URSA Awards 2014
9th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

Category 15


Animal Kingdom
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Alligators to Zebras. All Materials, all sizes. 

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15.1

15.1

Emily Emu is made from synthetic fur, she has fully movable wings and head. Emily has a hand made polymer clay beak and stands on her own. Part of Kay's Australian animal collection.

Kay Cooper
Cooper Bears - Australia

 

15.2

15.2
Peppino is a 13.5" tall donkey made from dark brown and white alpaca and brown cashmere. 5-way jointed with wired legs. Black German glass eyes. Filled with sheep's wool and soft pellets. Hand painted color accents.

 

Silke Hirschfelder

The Mountaineers - Germany

 

15.3

15.3
Orville is 15" tall and made with black and white curly German mohair, beige matted mohair and shaded Ultra-suede. German black glass eyes with huge, thick, long eyelashes. His neck and legs are jointed and he is filled with high-loft fiberfill and glass pellets. OOAK


Erin Roy

Bears*n*Bling - Canada

 

15.4

15.4

IKU BB is 15" tall and made of German mohair with a needle felted face, hands, feet and his milk bottle. Arms and feet have a wire  armature. Glass eyes, fully joined and stuffed with poly-fil. Iku were a hand made and embroidered jumper.

 

Chole Yau

Chole Hand Made Bear - Hong Kong

 

15.5

15.5
Little Lord Fauntleroy is 13" to the top of his ears. Made from white Schulte alpaca with mini faux fur for his arms, feet and inner ears. His fur has been scissor sculpted and airbrushed. Black glass eyes and horse tail whiskers. Jointed neck and arms and his body is filled with two types of polyester filling and steel shot for weight. He can stand unaided. His arms are wired, as are his ears. He is wearing a hand made top hat with a hand made green tail coat, collar and patterned waistcoat. He is accessorized with a cravat and solid silver pocket watch with chain. OOAK.

 

Shelly Allison

The Rabbit Maker - United Kingdom

 

15.6

15.6
Harley is an OOAK giraffe who is made of viscose fur.  5-way jointed. Hand colored. Snout, horns and foot bottoms are made of wool. Glass eyes and he is stuffed with poly-fil. 8" tall.

Michelle Nunnery

Little Bittie Bears - United States


 

15.7

15.7

Tormalina is a vintage style mouse who is  7.9" tall, Made with beige faux fur. Black German glass eyes with a hand stitched nose with black thread. Inner ear is lined with vintage fabric and her tail is brown leather. 5 way-jointed.  Stuffed with wood wool and steel balls. OOAK

Annalisa Taddei

The Tuscany Bear Maker - Italy

 

15.8

15.8

Flynn is a moon-gazing hare who is 11" tall (measured from nose to tail).  Made from grey alpaca, with a white alpaca tail and he has cream Ultra-suede inner ears. Black glass eyes and a perle cotton nose. His face and the tips of his ears are hand shaded. 5-way jointed. Filled with polyester fibre and steel shot in his tummy and hind legs for extra weight.  He is wearing a handmade wire wrapped, green agate crystal around his neck. 

Kat Hartley

Brierley Bears - United Kingdom

 

15.9

15.9

Mugsy the Mouse is created from a recycled, creamy white mink fur coat. 12" tall including his ears. Paw pads, inner ears and tail are pink suede. Black glass eyes and a hand-embroidered pink Perle cotton nose. 5-way jointed and stuffed with polyester fiberfill.  Mugsy wears a large colorful vintage bow tie. 

Jane Woodard

Heir Bears - United States

 

15.10

15.10

Willow is an OOAK life-size African giraffe calf standing 5 feet 6" tall. Sewn from a combination of short pile luxury viscose and plush material with chestnut coloured faux fur. Her mane and black faux fur for her tail and tufted horns. Willow is unjointed and has a strong internal armature. She is stuffed with soft fibre fill. Realistic, large dark brown hand-painted glass eyes with hand sculpted eye rims and long dark Giraffe eye lashes. Her muzzle is needle felted with Merino wool. Black cloven hooves are sewn from leather and thread sculpted. Realistic shading to her head and legs.

 

Hayley Walker

Little Piggies Nursery - United Kingdom

 

15.11

15.11

Esmeralda is 8" tall and made from German Schulte dense short pile mohair. German hand blown glass eyes and she is wearing a dress made from French vintage lace with a wired ribbon bodice trimmed with black silk flowers with pearl centers. Her ears are lined with Ultra-suede.

 

Jan Cuming

Jinglebears - New Zealand

 

15.12

Charlotte is a OOAK needle felted ballerina piglet. 5 1/2" high and 5" long. She is armatured and comes adorned with her little necklace and earrings. Black onyx eyes and long eyelashes. She has a needle felted outfit mixed with a "tutu" and ballerina shoes.

Denise Graham

Expressions by Neicie - United States

 

 

15.14

15.14

Bashful is an OOAK bunny who is 15" from head to toe. Made from a synthetic fur. Dark brown eyes with pupils. His paw pads are made from brown Ultra-suede. Bashful has an embroidered Perle cotton nose. Around his neck he wears a carrot necklace.

Marilyn Wagner

Quilts-N-Critters - United States

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 15

15.1
Emily Emu


15.2
Peppino


15.3

Orville

15.4
Iku BB


15.5
Little Lord Fauntleroy

15.6
Harley

15.7
Tormalina

15.8
Flynn

15.9
Mugsy the Mouse

15.10
Willow

15.11
Esmeralda

15.12
Charlotte

15.14
Bashful

 

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  15 - Animal Kingdom - All sizes (13)      Total of 145  Entries
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