2012 Battle of the Beadsmith...

I am excited to announce that I have been accepted as an entrant in the 

2012 Battle of the Beadsmith.

This beading "tournament" will have around 80 participants from all around the world and I will proudly be representing Australia!

This tournament has been arranged by Steven Weiss, Marketing Manager for The Beadsmith, in a bid to create awareness of the bead artistry being executed by bead masters worldwide.

On 14 May artists will be paired and will then have 7 weeks to create a piece of original beadwork.

40 winners will then be chosen and these 40 beaders will then be paired, compete again, eliminated and so on with the numbers eventually coming down to 5 competitors.

 Check out a few of the amazing artists taking part

Nancy Dale

Sue Horine

Lyn Davy

Patrick Duggan

Carol Dean Sharpe

Cynthia Newcomer Daniel

Ann Braginsky

Melissa Ingram

Mikki Ferrugiaro

Kinga Nichols

Lauren Macgregor

Rachel Nelson-Smith 

Olga Petterson

Miriam Cielo Shimon

and Helena Tang

WOW!

I have admired the work of many of the artists taking part. This much talent in one place and one time is going to be amazing. 

I am pretty confident that I won't proceed past the first round, and I am not saying that because I doubt my abilities... I am saying that because of the abilities of the other competitors.

But hey one cannot succeed without trying and I am honoured just to have my name listed alongside these wonderfully talented human beings.

I wonder who I will be paired up with!

You can check out all of the details, the artists taking part, their amazing work and photos of the artists on the tournament's

Facebook page 

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