Battle of the Beadsmiths 2021
It begins......
Good morning Battle peoples! Welcome to August
Just wanted t go over a few things as beading for the 2021 Battle begins very soon.......
1-Beading begins August 9th! Good luck to everybody
2- I created a little bit of confusion with my dates so here it is the final decision (said in my best Im the boss voice) Beading must be finished, and photographs delivered, OCTOBER 18th. Not the 18th and a half or the 19th......
3-Remember that this year one video up to 30 seconds in length ) best highlighting your works most important elements may be included with your first four photos of round one. I am slightly concerned that the size of the videos may cause delivery problems. I suggest using a free file transfer service like WeTransfer or one of the many equivalent websites out there in Web land.
3A- Video is of your FINISHED DESIGN. 30 seconds is the extended directors cut length. PLEASE no longer than 30 seconds. No crazy soundtrack or special effects required.....
Any questions? I've gotten pretty good at making up answers.........
Battle on
Steven
Athena - Tell the Bee's it is time.
Thoughts!
Thoughts!
Thoughts!
Thoughts!
10/18/21- I made the deadline ...... I looked like a newborne Vampire - but I made it.
10/21/21- Battle Group for Round #1 are assigned: My 1st Round Opponent is Cristina Patratanu of Italy
I should be honored - there were only 7 American Beaders that are participating.
11/2/21- The article for the Sylva Herald should print tomorrow. The photographer was here at DESI to take photographs and he was so overwhelmed that he forgot to take a photo of me with Artemis - so Brittany will take one if a little while since I do not have a photo of me with any of my pieces. I'll post the article as soon as I see it. Additionally, I am looking forward to finding out if I advance to the next level. ( Feeling a little competitive spirit right now).
Now on to the bigger problem. New photographs.
The Flight of the Bumblebee
The Flight piece was a commission for their daughter based on the Artemis Rising piece. She loves all things Bumble-Bees. This is a Choker style with an Adventurine Drop.
1/7/2022- The Winner of the Battle of the Beadsmiths was selected today and it was a very good selection even though I really preferred the Phoenix.
Battle Of The Beadsmith: Official
Its been a long Battle this year with many challenges. I want to thank all of our Battle participants, our Battle watchers, our super opinionated jury, and anyone else I may be forgetting.
I would like to congratulate our 2021 Battle Champion Stefania Iucci of Italy, for "Aloalo"
It's a wonderful design
