URSA Awards 2014

9th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

Category 10

 

Santa's, Father Christmas, Elves - All materials, all sizes.

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10.1

10.1

Frosty is 14" tall and made with a dense, antique white German mohair and has wool felt paw pads. German glass eyes and has a waxed and buffed embroidered nose. He has three black jingle bells as buttons on his tummy. 5-way jointed and is filled with high loft polyester fiberfill and stone pellets. He is wearing a velour black top hat secured with a glass beaded hat pin. He wears a bright red knitted scarf around his neck. His little cardinal friend is made with red matted German mohair, long wispy red faux fur, black wool felt, German glass eyes and wire for feet. His head is disc jointed. He is holding a Christmas decoration that says "Friends are the Best Gift of All". OOAK.

Erin Roy
Bears*n*Bling - Canada

 

10.2

10.2

Candy Cane is 10" tall and is made from mohair and alpaca. Hand painted blue glass eyes and a stitched nose and mouth. Her face has been needle sculpted, scissor sculpted and shaded. She wears a colorful holiday hat with jingle bells.

Terrie Kalaputas

Terries Bears - Canada

 

10.3

10.3

Ampelio is an Elf jester who is 11.4" tall. Made with two kind of Schulte mohair. Blue glass doll eyes with leather eyelids. Muzzle and paw pads are needle felted with Merino wool. Stuffed with wool, poly-fil and steel balls. 5 way-jointed. His jester hat has tiny bells at the tips.

Annalisa Taddei

The Tuscany Bear Maker - Italy

 

10.4

10.4

Patch and Rudolph are OOAKs.
Patch 15cm tall and is made from white Alpaca with paw pads sculpted. German black glass eyes, stitched nose and mouth. 5 way jointed. Stuffed with fiberfill. He wears a holiday outfit and a long Santa Had with white trim.
Rudolph, the Christmas moose is 24 cm tall and made from brown Alpaca and some other parts are made from miniature fabrics and sculpted. Brown glass eyes with white and black and nose is sewn on. Stitched mouth. No joints as he is unstructured using a plastic skeleton for his shape. Around his neck he wears a rustic bell on a red ribbon.

Heike Hilkenbach

Loppi-Bären - Germany

 

10.5

10.5

Alvin Poggle is made of long string, hand dyed, yellow-green and blue mohair. He has matching velvet hand dyed sculpted paw pads and a multi-coloured Pearle cotton stitching with matching eyelids and inner ears. Multi coloured sparkling glass hand painted to match the rest of him. Weighted with steel balls and filled with polyester stuffing. 18" including hat. He is dressed in a checked waistcoat and felt hat with flower and ladybird embellishments. Alvin is an elf who helps Santa Claus at Christmas whilst protecting the forest during the rest of the year.

 

Kathleen Eltis

Bearlytherehugs
United Kingdom

 

10.6

10.6

Father Christmas is an OOAK created from a recycled autumn haze mink fur coat. 15" tall and stands with assistance. Paw pads are light brown suede, he has dark amber glass eyes and a hand-embroidered brown Perle cotton nose. 5-way jointed and stuffed with polyester fiberfill. He wears a handmade tapestry fabric robe and hat, both trimmed with fox fur. Two resin wolves accompany him on his journey.

 

Jane Woodard

Heir Bears - United States

 

10.7

10.7

Spring Elf is 10" tall and made of German mohair with glass eyes. Three joints to let the bear sit. Needle sculpted and felted face with armature inside the arms. Ribbon embroidery on the body front.  In Spring the Elf is busy working to make the  leaves green, trees be  covered in blossoms and color the butterflies. Completely hand-made including the chiffon and organza flowers. The butterflies made of rayon thread. Silk ribbon sewed creates the leaves and the tree trunk and part of the background are needle felted.

 

Gloria Chan

Gloria Handicraft Studio - Hong Kong

 

10.8

10.8

Oh, Christmas Tree was created from a dense, tipped German wool fabric. Fully jointed with wool paw pads, glass eyes, wool eye whites, and a hand stitched nose with two Swarovski crystals attached. Face has been shaded and detailed.  The costume was created from a hunter green upholstery fabric and is trimmed with metallic gimp braid, mini Christmas ornaments and oodles of Swarovski crystals that were randomly hot fixed to the costume. The tree costume can be removed to give the bear a hug. 

 

Vicky Lougher

Elegant Creations - United States


 

10.9

10.9

Elvin is made from German Schulte dense tipped mohair. He has hand blown German glass eyes and is wearing a hand made felt jacket and hat trimmed with blanket stitching, bells and glass beads. Over-stitched large embroidered nose. 8" tall and has Ultra-suede paw pads. He is ready for winter's snow wearing his snow shoes and led by his pet polar bear, a Christmas decoration especially purchased in New Zealand.

Jan Cuming

Jinglebears - New Zealand

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 10


10.1

Friends are the Best Gift of All


10.2
Candy Cane

10.3
Ampelio

10.4
Patch and Rudolf

10.5
Alvin Poggle

 

10.6
Father Christmas

10.7
Spring Elf

10.8
Oh Christmas Tree

10.9
Elvin

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  10 - Santas - Father Christmas, Elves (9)     Contact
  11 - Polar Bears - All sizes  (4)    

 

  12 - Panda Bears All sizes (6)     Statistics: 
  14 - What Does The Fox Say? - All sizes (8)   72 Artist competing from 19 Countries
  15 - Animal Kingdom - All sizes (13)      Total of 145  Entries
  16 - Furry Pals - Cats & Dogs - All sizes (7)        8 - Needle Felted Bear - Buds (Canceled)
  17 - It's All The Same Pattern - Clown (3)        Note: We never use category 13
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