Friendly Plastic Open Design Challenge 2010-CHA Anaheim
Deadline for Postmarked Entries Has Passed.
Past Winner "Butterflies in Flight" by Mylene Hillam
Thank you for your entries. More contests to be announced in 2010.
We haver received dozens of entries from around the world and from artists of all ages! This design challenge showcases Friendly Plastic® Designer Sticks and Pellets and raises awareness for the Tolerance efforts of the Holocaust Museum Houston. This challenge was open to all ages with cash prizes and awards given in 4 simple categories that require use of at least 50% Friendly Plastic® in each entry. We are developing a larger international outreach ‘butterfly’ challenge in 2010 with a contest to bring together a community of children in honor of Tolerance. News to follow!
This is the second year that AMACO is honoring the 1.5 million children who perished in the Holocaust with a challenge category called “Butterflies.” These butterflies symbolize each child lost, and will be installed at the Holocaust Museum Houston Butterfly Project. Butterflies can still be made to send directly to the museum. Be sure to read the requirements for ‘butterflies’ (at the project link)—they must NOT be larger than 8” x 10” or have glitter or macaroni/perishables. We are collecting butterflies made with any medium at our CHA-Anaheim Booth #2409 in January for those crafters in attendance. Join Butterflies for Children on Facebook. (See last year’s entries butterflies and jewelry).
If you are attending CHA 2010-Anaheim, please drop off butterflies of any medium at our AMACO Booth #2409. Join us for an Awards Reception on Monday, January 25 at 11 am.
All entries for the 2010 CHA-Anaheim challenge will be showcased in a gallery on-line at amaco.com and at the Craft & Hobby Association Show (CHA) in Anaheim, January 2010. All winners receive an etched crystal award, $100 check, plus a $100 check to the charity of their choice.In January, cash prizes and awards will be given for the Best Butterfly made by an artist under the age of 15, as well as, for the Best Butterfly made by an artist over the age of 15. In addition, two more categories will be awarded for the Best Mixed Media/Altered Art Project and for the Best Mixed Media Jewelry Design. The Mixed Media/Altered Art Project will be anything from paper crafting to home décor, wearable or installation art. There’s no limit to creative applications! The Mixed Media Jewelry Design combines Friendly Plastic® Design Sticks or Pellets with other mediums that appeal to artists! See the winners of the 2010 Friendly Plastic Open Design Challenge!
This year, Helen Bradley and Michelle Zimmerman are coordinating the AMACO Friendly Plastic Open Design Challenge for CHA-Anaheim 2010 with an awards reception scheduled to take place on January 25, 2010 in the AMACO Booth #2409 at the Craft & Hobby Association (CHA-Anaheim). Stay tuned for more news on our Facebook page or Twitter!
If you haven’t heard by now, Friendly Plastic® is back by popular demand! Remember that glitzy, bright, shimmering metallic jewelry from the 80’s that crafters embellished with crystals, watch parts and beads?! It’s back by design, because creative women like Liz Welch and Jana Ewy kept it alive, then helped reignite it with the help of Linda Peterson, Jen Lowe and their countless on-line friends in the U.S., UK and Australia!
Read the Friendly Plastic Bible! Tools & Materials! Basic Techniques! Hot Water Heating Method by Liz Welch
See our Craft Library to get started!
Find Friendly Plastic in stores or on-line.
Read the Friendly Plastic Blog
How to Make a Marbled Butterfly See ‘Tolerance’ links there!
How to make a Butterfly Pin and headband with Cookie Cutter!
How to make an Intermediate/Advanced Level Fractured ‘n Fusion butterfly necklace!
One artist’s discovery in her community
