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TOHO Challenge 2023

TOHO 2023 Challenge

The 2023 TOHO Challenge from Team TOHO is here and jewelry designers are encouraged to participate by submitting an original jewelry design made with the chosen colors for this year. The theme for this year's challenge is "Nothing Gold Can Stay", inspired by a poem by Robert Frost. Here's what Rochelle Petersen, one of the leaders behind Team TOHO and the TOHO Challenge, has to say about this year's theme:

“I feel we really need to celebrate those special Golden moments that come to us in life, they are so fragile that they don't always last very long at the time, but we remember them fondly forever!”

2023 TOHO Challenge Rules

Create an original design in the medium of your choice using TOHO seed beads and Starman Czech glass beads from the 2023 Challenge palette.

TOHO Seed Bead Color Numbers:

#46 - Opaque Oxblood/Dark Brown

#762 - Opaque Matte Ivory/Ivory Chalk Matte

#PF557 - PermaFinish - Galvanized Starlight/ Gold Galvanized PermaFinish

#PF557F - PermaFinish - Galvanized Matte Starlight/ Gold Galvanized Matte PermaFinish

#421 - Transparent Pink Gold Luster/Rose Gold Luster

#1201 - Marbled Opaque Beige-Pink/Mauve-Peach Marbled

#202 - Transparent Lilac Gold Luster/Amethyst Gold Luster

#1209 - Marbled Opaque Avocado/Pink/Avocado/Cranberry Marbled Opaque

#502 - Higher Metallic Amethyst/Plum Iris Higher Metallic

#703 - Matte Color Mauve Mocha/ Plum Iris Metallic Matte

#707 - Matte Color Iris Peridot/Green Iris Metallic Matte

#180 – Transparent Rainbow Olivine

#5002 Brown RE-Glass beads made of recycled Brown glass

Starman Czech Glass Bead Colors:

P65491 - Luster-Opaque Rose/Gold Topaz

9011 - Garnet/Garnet AB/Garnet Matte

P15695 - Luster-Opaque Gold/Smoky Topaz

K0171 - Matte Metallic Flax

K0189 - Matte Metallic Lava

21455 - Iris Green Metallic

79052 - Metallic Suede Dark Forest

Some of the featured designers are chosen from participating people who take the challenge themselves, so send us photos of your finished challenge design by September 15th 2023, by messaging us on TeamTOHO Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TeamTOHO/ and email your photos to [email protected].