Final Robot Idea Contest Winners

Here are the final winners of the Robot Idea Contest:

Carmen Miranda Robot (head dress with a few gadgets thrown in along with fruit)-(Samantha)



You Complete Me Robot....plug and socket-(guurrrl)


Congratulations! and I will be contacting you shortly for your mailing information.


There were no 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place winners in this contest. I was top 3. Originally 14 ideas were submitted and I narrowed those down to 9. To be fair I posted an open voting poll to pick the top 3. Here are the results of the poll.


I really enjoyed reading everyone's ideas and making these robots. I'm sorry that not everyone was happy with the design of their robots, but again this was an idea not a design contest. Someone on twitter and in their blog said that I robbed someone of their idea for my own benefit. The only benefit I got from this contest was to make one of a kind figures for some awesome people based on their ideas. I paid for the supplies, I took the time to make the figures and I'm mailing them for free. I am not going to remake these robots and sell them, so I am unsure what "Benefit" this person was speaking of. Art is about interpretation and these were my interpretations of the ideas submitted. This will not detour me from having contests like this again in the future, if anything it has just reiterated that "You cannot please everyone" (:

Oh and on a related note the Dj robot created for this contest has found a home. Another blog reader has emailed me and said she would love to take him. Thank you to everyone who emailed wanting to take in this little orphan.

Updates!

Wow so I haven't updated in awhile. I'll just give a brief run down ( or my idea of brief) of whats been up. December 15th the 1st batch Zombie Toast figures sold out. I am currently taking pre-orders for batch #2 in my shop located here now. Batch 2 will only consist of about 10 figures online. After these 10 figures are gone I will not be taking pre-orders for batch 3 until March. Although a new batch won't be available until march I will have a limited # available at upcoming shows.

December 19th I had the pleasure of taking part in the "Last Minute Market" @ the Screw Factory in Lakewood, Ohio. It was a great show. So many visitors and a great mix of eclectic artists. I had many people do all of their X-mas shopping at my booth. I wish I could have gotten around and done some shopping during the show myself, but I had no one to man my booth. My boyfriend who usually holds down the fort for me didn't come to the show. He stayed home to take care of our new dog. A rescue named Butters (more about him later). I got to meet a lot of great people and have to give it up to Cleveland Handmade and I Made It Market for putting on such an awesome show. Also everyone should check out "Autumn's Antics". She is an amazing artist and a sweet girl. I she was my neighbor during the show and I had so much fun talking with her. She makes amazing jewelry and ornaments. Over all GREAT show!

I have a couple new projects I'm working on that should materialize here in the next few days. New robots (of course), Zombie Toast micro plush, a blind box figure and dog toys that aren't for dogs????

Stay tuned!