Thank you to everyone who voted and helped to spread the word about the 15 fascinating projects listed on crafthaus for the past 15 days. I heard that the call for voting went out to many countries and responses came in from as far as the Philippines! A record total of 6943 votes were cast and the results for the 2012 Crafthaus Project Grant are in: 

Congratulations to the organizers of Project #3: "Assistance to Southeastern Turkish Womenʼs Handcraft C...": Umut Demirguc Thurman and James Thurman!

Umut and James will start blogging the project's progress on crafthaus within the next few weeks enabling all of us to follow along as they embark to help this particular womens' cooperative create new designs for their traditional handcrafted items and find new markets to sell their work.

The Thurmans are currently also chronicling their efforts into a book that will be on the market at some point. They are actively looking for additional support from US organizations interested to team up with them and will be accepting monetary donations via crafthaus and their own website soon. Stay tuned.

Project # 1: Build Your Own Cities, Public Installation

Project # 2: Flotsam & Jetsam

Project # 3: Assistance to Southeastern Turkish Women's Handcraft Cooperative

Project # 4: Beyond the Fiber of Being

Project # 5: SynTechnia (Virtual Classroom)

Project # 6: Professional Video About My Jewelry

Project # 7: Re-duse, re-use, Alchemy

Project # 8: Buoy Project

Project # 9: CHAIN

Project # 10: Arcs Coffee Table

Project # 11: Redefining Redesigning Fashion

Project # 12: Wearable Electronic Jewelry

Project # 13: Metals 2012

Project # 14: Beauty Marks

Project # 15: Static Bling

The voting process came to an end on September 19 at 6 PM. The winner will be announced on September 20 via crafthaus email and posted here.