2020 Q1 ART Challenge: Miniaturize Your Craft!

[Bunny1kenobi (Deanna 🇺🇸)]

I finally squeezed in an entry!!

Miniature jewelry swap Art 2020 Q1 Challenge Entry

I love swapping! And I love making jewelry- I make a lot of steampunk style pieces. If I was making a small (I might even say, miniature) swap package, it would look a lot like this: [image] A necklace and the handmade notecard to go along with it! [image] PS. I received the teeny cameo in a swap- I don’t remember who sent it, so if it was you, let me know! And whoever you are, THANKS! Isn’t it cute?

[toadiscrafty (Jacob)]

Hey most likely the youngest person to enter the contest here, um I kind of arted and it smells like marker!

2020 Q1 art challenge (droplet the evolution fish boi

This is my entry for the miniature challenge, to make this I drew a big picture of Droplet my go to fish drawing then I took toothpicks cut them in half and colored them to look like colored pencils, after that I had the picture printed out smaller then took pic. [image]

[AcadianDriftwood (allons-y)]

I finally got my entry in!

Back to my crafty roots: Bead lizards! ART 2020 Q1 Challenge Entry

The distant past, the year 2000… picture little 11 year old me painstakingly selecting pony bead colors and cranking out dozens of bead lizards with which to shower my friends and family. It was one of my favorite crafts at school activity time. So prolific was my lizarding that when I asked my mom if she still had one, she found it the next day! [IMG_1120] So here is my 20 year old pony bead lizard next to a newborn seed bead friend. [IMG_1124] For these miniature versio…

[Cindy]

Here is my silly entry …

Rubber Chicken Layette

[meowari (Arianna)]

God, I hope I did this correctly- I am HORRIBLE at following written instructions and I am a technological idiot. Here is my entry (I hope):

Miniature #toddlerfruit - ART 2020 Q1 Challenge Entry loop

So, I don’t get to craft as much as I did before having kids, so a lot of my creative energy goes to making fun looking fruit bowls for my kids. I use the hashtag “toddlerfruit” on Instagram for them, hence using it in the title. I measured the bowl before I started and it’s around 1:6 scale (I didn’t allow for the shrinkage of the paperclay ) Everything is made from paperclay and painted with watercolour paints. I hope it counts as a craft, because it’s about the only crafty thing …

[steiconi (textile junkie)]

Garden pot - ART 2020 Q1 Challenge Entry

I just remembered; I do pottery! I can play too! so here’s my miniature version of a pot I’d like to make in RL scale: [DSCN6254] just 1.5 inches tall, it’s a medium sized pot in 1" scale, a BIG pot in 1/2" scale, or a small pot in Playscale. It has a base of cardstock covered with Makins paper clay, then more paperclay for the leaves and vines. [DSCN6253] [DSCN6255]

[AIMR (Linda -2024 Choose Projects that You Want to Do :us:)]

I made something little!

Bring Back (a little) Macrame! Art 2020 Q1 Challenge Entry

One of the first crafts I took up when I was in college was macrame. I made owls and plant hangers for everyone ! I had jute, beads, rings and even branched out into making jewelry for my hippie friends. Somewhere through the years, the craft became outdated. After seeing all of the wonderful miniatures in this challenge, I decided it was time to bring back this craft…well, just a little… I started out by looking through some of my booklets from the '70’s for inspiration and to refresh…

[Bigmouth (Heather)]

I thought I’d have something to include in this challenge, but I put it in for bisque firing just before the world shut down. I assume I’ll get to glaze it… sometime…

[PerfectlyBohemian (Probably Bananas)]

Oh my goodness, all of you. There have been SO many entries in the challenge, and they are all so fantastic!

Right now I’m counting 23 entries, but I would like everyone to take a look to make sure their entry was added to the list in the first post already and that I didn’t miss anyone.

Entries must be in by Midnight Pacific time on Wednesday THIS WEEK! Thank you, everyone!

[imera (Connie)]

I didn’t think I had time to make something, but I did, and here it is!

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[PerfectlyBohemian (Probably Bananas)]

All right everyone! Entries are now closed. This afternoon I’ll be working up the poll and making sure I didn’t miss anyone! You guys are so fantastic!

[PerfectlyBohemian (Probably Bananas)]

All right, friends!! The poll is UP! Time to vote!! Poll closes at the end of March 25th!

[loves2experiment]

So many worthy contenders for this challenge.
It was tough having to decide, but I voted

[AIMR (Linda -2024 Choose Projects that You Want to Do :us:)]

It was so great seeing all of the mini things.

I voted for the person who inspired me the most!

[audity (audrey)]

It was so hard to pick my favorite! All such great entries!

[MissingWillow]

So many great entries!!!

[jemimah (Kirsten)]

I wish I could vote for everyone, because you’re all amazing. I think I will sleep on it and look through them all again

[PerfectlyBohemian (Probably Bananas)]

Voting ends at the end of tomorrow, folks! Get your votes in!

[PerfectlyBohemian (Probably Bananas)]

Thank you to all of our amazing participants and to all those who voted!! The winner of this challenge is @Mountains_and_Clouds with her phenomenal Miniature Pottery Studio!

Given the crazy amount of entries and tough competition, I’ve decided to recognize and send some $10 prizes to our second and third place winners as well! So congratulations to @Lynx in second place for her fantastic Mini Pocket Letters, and to @MistressJennie in third place for her adventurous Mini Dragon Dice Bags!

Winners, I will be contacting you by PM later today with prize information

[Abbeeroad (Abbie - she/her)]

Woohoo! So many awesome entries!! Congrats, ladies…well deserved.