Season 10, Episode 9: It's All About Me
Air 9/13/12
The designers get to create their own fabric for their outfit inspired by their cultural heritage and get special home visits from their family.
For our Etsy Metal Translation:
Make a piece inspired by your cultural heritage.
“I grew up in Ohio in a traditional Greek Orthodox family. My grandparents lived with us and passed down many rituals and superstitions from 'pieces of the real cross' that my grandmother would give to her son for protection when he went to war to reading the mud left in the bottom of a cup of Turkish coffee.
We'd go to bed every night and hold our small wood and metal icons, do the sign of the cross, kiss them, and then go safely to sleep. I was always fascinated with the icons and when I got older I began to think about making modern icons from old photos of my family. I combine the photo with copper and enamel and stamp part of a story from my favorite book of Greek myths, "Lost Goddesses of Early Greece, a Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths" by Charlene Spretnak.”
Our next week challenge:
Season 10, Episode 10: I Get a Kick Out of Fashion
Air 9/20/12
My Lifetime, Thursdays 9pmPSTE
The designers were challenged to create a costume for the Rockettes. The winning design will be featured in a future Rockettes performance.
For our Etsy Metal Translation:
Make a piece that is glitzy and glamorous!
Deadline: Thursday, September 27 by midnight, your time.
Make it work!
**Guidelines for Guest Submissions**
Please read this every week as there may be small updates and changes. The pieces you submit must be pieces that are made specifically for that week's challenge. Then post a link to your challenge creation in this week's comment area before the deadline.
*We are only accepting guest submissions from our blog comment area at this time, insert your links there. Then Please cross-post this to your Blog, Flickr, Etsy, etc. and tag them with "EMPR 10.3" We will post your name with a link and a picture of your piece on our blog. The deadline for guest submissions will be Thursday at 12:00 midnight, Pacific Standard Time. The new blog posts and the new challenge will go up the Friday after the new episode airs.
Thank you !
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