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Well, Sunday marked the last day of the 97th (?) Central Florida Fair here in Orlando. My polymer clay guild has had a booth there for the last five years to show our wares and bring a little more attention to the fine art of polymer clay. Unfortunately, this year I did not get enough participation from the members to man a booth for ten days. A real, real shame, because people just STILL don't understand enough about polymer clay...and they need to.
Anyway, as with all the CFF's, artists are invited to enter their work for judging and prize money. The CFF has $10K every year to award, and I am not stoopit! I enter every year in every category I can enter in!!
Well, this year I took over $500 in prize money...talk about just a bit of validation, huh? Today, on the way to the bank, validation looked kinda green...!!!! My forays into competition are not always this good...there have been many times that the pieces I 've entered in a competition have been ignored or...well, ignored. That's one thing that chaps my ass about some of these juried competitions...they NEVER tell you what was wrong or what you could do better and they never communicate at all. You just pay your money for the judging, and then hear nothing. Rude, rude, rude. I realize there are hundreds of people entering these contests, but PUH-LEEZE....the people judging should prepare to at least send some kind of personal refusal of the work...doncha think? I can't see how turn downs with no feedback can foster continued creativity from someone.
Anyway, here's a photo of one of the pieces for which I placed first ...I love covering tins, especially for the Hospice House here in Orlando. We give these tins filled with baubles to the residents and try to bring a little brightness into their waning days. This tin is about 6" X 6" and, of course, the style is "borrowed from the wonderful Christi Friesen...she's such a hoot!
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