URSA Awards 2015

10th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

Category 10

 

Fairytale Characters - Childhood Memories - All materials, all sizes.

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10.1

10.1

Nalini is 6" (15.2cm) OOAK little monster-fairy that's made from faux fur. Glass eyes and eyelashes. Arms and legs jointed with string while head is jointed with cotter pin and disk. Nose, feet and horns are made from clay, ears are made of wool and hand painted. Hand designed and sewn. Lollipop was hand painted. Stuffed with Poly-fill and weighted with bbs.

Michelle Nunnery - Little Bittie Bears
Florida, USA

 

10.2

10.2

Faline is 9.5" standing on all fours. Hand sewn from red-brown, tan and white alpaca. Paws and inner ears from cashmere. Black English glass eyes, the nose is part of the design. 5-way joints, wired legs, lock line spine. Hand painted spots and filling from sheep's wool and glass granulates

Silke Hirschfelder - The Mountaineers
Goslar, Germany

 

10.3

10.3

Amelia is 8.5" tall and made from pink, white and brown mohair. German glass eyes and has needle-felted eyelids. 5-way jointed with hard board disks. Wire armatured arms, legs, back, tail and wings. Needle and scissor sculpted face. Paw paws made from ultra-suede and needle sculpted. Horns and claws are individually hand sculpted. Filled with a mixture of polyfill and crushed garnets.

Wayne Lim - Wayneston Bears
Singapore

 

10.4

10.4

Merlia the Mermaid Goddess is 14" long and 8.5" sitting. Made with blond German mohair and has wool felt inner ears and paws. Her mermaid body and tail are green sequined metallic material. German glass eyes and has a black embroidered nose. 5-way disc jointed and filled with fiber-fil and stone pellets. She wears a gemmed starfish brooch, a pearl bracelet, necklace and earrings.
Her clam friend Pearl is 4" wide and made with wool felt. Black glass eyes and adorned with tiny pearls.

Erin Roy - Bears*n*Bling
Ontario, Canada

 

10.5

10.5

Dryx is an 8.5” tall OOAK dragon made of a hand-dyed brown mohair with green tips. His chest is a purple mohair with a green backing. Purple glass eyes with ultra-suede eyelids. Feet, nostrils, spikes, and inner mouth are also made of ultra-suede. Wings and head fins are hand-made with wire and Angelina film. Fully jointed and stuffed with
a mixture of polyester fiber and steel shot.

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

 

10.6

10.6

Woodland and Moonbeam is an OOAK piece. Woodland is a 18" bear made from two kinds of up-cycled mink and polar racoon coats. Scissor sculpted face with glass eyes and embroidered nose. Arms have armatured. Hand made clothes, velvet pants, shirt and vest. His red wool cape is trimmed in mink. Staff is hand made and decorated. Moonbeam is a Steiff moose that has been decorated with a harness and matching fabrics on his blanket. Hand made bag on him matches Woodland's. Needle felted bunny peeks out of the bag. He has a scissor sculpted face with glass eyes and embroidered nose.

Diana L. Watts - Dibears
Florida, USA

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 10


10.1

Nalini


10.2
Faline

10.3
Amelia

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More wonderful bears!

10.4
Merlia & Pearl

10.5
Dryx

 

10.6
Woodland & Moonbeam

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who will go on to the finals and to vie for the URSA Major Award.

 

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  12 - Panda Bears - All sizes (8)     Statistics: 
  14 - What Does The Fox Say? - All sizes (5)     65 Artist competing from 21 Countries
  15 - Hippity-Hop Bunnies - All sizes (10)      Total of 138  Entries
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