Theme Competition February 2018 - Love

Hi everyone,

The most romantic day of the month has arrived, so we want to see what you have been making to celebrate! That's why the theme for this month's competition is LOVE - you could submit a piece you have made especially for Valentine's Day, a special design you have made for a loved one, or something else with a love theme.

One entry will be chosen to win a £100 Cooksongold shopping spree.

This competition closes at midnight, Wednesday 28th February.

Good luck!


Terms & Conditions:

The closing date for the competition will be at midnight GMT 28.02.18.

The judging will take place on 01.03.18. The following criteria are used to determine the winner: design, the technique used and the overall finish of the piece. The Cooksongold judging panel will make the final decision.

The winner will be announced and notified via the forum by 02.03.18. The winner must redeem their shopping spree (up to the total value of £100) using their own Cooksongold account and within 2 months of receiving their winner information email.

In the case of the winner's shopping spree exceeding the total prize value of £100, the winner is liable to pay for any amount over the value of £100.

The competition is open to all Cooksongold customers aged 18 years and over. Only one entry per person.

Employees of Cooksongold, their agents and families are excluded from the competition together with any person connected to the competition.

To enter the competition, simply comment on the relevant forum thread with a photo of your themed design. No correspondence will be entered into.

All designs submitted must be the original work of the individual submitting them and must not infringe the rights of any other party. Cooksongold reserves the right to contact an entrant for further clarification if necessary.

Cooksongold reserves the right to disqualify any entry if it has reasonable grounds to believe you have breached any of these terms and conditions.

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Entry into the competition is deemed as acceptance of the rules.

Cooksongold reserves the right to amend these rules at any time and to cancel or amend the competition if for any reason we believe it cannot be conducted fairly or in accordance with these terms and conditions.

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No purchase necessary. There is no cash alternative.

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Hi everyone

Valentine's Day is just over a week away, and we want to see what you have been making for the occasion.

Show us one of your handmade LOVE themed pieces and you could win a £100 Cooksongold shopping spree!

Good luck :)

Jen

With the quality of silversmiths in this forum I don't think I have a chance of ever winning one of these theme competitions...but I enjoy the spirit of competition and having a go!

Here is a heart I made almost this time last year when I was first starting out in silversmithing. It is made using the Delft Clay method of casting.

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Handmadeblanks; Simple, elegant and classic!
Was that your first attempt at casting?
Did you use a wax model or a found object to create your mould?

Ceri.

Hi everyone,

We are now almost halfway through our LOVE themed competition and Valentine's Day is only a couple of days away - don't forget to submit your design!

Don't forget, there is a £100 Cooksongold shopping spree uo for grabs, good luck :)

Jen

Hi Everyone,
My name is Matthew and I am making me and my fiancées wedding bands. We are getting married in June this year. I have found it frustrating yet enjoyable and so far it has gone well. Started practicing with casting an aluminium ring out of coke cans, then used that as a pattern to cast with argentium silver. Next step is the gold I am having white gold and she is having rose gold. Pictures attached are my ring of both aluminium and silver.
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Hi everyone,

Just a reminder that this month's competition must end next week, so if you are thinking of entering your LOVE themed design make sure you do so soon.

Good luck to all :)

Jen

These are teeny-weeny gold-plated argentium heart-shaped studs.
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I could do with smaller fingers...
Sally

Theyre cute, I couldn’t manage anything that small yet. I have a silver pendant that I’ve been working on (my first project that isn’t beads on string!) but not sure yet if I’ll have it finished in time.

Do try to get it done eekoh - I'd love to see it.
Sally

Hi everyone,

There are only a couple of days left in this month's competition, so enter your piece now if you haven't already!

Don't forget, our favourite will win a £100 Cooksongold shopping spree :)

Jen

I have made this silver rose for my sister's birthday, it just needs a final polish up but it's too cold in my workshop today.

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James

Ooh - lucky sister!

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Broken heart pendant

OK, with a little encouragement from Dennis (thank you!) here is my design for February.
I've got a bit of a love for vintage treasures so I've used a damaged sterling silver fish knife that was destined for scrap to make a pendant. The stamped detailing leant itself quite naturally to the curvy heart shape and the small flaws it will inevitably retain are I think part of the charm of re-using old things.
Its not quite as finished as I'd hoped to be by now and still needs work on the polishing but overall I'm quite pleased with it so far - my first piece worked in silver. :)

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Silver 'love' necklace, inspired by neon art. Wax carved, cast into sterling silver, then detail plated with rose gold. I keep designing things with really fiddly gold plated detail, then remembering how much I hate painting with stop out varnish!

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Lovely to see all this months entries, James, that rose is exquisite !

This is a piece I made for my new collection called ' Nectar for the Soul'

Mixed white, yellow and rose gold with hand carved butterflies, padparascha sapphire and a green sapphire on a pearl and topaz necklace.
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This mornings project. I really want to make a lot more pearl designs. These are freshwater pearls with handmade earwires. The hearts were cut with tin snips, textured with a hammer and soldered onto the wires. I'm so pleased with my soldering.
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Hi everyone,

Thank you to everyone who entered and contributed to our February love themed competition!

We are pleased to announce that the winner of this month's competition is eekoh with the following entry:

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We thought the use of the knife to create something new was a great idea, and loved how you have incorporated the detail on the knife into the curve of the heart. Well done!

Please email competitions@cooksongold.com with your contact details and Cooksongold account number so we can arrange for your prize to be sorted.

Congratulations again!

Jen

There you go, congratulations, Dennis.

Congratulations eekoh. You did a great job, and put the engraving in just the right place.

Well done Eekoh!

Well done Eekoh - looking forward to seeing what you come up with for the 'Easter' theme!
Sally

Wow, thanks for the lovely comments and a special thank you to Dennis for encouraging me to put it in this month! :">

Wow! Everyones entries were amazing! Really beautiful pieces. I am in awe [emoji7]

Well done eee xx
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Well done eekoh!