katie Argyle
“Friendly Plastic is such a versatile, easy to use product with so many amazing ways to use it–simply fantastic, I love it.” Sara Feeney-Marks
“It simply allows me to think outside the box!” Jen Lowe
“Friendly Plastic is easy to use and allows creativity to flow. Works well with other materials, too. Use molds, cutters, needletools, hands–endless possibilities.” Linda Hess
“This medium is so easy to work with and requires only a few tools to get started. I also love the varieties of colors that Friendly Plastic comes in.” Anne Igou
“This was my first time trying Friendly Plastic. When my daughter was in middle school, she was in a production of ‘I Never Saw Another Butterfly’. It is an incredibly powerful play. This inspired me to be a part of this challenge. I think that many of the butterflies will be stunning to behold.” Michaela Riley
“The shiny metallic colors are sensational! I haven’t been ale to achieve the same effect with anything else.” Sara Kurz
“Friendly Plastic is amazingly simple to use, fun to work with… and very addictive.” Mylene Hillam
“I find Friendly Plastic versatile and easy to work with, and it works brilliantly when combined with other media.It is very easy to achieve a variety of effects, and I don’t wait ages for it to dry! Siam Cheetham
The Poem that Inspired the Symbol of the Butterfly:
For seven weeks I’ve lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto.
But I have found what I love here.
The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut branches in the court.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don’t live in here,
In the ghetto.
Pavel Friedmann, June 1942, Terezin Concentration Camp
