URSA Awards 2013 "Reach Beyond The Stars" |
Category 10
Costumed - Clowns, Halloween, Elves, Santas, Gollies. All materials, all sizes.
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10.1 Lunar is a 17" OOAK clown bear entirely hand stitched from curly blonde mohair, with needle felted features highlighted and shaded in pastel. His paw pads are needle felted, defined with shading and he has inset sculpted Polymer clay claws. Lunar wears a costume inspired by Edwardian clowns and it is entirely hand stitched from silk and features rosettes, fabric covered buttons and a collar of patchwork pieces. 5-way jointed with cotter pins and stuffed with polyester filling and weighted with a bag of glass beads. Claire Ryan Copi Khatz Creations - Worcestershire, United Kingdom |
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10.2 Brownie is a 10" OOAK elf. Created with curly matted mohair in light brown. Glass googly eyes and nose is needle felted. Inner ears and paws are wool felt. Brownie is 5-way jointed with discs, bolts and locknuts. Filled with fiber-fil with bb's in his feet for weight. With a little balancing, he can stand on his own. His sweater was made with felted wool and his hat and gathering bag of a linen cotton blend. Nancy Dontigney Dog Patch Critters - Florida, USA |
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10.3 Bell Bear-Christmas tree is 7.8" (20cm) tall and made of viscose, Paw pads and ears are cotton with embroidered snowflakes. Stuffed with Poly-fil and steel pellets. Armature in her limbs for various poses. Fully jointed. Tinted with oil paints and pastels. Nose is embroidered and she has hand-painted glass eyes. Dress is made from several layers fabric and decorated with bells. She wears a matching hat. collar also removed. An elastic band Cap with a star and little bells. OOAK Natalia Petelina Petelina Natalia - Lugansk, Ukraine |
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10.4 Fairy Flower is an OOAK crochet teddy who is 8" (20cm) and made from a fuzzy wool and thread crochet yarn Maier Silvia Maisi-Baeren - Offenhausen, Austria |
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10.5 Blinky the clown bear was created from a combination of wavy salmon pink and ivory coloured Schulte mohair arranged in an alternating pattern. 13" tall and 5-way cotter pin jointed. Stuffed with heavy poly-fibre filling and weighted with steel balls. Blinky has needle felted Merino wool facial detail with subtle rosy cheeks. Solid glass realistic blue eyes with long curled eyelashes. Her top-knot hair is long curly white Angora fibers. Blinky's paw pads are needle felted in black and white Merino wool and contrasting thread sculpted. Hand sewn clown outfit using rainbow satin for her removable cone hat and ruffs which are embellished with yellow and lilac pom-poms.
Little Piggies Nursery - Bishops Waltham Hampshire, United Kingdom |
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10.6 Time Saver is a mohair bear with glass eyes and faux suede paw pads. Fully jointed with wired arms and an armature neck for posing. The costume includes lots of antique watch parts, thus his name 'Time Saver'. Hand made costume with coordinating fabrics and trims. There are antique watch faces all the way around the bottom of the coat and a "Time Bank" on top of his hat.
Martha's Bears - Wisconsin, USA |
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Tati-tata-bears - Moscow, Russia |
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10.8 Bandico is 11" tall and a fully jointed bear made from dense tan Alpaca. He has matching mini-mohair paw pads. Black German glass eyes and an embroidered black nose. Stuffed with Poly-fil and glass beads. Cinnamon colored Ultra-suede shirt is trimmed with Indian bead work. Around his neck he wears a necklace with wood beads and 2 hand carved stone fish beads along with a faux bear claw. He carries a fishing spear and a handful of carved basswood fish. His headband is made from suede accented with a Indian motif and a faux Eagle feather on top.
Ron and Kristy Northman - Michigan, USA
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10.9 Halloween Party Girl is 9.5" high and made from German tipped mohair. Fully jointed with a musical movement installed into the head. Glass eyes with needle felted eye lid and hair. Needle sculpted face and paws. Poly-fil with plastic beads. Hand made wigs with beads and a little scarecrow as accessories. Lee Man Ping Flora Teddy Bear Workshop - Kowloon, Hong Kong |
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10.10 Annalisa Taddei The Tuscany Bear Maker - Tuscany, Italy |
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10.11 Jacquelyn Ellerton Jac-Q-Lyn Bears - Macclesfield Cheshire, United Kingdom
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At a Glance - All Entries in Category 14
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