I am so glad to see the contest take shape and I hope there will be many more members that try to make something this year.
There is no pass or fail here.
Each idea is unique and each person has different methods of working with the materials they have on hand.
I cannot tell you how many times I learn new ideas here and this is what it's all about. It's not the competition. It's not the prizes. It's all about the individual's learning curve and the development and thought processes that go into making something from scratch. It's about the path you take and what you learn and share, not the prize at the end. The prize should be the fulfillment of making something by hand that you thought you might not really be able to do and proving it to yourself that you can, or learning your missed steps even f you can't.
I wish all of you good luck and good fortune with your builds and I will be watching here, in spirit, as you make them the one of a kind masterpieces that you will create.
Hi folks, I would like to join the contest, but it will be a month or more before I can devote any time to the project (which may take many months to complete!) Should I start a thread now, or wait until I can actually start the project?
Pages can get real slow to load when they get pic heavy. It might be a good idea to spread sections of the build thread to posts on later pages and just link them in the op to relieve this.
Well said! Though the idea of a prize is nice, more significant to me is pushing past perceived limitations to achieve something no one thought of or thought possible.