Felted Wonders Reader Challenge
Mark your calendar!
• July 9, 2012: Send two low-res images to challenges@interweave.com.
• July 16, 2012: Finalists will be posted on Barb's blog at clothpaperscissors.com.
• August 7, 2012: If accepted, your artwork must be in our offices by the 7th. Don't forget the S&H fee.
• November 12, 2011: All artwork will be returned by this week.
The artistic possibilities when mixing felt and other media are too numerous to mention, but they are all quite intriguing. We invite you to enter our Felted Wonders challenge and send us your best mixed-media with felt. We're looking for lovely small pieces of art. They can be wet, machined, or hand-needle felted. Add felt to a small collage, a fabric art piece, a wearable work, or start with felt and add your studio favorites like paint, stencils, stitching, and found paper and fabric. Show us the wonder of felt as we cozy into the winter, and you could be the winner of a Simplicity® Deluxe Felting Machine!
the rules
1. Create an original mixed-media artwork that includes wet, machine, or hand-needle felting. Your finished piece of art needs to weigh no more than 1lb. and be able to fit in an 8" x 10" padded envelope.
2. Your artwork must be free of any text or images that are protected by copyright, unless you have the expressed written permission from the person or institution that holds the copyright and you provide that written permission with your submission.
3. Mix your media. You may use paper, fabric, fibers, embellishments and found objects, inks, paints, stitching . . . and anything else that makes your piece unique. Just make sure that felting is included.
4. To be considered for the challenge, send two low-res image of your artwork via email by
July 9, 2012, to challenges@interweave.com, with the words "Felted Wonder" in the subject line. Please include your name, shipping address, email address, phone number, and a brief explanation of how you incorporate felting into your piece of art.
5. Finalists will be posted on Barb's blog at clothpaperscissors.com on July 16, 2012. Artists will not be notified directly.
Note: We encourage you to upload the image of your artwork to our Reader Challenge gallery on the clothpaperscissors.com community, but this is not required to be a part of the challenge.
6. If accepted as a finalist for the contest and print consideration, your artwork must be in our offices no later than August 7, 2012. At that time a flat shipping and handling fee of $8 U.S., $10 Canada, and $12 all other international will be due. For safety, be sure to place your entry in a plastic bag before packing it for shipping. Always attach your name and contact information to the art. All artwork will be returned the week of November 12, 2012.
7. The winner of the challenge will be announced in the November/December issue.
Shipping address:
Interweave/Cloth Paper Scissors
Attn: Felted Wonders
490 Boston Post Road, Suite 15
Sudbury, MA 01776
We will feature some of the Felted Wonders finalist art in the November/December issue of Cloth Paper Scissors and/or on our website.
noteworthy
- All funds must be in U.S. dollars and made payable to Interweave.
- If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Delaney at bdelaney@interweave.com. Please be sure to include your first and last names and your contact information in all email correspondence.
- By submitting your artwork to our challenge, you are authorizing Interweave to publish your entry in upcoming publications and promotional materials, on our website, and in other Interweave e-media, as well as possibly display it in shows.
- Interweave will not be held responsible for loss or damage due to circumstances beyond our control.
Supportive Art Reader Challenge
In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness month (October), we decided a bra-inspired challenge would be a wonderful way to acknowledge the occasion. We do not expect everyone to go out and embellish a real brassiere, though we suspect some will, but rather we look forward to many interpretations of the challenge. Paint, draw, collage or even mold a bra with your favorite molding medium. Whatever your chosen media, show us just how creative you can be.
the rules
1. Create an original mixed-media bra-inspired artwork. Your finished art needs to weigh no more than 1lb. and be able to fit in an 8" x 10" x 6" box.
2. Your artwork must be free of any text or images that are protected by copyright, unless you have the expressed written permission from the person or institution that holds the copyright and you provide that written permission with your submission.
3. Mix your media. You may use paper, fabric, fibers, embellishments and found objects, inks, paints, stitching . . . and anything else that makes your art unique.
4. To be considered for the challenge, send two low-res image of your art via email by
May 1, 2012, to challenges@interweave.com, with the words “Supportive Art” in the subject line. Please include your name, shipping address, email address, phone number, a brief explanation of your piece, and a short paragraph explaining how Breast Cancer has touched your life (in 30 words or less).
5. Finalists will be posted on Barb’s blog at clothpaperscissors.com on May 14, 2012. Artists will not be notified directly.
note: We encourage you to upload the image of your artwork to our Reader Challenge gallery on the clothpaperscissors.com community.
6. If accepted as a finalist for print consideration, your artwork must be in our offices no later than June 4, 2012. At that time a flat shipping and handling fee of $8 U.S., $10 Canada, and $12 all other international will be due. For safety, be sure to place your entry in a plastic bag before packing it for shipping. All artwork will be returned by the week of August 1, 2012.
Shipping address:
Interweave/Cloth Paper Scissors
Attn: Supportive Art Challenge
490 Boston Post Road, Suite 15
Sudbury, MA 01776
We will feature some of the finalists art in an upcoming issue of Cloth Paper Scissors and/or on our website.
noteworthy
• All funds must be in U.S. dollars and made payable to Interweave.
• If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Delaney at bdelaney@interweave.com. Please be sure to include your first and last names and your contact information in all email correspondence.
• By submitting your mixed-media artwork to our challenge, you are authorizing Interweave to publish your entry in upcoming publications and promotional materials, on our website, and in other Interweave e-media, as well as possibly display it in shows.
• Interweave will not be held responsible for loss or damage due to circumstances beyond our control.
Traveling Artists: Luggage Tag
Whether you travel during the summer months to warm and exotic locations, save your time off for a European holiday, or just like to go to the lake for some R and R, chances are you take along some kind of art supplies. How do you tag your bag of art supplies (or even your suitcase)? Do you like a glitzy claim-of-ownership, or are you more the understated type? While you're busy planning your summer vacation, take the time to show us your best mixed-media inspired luggage tag.
the rules
1. Create an original and functional, mixed-media luggage tag. Your finished tag needs to weigh no more than 1/4lb. and be able to fit in a 5" x 8" padded envelope.
2. Your artwork must be free of any text or images that are protected by copyright, unless you have the expressed written permission from the person or institution that holds the copyright and you provide that written permission with your submission.
3. Mix your media. You may use paper, fabric, fibers, embellishments and found objects, inks, paints, stitching . . . and anything else that makes your tag unique. Just make sure that your luggage tag is functional.
4. To be considered for the challenge, send one low-res image of your luggage tag (show its best side) via email by March 1, 2012, to challenges@interweave.com, with the words "Luggage Tag" in the subject line. Please include your name, shipping address, email address, phone number, a brief explanation of your piece, and tell us where you'd most like to travel with your art supplies.
5. Finalists will be posted on Barb's blog at clothpaperscissors.com on March 13, 2012. Artists will not be notified directly.
note: We encourage you to upload the image of your luggage tag to our Reader Challenge gallery on the clothpaperscissors.com community.
6. If accepted as a finalist for print consideration, your artwork must be in our offices no later than
April 3, 2012. At that time a flat shipping and handling fee of $8 U.S., $10 Canada, and $12 all other international will be due. For safety, be sure to place your entry in a plastic bag before packing it for shipping. All artwork will be returned the week of June 12, 2012.
Shipping address:
Interweave/Cloth Paper Scissors
Attn: Luggage Tag Challenge
490 Boston Post Road, Suite 15
Sudbury, MA 01776
We will feature some of the luggage tags finalists art in an upcoming issue of Cloth Paper Scissors and/or on our website.
noteworthy
- All funds must be in U.S. dollars and made payable to Interweave.
- If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Delaney at bdelaney@interweave.com. Please be sure to include your first and last names and your contact information in all email correspondence.
- By submitting your mixed-media luggage tag to our challenge, you are authorizing Interweave to publish your entry in upcoming publications and promotional materials, on our website, and in other Interweave e-media, as well as possibly display it in shows.
- Interweave will not be held responsible for loss or damage due to circumstances beyond our control.
"Cloth Paper Scissors Post"
We love getting mail. We love hearing from our readers via email, Facebook, Twitter, the clothpaperscissors.com community, and especially via good old snail mail (you know, the kind you have to buy a stamp for?). What better way to celebrate art and post than to actually post your art? We want you to create a fabric postcard using all of your yummy mixed-media skills and techniques, put a stamp on it, and send it to us!
the rules
1. Design and create a fabric postcard that is 4" x 6". You may use any other mixed-media materials as long as the postcard is at least 50 percent fabric.
note: Your postcard must be free of any text or images that are protected by copyright, unless you have the expressed written permission from the person or institution that holds the copyright and you provide that written permission with your submission.
2. Put a stamp on the postcard and make sure to add your return address with an email address. This is what we will use to label the postcards chosen for the magazine, so make sure it’s legible.
note: We will only photograph the non-addressed portions of the postcards.
3. Write us a note on the postcard, and tell us how we’re doing. Or send us a haiku or a limerick; you decide.
4. We encourage you to upload the image of your postcard to our photo gallery on the clothpaperscissors.com community.
5. There is no entry fee for this challenge as the postcards will become the property of Interweave and will not be returned.
6. Your postcards must be in our offices by Friday, January 20, 2012. We will feature some of the postcards in an upcoming issue of Cloth Paper Scissors and/or on our website.
Please send your postcards to:
Interweave/Cloth Paper Scissors
Attn: Cloth Paper Scissors Post
490 Boston Post Road
Suite 15
Sudbury, MA 01776
If you have any questions, contact Barbara Delaney at bdelaney@interweave.com. Please be sure to include your first and last names and your contact information, including a phone number, in all email correspondence.
note: By submitting your postcard to our challenge, you are authorizing Interweave to publish your postcard in upcoming publications and promotional materials, on our website, and in other Interweave e-media, as well as possibly display it in shows. Interweave will not be held responsible for loss or damage due to circumstances beyond our control.