Theme Competition April 2017 - Easter

Hi everyone,

Easter is just around the corner which means we have a cracking competition for you this month!

This month we want to see your EASTER themed designs, and the winner will get an egg-cellent prize of a £100 Cooksongold shopping spree.

Simply submit an image of your piece (along with a brief description if possible) on this thread by midnight, Sunday 30th April 2017 to enter.

Good luck!


Terms & Conditions:

The closing date for the competition will be at midnight GMT 30.04.17.

The judging will take place on 02.05.17. 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 05.05.17. 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.

In submitting your design, you give your permission for it to be included in any marketing or any other promotional material connected with this draw, and for Cooksongold to upload your design to Instagram and Pinterest if it is chosen as the winner. Copyright for all images submitted for this draw remains with the respective entrants.

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.

Imagery associated with this competition is not representative of the exact prize, and is for marketing purposes only. Cookson Precious Metals Ltd reserves the right to change the prize for one of equivalent value.

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No purchase necessary. There is no cash alternative.

These terms and conditions shall be governed in accordance with English law.

Hi everyone,

With Easter being very soon there is no better time to submit your design for this month's competition!

Good luck all :)

Jen

Hi all,

Easter may be over but there is still time for you to enter this month's themed competition - you could win a £100 shopping spree!

Jen

Why are there no entries this month?

I will start this off with this little pendant egg I made for my daughter last year.

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James

Sweet egg pendant.
I'm struggling with the theme.
Joella - how is your egg coming along?

A beautiful egg James, as always!

Well, snorkmaiden - I will have to start again on Friday, when I get access to pressing equipment again. I wasn't getting a deep enough pressing - also, I noticed that the two halves didn't match up either - which doesn't help. So I guess it would be fair to say its not going well. Hey Ho, I guess we can't all be maestros like James (though I'd settle for a half way competent novice - but alas, even that seems out of reach just now).

Sue

Roll on Friday Joella!

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This pendant set was finished last week in time for my customer being baptised on Saturday evening :) the cross is for that reason, the Amber represents her daughter named Amber and the three diamonds represent herself her husband and daughter, she was very pleased with it!



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I forgot to show these photos of the silver egg shells I made to give an idea of my egg pendant's size, these shells were shaped in my lead block with a home shaped brass punch in my arbor press and finished on a lathe.

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James

Lovely, Unhindered. The very personal symbolism for the recipient is so special. Although, it would also be appealing for any with religious (Christian) leanings, as I would think the three diamonds would just as easily represent the trinity and the orange tear drop shaped amber, the eternal flame. For me though, I love how neat and lovely the settings all are.

James, I still haven't given up on trying to make an egg - but was wondering how you made your brass punch tool, also - if you didn't have a lathe, would you be able to finish the egg without one? I can probably get a lead block from somewhere (I'm thinking that I may not be able to achieve what I want with press forming the shapes, so am thinking about alternative routes).

Sue