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Hello Everyone,
With the weather (sometimes) warming up, we thought we would will the season to start and so this month's theme is SUMMER!
From flowers and animals to the beach and weather, whatever you deem to be 'summer' then send it in!
The winner will get a £100 Cooksongold shopping spree!
So get creating, making and entering!
Good luck!
I made these deckchair earrings a while back for this competition and then the subject was changed, so I posted them on Show & Tell instead. I'm sorry if some of you have seen them before.
They are made of blackened silver, with ribbons backed with metal for the seats. They are fixed though and will not fold. For sand I used soft brown sugar. Luckily I found an adventurous teenager to wear them on holiday.
By making an early start, I hope it will encourage a good batch of entries Dennis.
Dennis, very good made me smile
I remember those lovely little earrings, they are totally wonderful. I did wonder whether to add my bucket, spade and windmill to help with bolstering and bringing the comp, but decided on a newer make. These things grow in my garden so fast in the summer, the lawnmower almost seems to sprout them too! So I made this to go with the theme!
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good luck, hope to see lots of entries.
Here is my allium necklace which was part of a 3 piece necklace bangle and earrings made for the OS this year
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Sorry removed the bangle but it has stayed as thumbnail not sure why
Love these entries, they each remind me of summer in different ways.......just lovely <3<3
Lovely!
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Fabulous entries this month. Loving the deckchairs and the daisies.
Didi
Some stunning stuff here. I have something for this, but it's a long way from finished, so might not make it in time for June... in fact it's not much more than an idea...
Speaking as a newbie on the forum, this looks like a really great monthly competition. For someone like me - full of ideas, lacking in self-discipline, always overstretching the budget - it might be just what is needed to focus the mind: a theme to rein in my sprawling imagination and a proper chunky prize to encourage me to actually finish what I've started.
Also, the past months' competitions provide a fantastic gallery of interesting one-off pieces. I'm going to enjoy working my way through that, even if it makes me feel totally outclassed!
Hi everyone,
We are loving all of the Summer themed entries so far this month - and if you haven't entered yet, you still have time to submit your entry!
You could be in with a chance of winning a £100 Cooksongold shopping spree, so don't forget!
Good luck!
A week to go and I have something taking shape, though only on paper and little bits of card only at this stage. I'll try to get it done, but don't hold your breath - I'm not good at working to a deadline...
Hi! Summer is well and truly here! Finally i got something finished in time to enter. My summer is dominated by beach! The colour of these frosted amazonite beads were my inspiration to begin with, I love them. I made the beads from sheet, they read 'sandy toes and salty kisses' and 'life is better at the beach'. A smooth 'pebble' between them (domed sheet really). The other beads are beautiful lilac, pink and peach baroque pearls and pink opal coins. The other links are random and relaxed, to echo the beach vibe. I've rubbed the crimp covers to satin too. I think I might keep it.
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Lovely, but also the photography is great.
Absolutely love that Caroline!!
Really love that.
This is unfinished, a work-in-progress, or perhaps a study for something bigger and better. One of my favourite summer pastimes here in Pembrokeshire is watching gannets diving for fish - if you don't know what I'm talking about, just google images of "diving gannets". Anyhow, I thought I'd try to make a diving-gannet-piece-of-jewellery. But then last week, on my way home from a trip to Gloucestershire, I dropped in on a small exhibition of sculpture near Stroud - Terence Coventry, mainly welded sheet steel and cast bronze, plus a few pieces in cast silver. (It runs until 24th July and for anyone who can get there I'd seriously recommend it - at the Pangolin Foundry, Chalford Industrial Estate, A419 just east of Stroud.) The upshot was that I've attempted a Terence Coventry inspired sculpture in silver. It's meant to be three gannets, one soaring, one stalling and turning to dive, one about to enter the water - they dive from a great height and at the last moment pull their wings tight in against their bodies, pointing straight back, and hit the water at over 60mph like arrows. This is nothing like Terence Coventry's silverwork and it's ridiculously small compared to his steel and bronze sculptures - actually would have been much easier to realise on a larger scale, but all I had handy was 0.5mm sheet. Fusing without solder is one of the things I like about working with Argentium, but on this scale there's a fine line between successful fusing and meltdown. The first trio of pics here shows it before I started cleaning it up. (I was afraid I'd break it, so took some photos to keep a record for myself.) In the others I try show it from various angles. The glass plinth is made from broken bits of a Bombay Sapphire bottle fused in a kiln. I'd like to experiment with texturing and patinating the silver - gannets have bright white bodies, black wingtips, golden heads, blue eyes and blue-grey beaks - but I think I'll leave all that for the next one...
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That gannet piece is absolutely gorgeous.
It has such great movementQuote:
Originally Posted by caroleallen
That's lovely, I remember watching gannets dive off Neist Point on Skye some years ago......a truly spectacular sight!!
Great design :)
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I'm a lurker on these boards, reading but rarely posting.
I love using copper in my work as I like the warmth of the colour and the contrast between the copper and silver.
This set of a pendant and earrings were made looking out into the garden for inspiration - I love this time of year when everything is coming to life, but also seeding and starting the whole circle again.
Hi everyone,
There's only a couple of days left to go in this month's Summer themed competition - thanks to all who have entered!
...and if you haven't submitted your entry yet, hurry as the competition ends tomorrow!
Good luck everyone :)
Lovely entries everybody!
This was inspired by my beautiful French woodlands using bark I picked and baby beech and hazel leaves that grow at this time of year so I guess it fits the summer theme :)
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Hi all,
Thank you for your wonderful entries for this month's competition!
I will get our judges to have a look and decide (if they can) who should win!
Keep an eye out on here and the winner will be announced in the next few days!
Fingers crossed and good luck!
Thanks
Jemima
Hi all,
I am happy to announce the winner of the June Themed competition is Dennis with the below entry:
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The judges said: “This piece is pure charm and character and perfect for the theme!”
Dennis, please email me (jemima.joy@cooksongold.com) with your contact details and Cooksongold account number (if you have one) and i will arrange for your prize to be sorted.
Once again, congratulations Dennis!
Well done Dennis.
Congrats! Well deserved!
Congratulations Dennis!
Well deserved Dennis - lovely little things
Didi
Very well deserved Dennis - I loved these :)
I agree - well deserved. Congrats Dennis.
Well done Dennis - they are adorable, and the photo is really good as well!
Thank you all for your very kind words and thank you Cooksons for hosting the competition and for funding the prize. Dennis.
Excellent news Dennis.
Well done & deserved
Congratulations Dennis......these really are just fab!!
Many congrats Dennis.
They are brilliant! Well done Dennis
Well done Dennis, such a unique design and beautifully made as always!
Very well deserved, Dennis. It's impossible not to like those.
Thank you, everyone. Dennis.