URSA Awards 2015

10th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

Category 3

Medium Bare Bear or Bud - 6" to 12" -  Undressed. Any materials.


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3.1

3.1

Mr. Billie Goat is 12" tall and made of mohair. Hand hand painted glass eyes, sculpted horns, open mouth, wire armature for posing.

Art Rogers - Chatham Village Bears
Florida, USA


 

3.2

3.2

Yara is 12” tall made of emerald green and white mohair. 5-way jointed. Green art designed glass eyes with eyelashes and wool felting. Black wool felted nose with permanent face shading and sculpting. White cashmere paw pads. Stuffed with polyester fiberfill and weighted with glass beads. She wears hand made butterfly wings, glass seed beaded antennas and a string art necklace drop

Michelle Waldron - Holt Hill Bears
Texas, USA

 


3.3

3.3

Tamara is a happy orangutang that is made with plush, felt and velveteen. 5-five way disc jointed and she can bend. Wired fingers and toes. Soulful eyes and a hand made clay nose. OOAK 12" tall.

Kay Cooper - Cooper Bears
Kelmscott, Australia

 

3.4

3.4

Lilac is 6" tall OOAK made from lavender and hand dyed purple German Mohair. 5-way jointed. Felt paw-pads. Black glass eyes. Stitched nose with shimmer on a sculpted face with shaded details. Filled with poly-cotton and steel shot for the weight. She wears

a green satin bow.

Carolyn Robbins - Warm Heart Bears
Colorado, USA

 

3.5

3.5

Rosemarie is an 8" tall OOAK old fashion style bear. Made from a red-brown Steiff Schulte mohair that has a grey coloured back. Paws are made from a brown quilt fabric with rose design. Black German glass eyes and a hand stitched nose and mouth made from black Perle yarn. In her hair she has two little pink roses. 5-way jointed and filled with sheep wool

Miranda Rolfes - Miraberen
The Netherlands

 


3.6

3.6

Latte is 12" tall and made from a soft synthetic fur. Black German glass eyes and hand sewn brown perle cotton nose. Ultra Suede paw pads with pulled toes. Her face is scissor sculpted with highlighting around her eyes and mouth. 5-way jointed and is stuffed with
Poly-fil. Latte is wearing a silk brown bow around her neck which
can be removed.

Jane Blowes - Mo Bear Designs
Alberta, Canada

 

3.7

3.7

Murphy 9" tall and made from dense curled mohair. Wobble jointed head, black glass eyes with suede eyelids. Black embroidered and waxed nose and hand painted accents on his face. Filled with polyester fibre and weighted with steel shot. in his tummy, paws and ankles.

Hilda Ng - Teddy Village

Hong Kong


 

3.8

3.8

Honey was created using plush and is 9.2" tall. He has whole bear that only has one neck joint. Plastic spine in arms, legs and body. He can be posed in many lovely poses. He has special plastic eyes which reflect light. Paw pads are made from faux suede. Claws are hand made from Fimo. Nose from plastic then wrapped in genuine leather. Stuffed with fiber-fill and rubber pellets.

Marina Osetrova - Marina Osetrova Creations
Moscow, Russia

 

3.9

3.9

Smitty is 11 1/2" tall and is made from faux fur. Needle felted face which has been needle sculpted and shaded. Hand painted glass eyes with sparkling highlights and a waxed and shaded nose. Faux leather paw pads have been needle sculpted and shaded. Filled with poly-fil and steel shot. Locknut jointed.

Terrie Kalaputas - Terries Bears
Alberta, Canada

 

3.10

3.10

Beirne is 9.5” and made from Brown tipped alpaca and black mohair. Face is needle and scissor sculpted, shaded and trimmed. Nose is made of leather. German glass eyes and has leather eyelids. 6-way jointed with double joints in his neck. Open mouth design with needle sculpted gums and tongue with Fimo teeth. Stuffed with poly-fil, glass beads and crushed garnets. Foot pads are made from leather with claws. He wears a handmade necklace around his neck.

Wayne Lim - Wayneston Bears
Singapore

 

 

3.11

3.11

Finley is a 8" tall, 9 1/2" long OOAK goldfish made from a Sassy off-white fabric which is hand colored with prisma art markers. Machine and hand sewn and stuffed with poly-fil. Black glass eyes with hand painted details and needle felted details around his eyes and mouth.

Sheryl Morrow - Gone to the dogs USA
Missouri, USA

 

3.12

3.12

Camilla is a 9.5" bear and made with three types of Tissavel faux fur, Black German glass eyes. Nose hand sculpted in brown polymer clay while inner ears, paw pads and hands are a coffee color cashmere and then thread sculpted. Stuffed with wool, poly-fil and steel balls. 5-way jointed with double cotter pin neck. She wears a head band made of chamomile flowers and strawberries.

Annalisa Taddei - The Tuscany Bear Maker

Tuscany, Italy

 

3.14

3.14

Melamooka is 9.5" tall and made with a caramel coloured, curly alpaca. Black German glass eyes and has a brown embroidered nose. 5-way disc jointed and filled with polyester fiberfill and stone pellets. He loves music and wears a beaded necklace with a large charm that reads "Music Makes My World Go Round " and he plays his little harmonica day and night!

Erin Roy - Bears*n*Bling
Ontario, Canada

 

 

 

3.15

3.15

Orabelle is a 10" tall golden yellow girly made from faux fur. Tightly jointed to limbs using nut and bolts and cotter pin jointed to her neck. Firmly stuffed and weighted by using stainless steel pellets. Scissor sculpted face with needle felted features including eye-lids and nose using a ginger colored merino wool. Matching wool paw pads with shading. Hazel brown glass eyes which are hand-painted.
in a hazel brown. She wears a peach and yellow crinkled ribbon at her neck..

Kayleigh Forster - Bungalow Bears
Manchester, United Kingdom

 

 

 

3.16

3.16

Nicholas is a 9.5” OOAK teddy bear made from hand tie-dyed tan and green mohair with a tan backing. Black glass eyes and a hand-stitched nose of perle cotton. Paw pads are tan wool felt, stitched claws and hand-shaded. Fully jointed and stuffed with a mixture of polyester fiber and steel shot.

Tyler Crain-Davis - Teds 'n Such
Illinois, USA

 

 

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 3


3.1
Mr. Billie Goat


3.2
Yara

3.3
Tamara

3.4
Lilac

3.5
Rosemarie


3.6
Latte


3.7
Murphy


3.8
Honey


3.9
Smitty


3.10

Beirne

3.11
Finley

3.12
Camilla

3.14
Melamooka


3.15
Orabelle


3.16
Nicolas

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