Imgur, will you help this introverted alchemist win a contest?

I taught myself to make strange jewelry with copper and crystals, by using electricity and acid solution plus some Liver of Sulfur (and maybe some magic spells but that's not important). I entered a contest to win monies to grow my business making and selling things, and if I win it, I'll be able to get supplies to teach myself silver casting to give some real credibility to my designs. (This one is Blue Apatite in a glass vial with water, and three pieces of Amethyst) I love silver, but the start up cost is just too high for me to jump in. I know if I could afford things like a furnace, crucible, forge, safety gear, casting instruments tools and supplies - oh and silver - I'd do amazing work. The contest will award me that opportunity. If nothing else, I appreciate you taking the time to read this and take a look at my art.

Tl;dr please vote - I want to make even cooler things! Link: http://wshe.es/JL5Tz65E

This is two colors Fluorite octahedrons set in copper caging as a necklace.

This is a bracelet with some cool organic texture (there are garnets on the sides).

An Amethyst cluster necklace, with copper nodules around the edges of the crystals.

Labradorite rings - these flash in the light like mad, absolutely one of my favorite stones to admire and work with.

These are "Aqua Aura" Quartz necklaces, I didn't do the coating on the Quartz but it's a vapor deposition of gold in a heated vacuum chamber that gives it that color and sheen. I think they look pretty neat.

Rainbow Moonstone and Amethyst rings

Cat tax - Oakley, the rescue kitty I posted about, who is recovering nicely from her tumor excision and is coming to live with me soon.