URSA Awards 2013
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

Category 3

Medium Bare Bear or Bud - 6" to 11" -  Undressed. Any materials.


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3.1

3.1

Tiramizzu is an OOAK who is 11 3/4".  She is made from corn colored Schulte long string mohair and a warm-brown suede. German black glass eyes and a dark brown nose. Tiramizzu has a needle-sculpted belly-button and paws. She has a large rounded muzzle and a big tummy. 5-way jointed which allows her to be posed. Stuffed with Poly-Fil and stainless steel pellets.

Laura Anne Stapp

Lau's Bears - California USA


 


3.2

3.2

Peaches is 6” tall and made from mohair with velvet paw pads. Glass eyes and filled with poly-cotton stuffing, steel shot and lavender buds.

5-way joint with Wobble Head. Wears glass heart pendant.

Carolyn Robbins

Warm Heart Bears - Colorado USA


 


3.3

3.3

Roland is designed to sit in a hunched over position, he has short legs with needle felted paw pads. OOAK who is 25cm (9 1/2") tall.

Created from two tones of mohair and has a needle felted face. His eyes are beige and brown glass and he is filled with a combination of wool, poly and steel shot.

Kim Russell

Russell Bears - Ocean Reef ,Western Australia

 


3.4

3.4

Sandy is a 7-inch tall teddy bear made from honey blonde vintage mink fur. OOAK is entirely hand-stitched. 5-way jointed using cotter pin-disc joints. German glass eyes and hand-sculpted Polymer clay nose. Sandy is filled with a mix of wood wool excelsior and wool blend poly with steel shot. Fully lined for durability and she has tan Ultra-suede paw pads.  She wears a Swarovski crystal heart with pearl accents hanging on a black cord around her neck.

Brenda Mize

Minky Bears - Texas USA


 

3.5

3.5

Bethany is 11" tall and is made from faux fur. She has hand painted glass eyes and a stitched nose and mouth. Her face has been extensively needle sculpted, scissor sculpted and shaded. She has Ultra-suede feet with stitched, needle sculpted and shaded toes. Bethany is locknut jointed and filled with Poly-fil and steel shot to give her a nice weight.

Terries Bears
Terrie Kalaputas - Alberta, Canada


 


3.6

3.6

Humphrey is made from long pile purple faux fur and is 10" tall. He is 5-way jointed and has a needle felted face and paws. He has glass eyes and a needle felted nose. OOAK who is filled with poly stuffing.  He is jointed with lock nut joints. His fur is trimmed to show off his paw pads and face!

Karen Murphy

Teddy Bears and Crafts - Brunswick, Canada

 

3.7

3.7

Knit-Ted is 20 cm tall. Knitted from wool in shades beige to brown. The head is disk jointed, the limbs thread jointed. Glass eyes, hand embroidered and waxed nose. Wearing a custom made bobbin Lace collar. 


Berta Hesen-Minten

ThReAdTeDs - Horst-Hegelsom, The Netherlands

 

3.8

3.8

Dudly is 11" tall  and made from mohair with a firmly needle felted muzzle and nose. Strands of mohair rooted into felted face, then trimmed. Eyes, mouth and ears with shaded with Prisma color markers. The nose was sealed and sanded several times. He has an open/closed mouth with lower teeth. The teeth and claws are made of glass beads that were shaped. Paw pads made from leather. He is

4-way jointed using disks, lock nuts and bolts. There is no neck joint. Lockline runs from the head down the body to the tail like a spine. It is an armature that bends for posing. His arms and legs also have the armature. Softly stuffed with a combination of polyester, pellets and BBs for weight.

Linda Hearn

Critters Creations - Ontario, Canada

 

3.9

3.9

Mariposa, like her butterfly namesake, is a free-spirited bear who can be posed because of the wire armature. She has a hand-painted, needle-felted face, paws and muzzle and hand shaped claws made from polymorph thermoplastic.  She is constructed from Alpaca fur and is 10" tall. Stuffed with steel shot and wood wool and hollow-fibre.

Helen Clennel-White

Button Meadow Bears - Plymouth Devon, United Kingdom

 

3.10

3.10
Dappi stands at 8" tall and is made from alpaca in soft stone and winter white color with sculpted soft stone colored cashmere paw pads. English black glass eyes which have been accented with white and hand shaded. 5-way cotterpin jointed and stuffed with polyester and steel shot. His nose and mouth have been embroidered using Perle cotton in black and peach and his nose and the tips of his ears have been hand shaded. He sports a wired bow and gold-tone  bell around his neck.


Lynn Bowie

Madabout Bears - Dalry Ayrshire, Scotland

 

 

3.11

3.11

Shine Angel  is the name a famous diamond. Bear was sewn from

soft white alpaca. 5-Way jointed and filled with wool and mineral granulates. Muzzle is made in the technique of dry felting. Glass eyes and a silk ribbon around her neck with a pendant. She wears vintage earrings made of nickel silver and rock crystal.


Tatiana Sadovskaya

Nikolasvskaya, Ukraine

 

3.12

3.12

Jingle Bear is 10" tall and made in blue iris colored German mohair. 2-way jointed (arms). Needle sculpting palms and paws. Glass eyes with wool felt eye shadows. Open mouth with tailor made tongue. Head moves around by a music box inside the body.

Myra MIAO

Myra Bears - Kowloon, China

 

3.14

3.14

Madalyn is an original design created from a soft light grey mohair fabric. Standing 6" tall (15cm) tall. Her face is finished with oil painted gentle shadings and she has black eyes. 5-way jointed and firmly stuffed with poly-fiberfill.

Chantal Giroux
Chantal`s Bears Collection - New Brunswick, Canada

 

3.15

3.15

Boris is 11" tall and created from thick Tissavel faux fur. OOAK with a realistic nose that is needle felted. 5-way jointed which allows him freedom of movement. If sleepy, Boris can curl up into a small ball. Filled with poly fibre and glass beads added to his tummy for weight. Ultra-suede top and bottom eyelids with black glass eyes. Big paws are made from Ultra-suede. Face is needle sculptured and added shading.

Lynette Kennedy

Fred-i-Bears - Gauteng, South Africa

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 3


3.1
Tiramizzu


3.2
Peaches


3.3
Roland


3.4

Sandy

3.5
Bethany


3.6
Humphrey


3.7
Knit Ted


3.8
Dudly


3.9
Mariposa


3.10

Dappi

3.11
Shine Angel

3.12
Jingle Bear

3.14
Madalyn

3.15
Boris

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 1 - Wee Little Bare Bears-Bud, 5" & Under (12)
2 - Wee Little Outfitted Bears-Bud, 5" & under (6)
 
 3 - Medium Bare Bears-Bud 6-11" (14)
 4 - Medium Outfitted Bear-Bud 6-11"  (11)
 
  5 - Large Bare Bear-Bud 12-28"  (19)
  6 - Large Bear-Bud 12 to 28" Outfitted (9)
 
  7 - Diva's All sizes (8)
 
  10 - Costumed Bears - Buds (11)

 

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