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URSA Awards 2009 Competition "Reach Way Beyond The Stars" |
Category 3
Medium Bare Bear or Bud,
6" to 11" - Undressed. Any materials.
Large photographs are shown so you can see and judge each bear's details.
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Entries are in order by the date they were received.
Vote for your favorite - see link
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Cupcake is a one-of-a-kind piglet measuring 7” long from nose to tail. She was created from German Schulte alpaca that is hand shaded for realistic coloring. She features hand painted 14mm glass, open and close eyes, open and close mouth and a one piece body design with a jointed head. Cupcake has an inner armature in each leg, spine and tail which allows her to achieve many realistic poses. She has hand sculpted polymer clay trotters. Cupcake is weighted with steel shot for a nice hefty feel and has been extensively needle and scissor sculpted giving her realistic features.
Krista
Griffiths |
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Mr. Valentine is an one-of-a-kind bear measuring 6 3/4 or 17 cm tall. He is made from mohair with Ultra-suede paws. His paw pads are wired for posing and he can hold on to the flowers and the gift. His foot pads are stitch-sculpted and the face. He has glass eyes and an embroidered nose with extensive shading. He is fully joined and filled with wool and glass beads. Mr. Valentine is wearing a dark green wired ribbon bow.
Silvia Durrer |
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Norah is 7.5" or 19 cm tall and made of a short pile pink Schulte
mohair. The inner ears and paw pads are a soft beige cashmere. She has
black German glass eyes. Norah´s face has been needle felted and then
shaded in a brown colour. She has an open mouth and her nose is needle
felted and shaded in a darker tone. Her feet are heavily needle
sculpted. She is 5-way jointed with nut and bolt joints and filled with
heavy weight polyester filling to give her that nice weight of a bear.
She is wearing a soft yarn, beige scarf around her neck with pearls and
she wears a pink bow on her head. Ann-Marie Dodd |
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Rosanna is 10 inches tall and is made from two types of faux
fur. Her body is a soft pale pink and her tummy and head are made
from a bright white fabric with long guard hairs. Her paw pads are
Ultra-suede with needle sculpted and shaded toes. Rosanna's face has
been extensively needle and scissor sculpted. She has hand painted
dark blue eyes with thread detailing and a stitched and waxed nose.
She is stuffed with poly-fil and steel shot.
Terrie Kalaputas |
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| Benson is 7" tall and made of mohair with vintage
German glass eyes. He has a needle felted muzzle, eyelids, and nose
which has been waxed. Detailed leather paw pads with epoxy clay claws.
5-way jointed and wired for gentle posing. He is filled with wool,
polyester, BBs for added weight. Joanne Livingston |
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| Shamus is about 9 inches tall and designed to sit
back on his bottom so he can wave his legs in the air. He is made from
hand-dyed mohair and has extensive needle felting details on his entire
face and paw pads. His eyes are beige glass and he is filled with a
combination of wool and poly-fil and steel shot.
Kim Russell |
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| Mocha is a two-toned, 8 inch (20 cm) bear
hand-stitched from brown-grey and creamy white, dense pile alpaca.
Mocha’s face has been extensively needle sculpted and his glass
starburst eyes have been meticulously hand-painted in shades of blue and
grey. Mocha is unable to stand and his arms have been wired so they can
be posed. His Ultra-suede paw pads have been airbrushed in shades of
grey and brown and after the toes and pads have been pulled, oil paints
have been used sparingly to deepen the colour. His eyelids are made from
beige Ultra-suede and coloured with oil paints to match his paws. He is
filled with poly-fil with steel shot in his bottom for weight. Mocha’s
nose is hand-stitched with black Perle cotton then finished with a
glossy shine. He wears sheer and satin brown-grey ribbons around his
neck. Margaret Burke |
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| Trey is an 8" teddy bear made from a green mohair
with a yellow backing. He has black glass eyes and a two tone green hand
embroidered nose of perle cotton. He is stuffed with polyester fibers
and steel shot, Trey is 5-way jointed for easy posing.
Tyler Crain |
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| Golden Bear is 7 inches tall and is thread
jointed, Made of gold mohair bear and stuffed with polyester poly-fil.
She has black glass eyes and an embroidered nose. She is wearing a
silver halo on her head and a silver metal heart on her chest. The quote
"Show me the path of love to take" is engraved on her silver metal
wings. Audrey Howell |
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| Jessie is an 11 inch traditional style mohair
bear. She is made from dense, swirl effect mohair in peach and pale pink
color. Her paw pads are made from a pale peach suede fabric. Jessie has
shiny black glass eyes and a D-shaped, black embroidered nose. Inside
her tummy is a squeaker. Jessie is cotter pin jointed and filled with a
polyester stuffing and is wearing an aged vintage picture tag.
Jacqui Ellerton |
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At a Glance - All Entries in Category
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Vote now for your favorite in Category 3 |
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1 - We Little Bare Bears, 5"
& Under
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2 - We Little Outfitted Bears, Under 5" ◊
3 - Medium Bare Bears 6-11" ◊
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4 - Medium Outfitted Bears 6-11" ◊
5 - Large Bare Bears 12-16" ◊
6 - Large Outfitted Bears 12-26" ◊
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7 - Needle Felted Bear or Bud ◊
No Category 8 this year ◊
9 Crochet Bear or Bud ◊
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10 - Far Out Fairies, Angels, Exotic ◊
11 - Clowns, Halloween & Costumed Bear or Bud ◊
12 - Animal Kingdom ◊
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Furry Pals, Cats & Dogs ◊
15 Christmas Theme, Father Christmas and Santa Claus ◊
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