Meet Anca Crahmaliuc Winner, Beginners Category, Story Telling Challenge Congratulations to Anca Crahmaliuc, winner of the Beginners Category of the Story Telling Challenge! Her winning piece, Sleeping Beauty Castle, tells the story of a golden princess who was cursed...
Challenges
Story Telling Challenge Winner – Intermediate Category
Meet Laura Roehl Winner, Intermediate Category, Story Telling Challenge Congratulations to Laura Roehl, winner of the Intermediate Category of the Story Telling Challenge! Her winning piece, Love Deeper Than the Ocean, commemorates her father and his adventurous...
Story Telling Challenge Winner – Advanced Category
Meet Holly Gage Winner, Advanced Category, Story Telling Challenge Congratulations to Holly Gage, winner of the Advanced Category of the Story Telling Challenge! Her winning piece, Flying Monkey, “It was an outlet for emotion and frustration,” Holly said. “It took me...
Alchemy Challenge Winner – People’s Choice Award
Congratulations to Inna Soummer, winner of the People’s Choice Award in the Alchemy Challenge. Her winning entry, Coral Reef, is a bronze ring with red coral and pen-plated silver elements. “My inspiration was the beauty of the world underwater, with all of its...
More Bits and Pieces – September 2021
When I was asked to write a guest blog last year for the first Bits and Pieces Challenge, I was a little bit worried that nobody would be interested in my musings on the subject. But when I started to write it I found I quite liked the idea I was just talking to...
Why I Enter the Bits and Pieces Challenge
Anca Crahmaliuc from Romania is one of the artists who regularly enters our just-for-fun monthly Bits and Pieces challenges in the public Metal Clay Fun with AMCAW Facebook group. There are no prizes for this challenge but the artists who enter something always get...
Alchemy Challenge Winner – Beginner Category
Meet Nancy Heise Winner, Beginner Category, Alchemy Challenge Congratulations to Nancy, winner of the Beginner Category in AMCAW’s Alchemy artist challenge! Her winning entry, Trapeze, is a fine silver pendant with a 6 carat monarch opal. “The funniest thing about...
Alchemy Challenge Winner – Intermediate Category
Meet Wizz Stearne Winner, Intermediate Category, Alchemy Challenge Congratulations to Wizz, winner of the Intermediate Category in AMCAW’s Alchemy artist challenge! Her winning entry, Sorcerer’s Scroll, combines fine silver, cubic zirconia, and an amethyst bead in a...
Alchemy Challenge Winner – Advanced Category
Meet Linda Kaye-Moses Winner, Advanced Category, Alchemy Challenge Congratulations to Linda, winner of the Advanced Category in AMCAW’s Alchemy artist challenge! Her winning entry, Artemisia Liberata, combines milled 18K gold, sterling silver, vitreous enamels,...

























