January/February Challenge Entries - "What You Love"

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Pink Portal

Isinglass Design













Let's Go For a Bike Ride

First Light Glass











Royal Key

LN Glassworks










Dagobert the Dino

J Winterbower Glass Art













All Heart

Art Glass by Yvonne











Peeking Cat

Good Grief Glass












Pot Melt

Eccentricity Glass













Small Flower Bud

Mouchette

















Red Hot

Island Girl













Love Sign

Gigi's Designs














Spring Baby

Simply Lampwork












I Love...

Paper 'N' Clay











Red Hot Beads

Sue Beads










Meandering Path


JS Glass Art

January/February Challenge

What You Love

Let’s start the year off with some LOVE.

CGGE is full of members that are passionate about glass, but what else do they love? Use your imagination to make a work in glass showing what you love. With the start of a new year and a new decade, you can take this time to try a new glass technique for this challenge. Also, you have extra time for this challenge since we’re combining January and February together.

Since we’re just getting out of the busy holiday season, this challenge is for January and February. The contest begins January 1st and ends promptly at 11:59 pm EST on February 25th. Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass. The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop. All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.

Voting will be open to all Etsy members and the winner of the challenge will be featured on our CGGE Home Page.

Good luck to all of you who enter the challenge!

Congratulations go to Linda of Paper 'N' Clay for her beautiful "Holly" pendant

Thanks to everyone who found the time to participate in this month’s challenge – even with the holidays looming over your heads. Again, the artists of CGGE have shown how creative and talented they are with the submissions for the December challenge.

Congratulations go to Linda of papernclay for her beautiful fused glass pendant titled, “Holly”.

Linda has been working with glass for five years. Not only does she fuse glass, but she has a torch for bead making. The inspiration for her December submission is the classic and traditional holly and berries, which is also a favorite of hers.

Linda has this great advice for glass artists… “Be creative and inspired to try new things - they don't all work the way you want, but there's always something to be learned.”

As a member of CGGE, Linda enjoys being a part of our glass group where there is much talent and so many different personalities.

You can find more of Linda’s creative glass work at her Etsy shop: http://www.papernclay.etsy.com/.

December Challenge Entries - "What the Holidays Mean to You"

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Star of David

Artistic Glass Impressions by Yvonne













We are Family

Girl Friday








Holly

Paper 'N' Clay











Funky Christmas Tree

Art de Fleur









Peace

First Light Glass










Christmas Poinsettia

Desert Rose Art Glass

December Challenge

What the Holidays Mean to You

The holiday season is upon us. Everyone is shopping, baking and planning trips to visit family and friends. This month’s CGGE challenge is asking “What do the Holidays mean to you?”
Take a moment to reflect on the answer to that question. I’m sure it will be different for many of us and I hope it inspires you to create.

The contest begins December 1st and ends promptly at 11:59 PM EST on December 26th.

Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lampworked or mosaic glass.

The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop. All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.

Voting will be open to all Etsy members and the winner of the challenge will be featured on our CGGE Home Page.

Good luck to all of you who enter the challenge!

November Challenge Entries - "Thankful For..."

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Bella and Franky

Three Stix









Extra Time

Dichroic Dazzle









Nature's Beauty

Glass Magic










Living Near the Beach

Krista's Kiln












Unconditional Love

Art Glass by Yvonne











No Swine Flu

Paper 'N' Clay

November Challenge

November Challenge:
The theme for the CGGE’s November Challenge is “Thankful For….”
As the title implies, this is a good time of year for all of us to think of the things in our lives that we are thankful for -- our families, our health, our freedoms, and so much more.
Each person’s blessings are as diverse as their individuality. Therefore, we encourage you to pause, observe and reflect on the things that bring you joy, serenity and happiness.
Visualize in your mind a work of art that encompasses those feelings. Now head for the studio and create your inspired entry for this month's CGGE Challenge using the theme "Thankful for....".

The contest begins November 1 and ends promptly at midnight EST November 25th.
Each member may submit one entry only in stained, fused, lamp-worked or mosaic glass.
The entry must be listed in your Etsy shop.
All entries are to be posted to the CGGE Challenge Group site on Flickr.
Voting will be open to all and the winner of the challenge will be featured on our CGGE Home Page.

So CGGE artists, put your thinking caps on again this month and let the world know what you’re especially thankful for in you life.