URSA Awards 2014
9th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"


Category 4

Medium Outfitted Bear or Bud
, 6" to 12" - Dressed. Any materials


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4.1

4.1

Mrs. Easter Bunny is a 12" OOAK made of curly white faux fur, yellow inner ears and Easter Egg print paw pads. Face has been scissor sculpted and needle felted. She has a pink wool nose and floss smile. 5-way disk and cotter pin jointed with wired arms and ears and glass beads for weight in her legs. OOAK outfit consists of a yellow dress with a print collar and ruffled hem, a purple gingham apron and a blue velveteen hat. Trims include navy lace, purple ribbon and white daisies with individually embroidered yellow centers.

 

Laura Majusiak

Cobblestone Creations - United States

 

4.2

4.2

Skyla is a 12" tall bear created from wavy Caribbean blue mohair. Glass eyes with eyelashes, a wool felted nose, mini fur fabric paws, and a Perle cotton mouth. 5-way jointed and filled with poly-fil. She is wearing a handmade flower dress and hair bows, with a necklace imprinted heart "made with love", and carrying yellow baby breath flowers.

 

Michelle Waldron

Holt Hill Bears - United States

 

4.3

4.3

T.C. Conner the Town Crier is 12" tall and made with dense blonde German mohair with shaded wool felt paw pads. Black German glass eyes and has a waxed and buffed embroidered nose. T.C. is 5-way jointed and filled with high-loft fiberfill and stone pellets. He is wearing a white satin lined, red crushed velvet jacket adorned with lace sleeves, black and gold ricrac, gold braid and brass buttons. His satin lined, black crushed velvet vest has snap fasteners and "gold-diamond" buttons. T.C.'s Tricorn hat is made with black crushed velvet and is trimmed with golden ricrac and braid, "gold-diamond" buttons and a large white ostrich feather. He has a lace cravat on a satin tie with Velcro. T.C. Conner is holding his brass and wooden Town Crier bell and a scroll that reads "Hear ye, Hear ye!" in old English script. OOAK.


Erin Roy

Bears*n*Bling - Canada

 

4.4

4.4

Punk Rock is 9" tall. The body is sewn from white artificial fur, Mohawk and tail of the gray fur, all hand-painted  with textile paints. Combination of wool, synthetic down with glass weighting. In paws and tail is a frame of wire, head to the cotter pin, you can change the pose. Paws and nose are wool felting. Ears are hand-painted natural fur. Glass eyes and felt surrounds Genuine leather collar with metal fittings. Guitar is sculpted from a light floral clay, painted with acrylic and decorated with wood and metal parts. OOAK

 

Inna Vinogradova

Russia

 


4.5

4.5

Jeremiah Clown is 12” tall and made of scruffy russet colored mohair.  5-way jointed and needle sculpted at face and feet. Wired arms and colorful wool felt trapunto foot pads, with stitched claws.  Stuffed with poly fiber and weighted with glass beads. His smile and nose are embroidered then waxed with bees wax, colored and polished to a nice glow. Custom painted glass eyes are lidded with Ultra-suede top and bottom and the whites are painted.  Contour coloring is added at multiple points on his face and body.  His clown hat and ruff incorporate several different coordinating fabrics.  A string of rusty jingle bells are crocheted to a cord and are draped around his neck.

 

Laure Waytack

Fool's Gold Bears - United States


 


4.6

4.6

Emmett is 12" tall and made of pink German mohair. His curly blue grey hair is made of German mohair. Fully jointed with a double jointed neck. Black glass eyes and a hand stitched nose matching the color of his hair. He wears an indigenous pattern vest, a pair of goggles and carries a climbing rope. He is all set for his African adventure.

 

 

Antie Leung

Hong Kong

 


4.7

4.7

Grayson is 11” tall and 7 ½” sitting.  Made from mohair that is white with grey tips.  Paw pads are grey Ultra-suede with pulled toes. Scissor sculpted face with black German glass eyes.  Grayson is wearing a knitted tuque for those cold winter nights and his tuque has holes for his ears to stick out. 5-way jointed and is stuffed with poly-fil. 

 

Jane Blowes

Mo Bear Designs - Canada

 

4.8

4.8

Oliver stands 12" high and is crafted from a snow-white, curly mohair that has many needle felting embellishments that gave him his personality. The top hat is needle felted right onto his head in shades of moss green that match the leather paw pads. Same with the felting in his ears and face.  Bead work consisting of jade, tarnished silver and hemotite that runs all the way down and up the back to his neck.  The nose is hand embroidered and then sealed.

 

Barbara Koop

Barbees Bears - United States

 

4.9

4.9

The “Angel of Spring” is 7” tall, made with white short-pile viscose, stuffed with poly-fil and beads. 5-way jointed with pink Ultra-suede paw pads, glass eyes and embroidered nose. The flowers on her robe are hand-embroidered and she is crowned with a ring decorated with a little butterfly to celebrate the joy of Spring season.

Angela Yip
Purplebean Bear - Hong Kong

 

4.10

4.10

Rose is a fully jointed bear with glass eyes and made of German mohair. Poly-fil stuffing. There are ribbon embroideries and needle felting decoration on the head. The outfit of the bear is hand painted rose and butterfly with ribbon embroidery collar. 12" tall OOAK

Lee Man Ping

Teddy Bear Workshop - Hong Kong

 

4.11

4.11
Katkin's fishing trip has landed him with a whopper! Katkin stands 7" tall. Made from dense distressed mohair with Ultra-suede paw pads and a brown perle cotton nose. Katkin's eyes are large green cat's eyes. He has a curly tail and horsetail whiskers and is cotter pin and hardboard disc jointed, stuffed with polyester fiberfill and weighted with steel shot. His fish was made from polymer clay.

Bettina Groh

Glass Dragon Bears
United States

 

 

 

4.12

4.12
Arnie has picked a bunch of flowers for his Mom and wants to surprise her by hiding them behind his back. Open mouth bear made from dense Schulte mohair with antique boot button eyes and handmade 100% cotton dungarees. Poly filled and 9.5 " tall. OOAK.

Jan Cuming

Jinglebears - New Zealand

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 4


 4.1
Mrs. Easter Bunny

4.2
Skyla

4.3
T.C. Conner the Town Crier

4.4
Punk Rock

4.5
Jeremiah Clown

4.6
Emmett

4.7
Grayson

4.8
Oliver

4.9
Angel of Spring

4.10
Rose

4.11
Katkin


4.12

Arnie

 

 

 

 

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