URSA Awards 2016
11th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"



Category 5

 

Large Bare Bear or Bud, 13" to 20" -  Undressed. Any materials.

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Entries are in order by the date they were received.

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5.1

5.1

Milk Vetch is 15 1/2" (39cm) tall and made from German mohair. Stuffed with wood wool. Antique boot button eyes that have been hand painted.

Soyo Sato
Baby Talk Bears - Tokyo, Japan

 

5.2

5.2

Bubba is 20" tall and made from tipped scruffy, curly mohair with glass eyes and leather foot pads. Fully jointed with bolt, locknut and disc joints attached to Lockline armature. Bent-legged pattern that makes him able to pose. He is stuffed fully with a mixture of pellets and poly fiberfill.


Beverly White
Happy Tymes Collectibles - Florida, USA

 

5.3

5.3

Toby was created using faux fur. 19.5” standing. Paw pads are made from leather. Claws are hand sculpted from epoxy Sculpy. Toby has open-close hand painted glass eyes. Nose is hand sculpted from silicone. He has open-close mouth with teeth. 5-way jointed bear. He filled with hollow fiber and steel pellets. Plastic spine and a steel and brass armature in his paws.  He can be posed in many poses. OOAK and completely hand made.

 

Svetlana Khabarova
Our Bears - Russian Federation, Russia

 

5.4

5.4

Heathcliff is a OOAK bear 14" tall. Made from purple and black faux fur with black cashmere paw pads. 5-way jointed, with nuts and bolts and a wobble neck joint. Filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has some stainless steel ball bearings in his tummy. Black glass eyes set atop white felt and has a large needle-felted nose.  His face has been carefully trimmed and lightly hand shaded.  Heathcliff is wearing a hand made wire wrapped fluorite pendant.

 

Kat Hartley
Brierley Bears - South Yorkshire, United Kingdom

 

 

 

5.05

5.05

Lumi is 15.5" tall OOAK that is made from white alpaca. Paws made from black leather. Black English glass eyes with movable lids. 6-way jointed with double neck joint. Wired arms and legs, Lockline spine, hand modeled nose and claws, open/close mouth, filled with sheep's wool and soft pellets

Silke Hirschfelder
The Mountaineers - Niedersachsen, Germany

 

 

5.6

5.6

Baldo is 17.3" tall OOAK Hedgehog made of cream Tissavel Faux fur. Black German glass eyes with a brown nose that is hand sculpted with polymer clay. Paw pads hand stitched with cream cashmere.  5-way jointed, double cotter pin neck and legs and arms can be posed. Body is stuffed with steel balls, plastic pallets, wool, and poly-fil. He is perfect for sitting!

Annalisa Taddei
The Tuscany Bear Maker - Tuscany, Italy

 

5.7

5.7
Roue is a brown bear or Grizzly bear. OOAK 16" tall. 6- way jointed articulated bear. Made from dense medium brown tipped Schulte alpaca with a silver-brown bib. Needle felted grey-brown merino wool muzzle and black nose. Paws and eyebrows are gray-brown. Inner mouth is made from soft leather and teeth are sculpted from Fimo. Paw pads are made from mink coloured Cashmere . Black English glass eyes. Tongue is made from Pink felt. Stuffed with polyester and weighted with steel ball-bearings for a realistic feel. Wired  for different positions.

Kathleen Eltis
Bearlytherehugs - Great Britain, United Kingdom

 

5.8

5.8

Toyah is 13” tall OOAK teddy bear made from recycled fox fur. Hand painted amber glass eyes feature hand sculpted synthetic clay eyelids with hand painted eye white. Hand sculpted black and textured synthetic clay nose. Wire armature in her arms and legs. 5-way jointed with a semi wobbly head. Her muzzle is scissor sculpted and lightly shaded. Gold colored paw pads are needle sculpted and shaded. Stuffed with fiber-fil and a pouch of
steel shot in her belly for added weight.

Linda Chiasson
Bear in Mind Collectibles - New Brunswick, Canada

 

 

5.9

5.9

Maggie stands 13” tall and is made from recycled blue jeans.
She has black German glass eyes and a dark brown pearl cotton embroidered nose. Paw pads are blue and purple floral fabric.
Hand dyed lace to match her paw pads accent the pocket along with a blue Jean bow. She wears a lace armband and  lace by her ear. 5-way jointed and is stuffed with poly fill.

Carol Miller
The Teddy Bear Maker - Florida, USA

 

5.10

5.10

Miles Murti is an OOAK 14” tall black bear cub. 6-way jointed with wired limbs, so he can sit, stand, lay or pose on all fours. Miles Murti’s fur is 5/8” cocoa Alpaca with black tips. He is scissor trimmed, hand painted, needle sculpted and has hand painted eyes, leather eyelids, lips and paw pads. His nose is sculpted of polymer clay and his claws are made of epoxy putty.

Mary Wimberley
Mary's Secret Garden - Delaware, USA

 

5.11

5.11

American Pride is a 16 1/2" tall bear made from up-cycled fur. Made from Polar Raccoon. Dyed red and blue. He has embroidered nose. Glass eyes. Has armatured arms. His paw pads are ultra suede. His feet pads are embroidered. Extensively scissor sculpted face. 

 

Diana Watts
DiBears - Florida, USA

 

5.12

5.12

Knut is 14 1/2”  tall. OOAK made from a white Alpaca. He has an epoxy sculpted nose and claws, with needle felted paw pads. His arms have armatures so they can be posed. Scissor sculpted and shaded for added details.

Marilyn Wagner
Quilts-N-Critters - Ohio, USA

 

 

 

5.14

5.14

Fancy is 16" tall and is made from long pile winter white and pink faux fur. Hand shaded features and has been both scissor and needle sculpted. Traditionally 5-way cotter pin jointed with cream half cashmere paw pads which have been needle sculpted and hand shaded. English black glass eyes and is poly/steel ball filled for a nice weight. She wears a hair ribbon and silver tone bell. 

Lynn Bowie
Madabout Bears - Scotland, United Kingdom

 

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 5

5.1
Milk Vetch


5.2
Bubba


5.3
Toby


5.4

Heathcliff

5.5

Lumi


5.6
Baldo


5.7

Roue


5.8

Toyah


5.9

Maggie


5.10

Mile Murti


5.11

American Pride

5.12
Knut

5.14
Fancy

 

 

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