YBC Team Challenge
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YBC Team Challenge
• Teams of 3-4 members – each working in different medium
• Theme: Critters
• Teams formed in March . . . Reveal in September
• Critters were on display and offered at auction during
our October 2013 Fall Into Fine Craft show
• Raised $980 for the Center of American Craft
Ark of Art Team: Menagerie Montage Makers
Patty Lambert Marshall – Clay Joan Rhodes – Metal and clay jewelry Chris Starry - Fiber
Distinctions: • Team “. . . rushed to the
challenge of saving as many (critters) as we could . . . “
• Team chose “ the most colorful mode of transportation . . . to brighten their spirits as these magnificent creatures roamed the world looking for a safe place to land . . . “
Bob, The Lone Star Warrior
Team: We’re Full of Surprises Ann Boncal – Bead Jewelry Lois Quigley – Fiber Bob Triplett - Wood
Distinctions: • Team overcame
challenge of member who had a “broken heart” and needed multiple bypass surgery
• The fiber and jewelry artisans incorporated wood in the design and named their critter “Bob” to salute their wounded teammate
Bubbles: The Creature of Children’s Lake
Team: Bubble Trouble Nancy Crochet – Fiber Richelle Dourte – Jewelry Gay Foltz - Wood
Distinctions: • Inspiration comes from
Children’s Lake in Boiling Springs, which is fed by a bubbling spring – “In the wee hours of a moonless night a fearsome creature called Bubbles emerges from her underwater lair . . . . “
• Bubbles is kinetic and moves via the “crank” on the left
Garcon
Team: Gothic Creations Limited Dan Hayward – Fused and Stained Glass Connie Hollenbaugh – Copper Diane Troutman – Polymer Clay Sculpture
Distinctions: • Garcon is a juried member, International
Guild of Gargoyles, and is well-known for a refined “artistic voice”, a mastery of “resolved design” and “high quality of craftsmanship”
• Voted by YBC Members: Most Outrageous
• Winner: Best in Show at 2013 Fall Into Fine Craft show
HEBOCO Team: HEBOCO
Angela Heim – Fine Jewelry Dave Bowman – Wood Debbie Cornman - Painter
Distinctions: • Project began with one team
member in the hospital, and team thought chance of completion was “when pigs fly”
• HEBOCO rotates via the crank
• Voted by YBC Members: Pet you would most want to adopt
Home JELKmade
Team: JELKmade Jenny Germann – Woodburning Elaine Haag – Fiber Leslie Halaby-Moore – Chain Maille Kim Swenson – Bead Weaving
Distinctions: • This is a wall hanging . . .
but not for the faint of heart
• It is actually a critter habitat populated by a variety of “creepy crawlies”
Kingsford Team: Natural Fusion
Nolly Gelsinger – Lampwork glass Paula Lewis – Copper enamel Jason Lyons – Found object sculpture
Distinctions:
• Dragon form evolved because two team members like it “hot” with torch and kiln
• Most geographically dispersed team
Rosie Team: FuGerLeigh
Margie Fultz – Crochet Evan Germann – Wood Richelle Leigh Walk - Jewelry
Distinctions: • Rosie is a “bionic beauty”
complete with a computer chip brain (tucked in top drawer)
• Each drawer contains another part of Rosie’s anatomy
• Voted by YBC Members: Most Humorous
Time Flies Team: EJ Critter
Jennifer Daggs – Glass Jewelry Erin Keck - Steampunk
Distinctions: • Time Flies came to life
around a table littered with found objects, complimented later with kiln-formed items
• The inner clock works move, courtesy of a solar-powered turntable