Past Challenges

Explore some of the past PCAGOE challenge themes. To learn more about the PCAGOE challenge or to find out the next theme visit the challenge page.


2011 Challenge Themes

December Challenge: Artist Trading Cards
The December PCAGOE challenge showcases our members' individual styles.  Read about the entries or see the winners post. 

November Challenge: Caning
The November PCAGOE challenge showcases our members' caning skills. A cane is a log or cylinder of clay that has a design running through it, so each slice of the cane contains the design. Here you will find some great items made with canes as well as the raw canes themselves. Read about the entries or see the winners post.

October Challenge: Masks 
Many polymer artists find masks to be a wonderful way to express themselves. For October the challenge will be to create a mask with at least 50 % polymer clay. Read about the entries or see the winners post.
 

September Challenge: Pink
This one was special one to us. Our artists created something pink in honor of one of our own who has been diagnosed with breast cancer.Read about the entries or see the winners post.

 August Challenge: Under the Sea
Our artist found inspiration by the sea for this one. Read about the entries or see the winners post.

July Challenge: pocket mirrors
This month's challenge was a little different. All of the beautiful polymer clay covered mirrors created for the challenge and are available for sale. And all the proceeds are for charity. Read more!

June Challenge: For the Guys
Polymer clay is a flexible medium. Our guild artists proved it by making their favorite things "for the guys." Read more about these entries.

May Challenge: Flora & Fauna 

The theme for the May challenge, Flora & Fauna, is a broad one that allowed PCAGOE members to stretch creatively. Find out more about these entries or view the winners.

April Challenge Wall Art

April Challenge: Wall Art

The only rules for this challenge were that the entry must be at least 50% polymer clay and must interpret or depict the theme in some way. Read about these entries and the winners.


March Challenge Bottles of Hope

For this challenge our members used their skills for charity by creating entries for Bottles of Hope like the fun little mushroom on the right by Phoebe Doehring of HappyCreations4u. PCAGOE Guild Member Jackie Sieben of ThePleasantPheasant will be bringing these bottles as well as additional ones made by our members to St. Mary's Cancer Center and the Nevada Cancer Institute in Reno. These centers give a bottle to each person as they complete chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

Jackie has collected hundreds of bottles donated from our guild as well as another guild, and even with giving each person only one bottle after their treatment, they still run out of them. So sad.

The hospital keeps our bottles in a glass wall case that is right outside the chemo treatment rooms. The patients look at them and pick their favorites in hopes that particular bottle will still be there when they finish their final treatment.

February Challenge Critters/Wings

Entries for the February PCAGOE challenge were BEAUTIFUL! This challenge: "Critters/Wings" had many of our talented members using their creative skills to sculpt, mold, and cane their way into our imaginations! The adorable dragon on the left is by our new PCAGOE president, Cindy Matthews! He couldn't possibly breathe fire - think this one only gives hugs!