URSA Awards 2016

11th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

Category 9

Friends and Pairs - Vignettes - 2 or more pieces, all materials, all sizes.

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9.1

9.1

Benedict is 19" tall (48 cm) OOAK and fashioned from photographs of an American black bear. Made from two-tone alpaca, paws are Ultra-suede and he has a Lockline skeleton so he can bend as if real. Stuffed with sawdust, poly-fil, mineral granules, metal beads and belly full of rubber granulate. The mouth and eyes can open and close. Glass eyes and nose is embroidered.

Natalia Petelina Bears

Natalia Petelina - Odessa Region, Ukraine

 

9.2

9.2

Playmates. The blue dressed bear is 10 ½" (27cm) tall
and made from German mohair. Fully jointed. Wearing a hand made felt and net dress. Needle felted mohair hair
Glass eyes with needle felted eyeshadow. The little pink bear is 9" (23cm) tall and made from German mohair.
Glass eyes and wears a handmade jumpsuit. Only one joint connecting the head to the body. Both bears filled with polyester fiber and glass pellet.

 

Gloria Chan

Gloria Handicraft Studio - Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

9.3


9.3

Outlander Jamie and Claire from a TVseries with Baby Nessie. The are 3 1/4“ tall and the little monster is 1 1/4“ high. The bears are made from microfibre and Nessie is made of mohair. All three of them have an open mouth with molded teeth and ultra-suede tongue. Black German glass-eyes, Jamie and Claire have molded eye-lids. Hand sewn clothes and knit cowl. Stuffed with fibrefil and steel shot. Nessie has a spine running from head to tail, her legs are both string-jointed and wired so she can be posed.

Natascha Sabo
LeftyBears - Baden-Wuttemberg, Germany

 

9.4

9.4

Wizard of Oz. Each of the characters range in size from 6" to 6.50" (15 cm) tall and made from Sassy mini fabric.
Glass eyes, polymer clay noses, fully jointed and stuffed with wool.  Costumes and accessories are all hand made.


Kay Cooper
Cooper Bears - Western Australia

 

9.5

9.5

Dexter’s new friends are created of mohair. 11" tall with needle felted muzzle and mohair re-rooted into it. Needle felted nose and sealed. Glass eyes and claws. 4-way joined. Plastic spine and armature in legs and arms for pose ability. Mouse and rabbit are needle felted and have wire armature. Glass eyes. Mouse has wires in finger and toes. Hand made tree from wire and paper mâché.

Linda Hearn
Critters Creations - Alberta, Canada

 

9.6


9.6

True friends. Bears are made of Alpaca. Their heights are 20", 14 1/2", 14 1/2". The bears have hand painted glass eyes, open/close and movable lids. Leather mouth with tongue and teeth. Noses and claws are handmade of Fimo and hand painted. Paw pads are made of leather. Bears are filled with fiber-fil and rubber pellets. 5-way jointed. Bears have plastic spine in arms, legs and body for easy posing. OOAK

Marina Osetrova
Marina Osetrova Bears - Russia

 

9.7

9.7

Washington was inspired by finding the vintage mohair Steiff eagle which was a limited edition of 1500 and made from 1995 until 1999. His wings are fully jointed which enabled him to wrap them around Washington. The vignette is 30.5" tall and Washington is made from Schulte mohair. He is 9.5" tall, has antique boot button eyes and is wearing a pair of handmade dungarees with a handmade felt jacket. They both sit on a American theme vintage drum. OOAK

 

Jan Cuming

Jinglebears - Wellington, New Zealand

 

9.8

9.8

Willow and Sapphire, 8” tall OOAK, both made from recycled silver blue mink fur. Hand painted blue glass eyes feature hand sculpted synthetic clay eyelids with hand painted eye white. Hand sculpted and textured synthetic clay nose. Wire armature in arms. 5-way jointed with a semi wobbly head. Muzzles are scissor sculpted and lightly shaded. Grey leather paw pads needle sculpted and hand shaded. Stuffed with poly-fil and steel shot.

Linda Chiasson
Bear in Mind Collectibles - New Brunswick, Canada

 

9.9

9.9

Texas is made from recycled blue jeans and is 17” tall. He has black German glass eyes, a brown pearl cotton embroidered nose and faux leather paw pads. He sports a bandana like all cowboys and carries his best friend Dakota in his pocket. 5-way jointed and is stuffed with polyfill.

Carol Miller
The Teddy Bear Maker - Florida, USA

 

9.10

9.10
Nellie the elephant is made from felted Schulte mohair with felt ear inserts, foot pads and toenails. 5-way jointed and her trunk is wired. She wears a little circus outfit made from turquoise silk with gold detailing. Nellie's pattern has 24 pieces in her head. Mandalay the sea lion, is made from cream coloured faux cashmere which was then airbrushed brown to give an aged velvet look. He has three joints at his head and front flippers. Nellie's packed trunk is made from very strong card overlayed with crocodile skin effect paper.

Sharna Rothwell
Foxglove Bears - Edinburgh, Scotland

 

9.11

9.11

Mr. Hopkins and Sir Wiggles. Mr Hopkins is a 15" tall rabbit with another 8" in ears. His ears are wired. 5-way jointed. Ultra-suede paw pads which are tufted. Glass eyes with accents. Embroidered nose. Artist made outfit shirt, jacket, pants and vest and hat Sir wiggles is an 8" needle felted duck with wired wings and feet. He wears a matching outfit and hat. His egg wand is needle felted and decorated.

 

Diana Watts

DiBears - Florida, USA


 

 

 

9.12

9.12

Joy and Sara - Joy is 3.3" (8.50cm) tall and her 11" (28cm) hand decorate car is a working music box that plays "King Of The Road." She comes with her hand made map, suitcase and blanket. Joy is made of quality fur has glass eyes and her head is jointed with cotter pin and disk. Hand designed and sewn. Arms and legs made of clay. Sara 2½“ (6.3cm) tall and made of faux fur. Glass eyes and arms, legs are made of clay. Head is jointed with cotter pin and disk. Ears made of wool. Weighted with BBs.


Michelle Nunnery
Little Bittie Bears - Florida, USA



At a Glance - All Entries in Category 9


9.1

Benedict



9.2

Playmates


9.3
Outlander

9.4
Wizard of Oz

9.5

Dexter's new friends



9.6

True friends

9.7

Washington

9.8
Willow and Sapphire

9.9
Texas and Dakota

9.10
Nellie and Mandaley

9.11
Mr. Hopkins and Sir Wiggles

9.12

Joy and Sara

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