Corina's Floral Challenge--only entree voting?

Huh? What temper tantrum? (I didn't see anything remotely like that....)
~~
Sooz

That's what I was wondering too.

Annie
or
AnnieBee's at http://www.anniebee.com

Email her and follow up! You never know...she's been travelling a lot and
I'm sure has a lot that is hard to keep track of.

I want to know how you did the bead you entered...in a publication! Not
that I'd do them myself, I just like seeing how people do things and having
pretty pictures to flip through!


--
Lori Greenberg
http://www.beadnerd.com

ebay auctions:
http://snipurl.com/5wlc

"Kandice Seeber" wrote in message
...
And now that I see who won, I am definitely going to buy that magazine,
because those tulips are to die for, and I wanna make some, if only for
myself. Katie Green won, in case you all didn't know -

http://www.gemfox.com/corinabeads/im...GreenKatie.jpg


Corina asked me awhile back, before this contest, if I wanted to interview
for her Floral Spotlight On with techniques for my own floral beads. We
never actually did that, and now that she's seen so many gorgeous flowers
in
her contest I dount she still wants me!

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

The reasoning behind it is that she didn't want it to turn into a
popularity contest, where the person with the most friends and family
wins... the winner is going to be featured in her Spotlight and will
have to reveal all their secrets to making the floral they entered,
which means the participating lampworkers really have an incentive to
vote for beads they want to know the "how" of.

I think her reasoning makes perfect sense, since open voting does tend
to invite issues like "tell everyone in the office to vote for my
friend!".

Me, I can't decide which of those beautiful beads I MOST want to see a
tutorial on... there are so many!

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


Candace wrote:
I just went to Corina's site, thinking I'd better hurry up and get my
vote
in...hadn't been there in a while, strolled around the new entries,
decided I
was going with my first choice anyways...then BAM--I can't vote! She
changed
it to entree voting only, at the request of some of the contributors.

Something about this seems wrong to me. Like some(not all!!!) of the
lesser
known artists felt like they couldn't hack it with the "big names,"
and
wanted
the votes narrowed down. Is there something I don't know? Is this
actually a
popularity contest, and not a contest of skill and artistic ability?
I
mean
yeah, there are some entries by people I "know," but that wasn't
influencing my
vote in the least. (Although it was kinda cool to look at those beads
and
say"Hey! I belong to a group that the maker of This gorgeous bead(s)
was made
by!!") My vote was going to the floral that took my breath away...not
the
"name" behind it. I was under the impression that this contest was to
involve
everyone with a passion for lampwork beads. And I was really looking
forward
to having a part in the results.

I don't know, maybe I'm totally wrong about this. It could be that
the
5 most
recognizable names in there were the ones who asked for a change.
Maybe
they
were looking out for the "little guy." I'll never know. Just my
opinion.

~Candace~

Maybe I will do that! The flower button I did was deceptively easy.
I didn't learn from any particular beadmaker or style I saw - just kind of
guessed at it. I see some buttons out there that are probably similar in
technique.
I'll gladly teach anyone who asks - lots of people are doing them now.
I know what you mean about having lots of pages to flip through - I love
seeing people's techniques even if I never plan on trying it myself. I'm
addicted to that!

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

Email her and follow up! You never know...she's been travelling a lot and
I'm sure has a lot that is hard to keep track of.

I want to know how you did the bead you entered...in a publication! Not
that I'd do them myself, I just like seeing how people do things and
having
pretty pictures to flip through!


--
Lori Greenberg
http://www.beadnerd.com

ebay auctions:
http://snipurl.com/5wlc

"Kandice Seeber" wrote in message
...
And now that I see who won, I am definitely going to buy that magazine,
because those tulips are to die for, and I wanna make some, if only for
myself. Katie Green won, in case you all didn't know -


http://www.gemfox.com/corinabeads/im...GreenKatie.jpg


Corina asked me awhile back, before this contest, if I wanted to
interview
for her Floral Spotlight On with techniques for my own floral beads. We
never actually did that, and now that she's seen so many gorgeous
flowers
in
her contest I dount she still wants me!

--
Kandice Seeber
Air & Earth Designs
http://www.lampwork.net

The reasoning behind it is that she didn't want it to turn into a
popularity contest, where the person with the most friends and family
wins... the winner is going to be featured in her Spotlight and will
have to reveal all their secrets to making the floral they entered,
which means the participating lampworkers really have an incentive to
vote for beads they want to know the "how" of.

I think her reasoning makes perfect sense, since open voting does tend
to invite issues like "tell everyone in the office to vote for my
friend!".

Me, I can't decide which of those beautiful beads I MOST want to see a
tutorial on... there are so many!

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


Candace wrote:
I just went to Corina's site, thinking I'd better hurry up and get
my
vote
in...hadn't been there in a while, strolled around the new entries,
decided I
was going with my first choice anyways...then BAM--I can't vote!
She
changed
it to entree voting only, at the request of some of the
contributors.

Something about this seems wrong to me. Like some(not all!!!) of
the
lesser
known artists felt like they couldn't hack it with the "big names,"
and
wanted
the votes narrowed down. Is there something I don't know? Is this
actually a
popularity contest, and not a contest of skill and artistic ability?
I
mean
yeah, there are some entries by people I "know," but that wasn't
influencing my
vote in the least. (Although it was kinda cool to look at those
beads
and
say"Hey! I belong to a group that the maker of This gorgeous
bead(s)
was made
by!!") My vote was going to the floral that took my breath
away...not
the
"name" behind it. I was under the impression that this contest was
to
involve
everyone with a passion for lampwork beads. And I was really
looking
forward
to having a part in the results.

I don't know, maybe I'm totally wrong about this. It could be that
the
5 most
recognizable names in there were the ones who asked for a change.
Maybe
they
were looking out for the "little guy." I'll never know. Just my
opinion.

~Candace~

Actually, as a bead buyer, I like a lot of straight forward beads. Complex
techniques and complex beads aren't necessarily prettier or more attractive
to me. And I really prefer round beads. And remember when everyone was
trying to see how long a bi-cone they could make? I would have no use
(practical application) for such a bead. Whereas the "countless encased
florals" always command my attention.

Tina


"Candace" wrote ...

And can the beadBuyers get a little more credit here? If all the bead
makers
have seen countless (example) encased florals, then doesn't it stand to
reason
that the beadbuyers have too? It only makes sense to me that the
beadbuyers
would have voted for roughly the same things as the beadmakers.

I won't lie--the encased florals are actually my favorites too, Tina. Please
don't hold much of what I type in the wee hours of the morning against me


Actually, as a bead buyer, I like a lot of straight forward beads. Complex
techniques and complex beads aren't necessarily prettier or more attractive
to me. And I really prefer round beads. And remember when everyone was
trying to see how long a bi-cone they could make? I would have no use
(practical application) for such a bead. Whereas the "countless encased
florals" always command my attention.

Tina


"Candace" wrote ...

And can the beadBuyers get a little more credit here? If all the bead
makers
have seen countless (example) encased florals, then doesn't it stand to
reason
that the beadbuyers have too? It only makes sense to me that the
beadbuyers
would have voted for roughly the same things as the beadmakers.