URSA Awards 2015
10th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

 

Category 16

Furry Pals - Cats and Dogs All Materials, all sizes. 

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16.1

16.1

Shar-Pei Frederick Christopher is 7.8" (20cm) OOAK is made from Sassy fabric, felt fabric and merino wool. 5-connection pins. Stuffed with fiber-fil and metal pellets. German plastic eyes and nose. The tail, legs and ears are reinforced and can pose in many positions. Shaded with brush markers and pastel. 100% hand made work.

Alisa Shangina - Alisa'sWonderland

Benidorm Alicande, Spain

 

16.2

16.2

Braveheart Lance is a 7" tall  lion (cat family) made with alpaca and mohair. Large nose from variegated brown thread. Glass eyes and fully jointed. Stuffed with Poly-fil and pellets.

Bec Alnatt - Bears By Becca
Orelia, Western Australia

 

16.3

16.3

Dahlia  is a 13" Italian Greyhound created with hand dyed viscose. Double jointed neck and armature in her front legs which allows for posing. Stuffed with cotton and granules. Glass eyes. Oil painted enhancements on her back legs, tail and face. She wears a hand knit hat and ribbon collar.

Michele Seraphim Rees - Seraphim's World of Whimsy
Ontario, Canada

 

16.4

16.4

Lucky measures 11.2" (28cm) tall and made from hand painted faux fur with trapunto paw pads. German glass-eyes, hand-painted with open-close eyelids. Spine running from his head to the tip of his tail, his legs are both jointed and wired for many different poses. He is stuffed with fibrefil and steelshot

Natascha Sabo - LeftyBears
Baden-Werttemberg, Germany

 

16.5

16.5

Bramley is a Norfolk Terrier measuring 15" long and 11" tall. Sewn from a combination of different length of light tan schulte mohair. Sculpted eyelids, lips and nose. Mouth will open/close showing realistic teeth and tongue. Dark Brown glass eyes are hand painted. Hand shaded facial detail. Full internal armature and has been designed in such a way, that his head will move when his tail is moved. Filled and weighted with a combination of heavy fibre and poly-pellets. Black thread sculpted leather paw pads and hand sculpted claws.

Hayley Walker - Little Piggies Nursery

Hampshire, United Kingdom

 

16.6

16.6
Jasper the Schnauzer is 14" from nose to tail. OOAK design made from synthetic furs in grey and white. Glass eyes, needle felted nose and embroidered mouth. Airbrushed detailing on face and body. One nut and bolt joint in his neck so that he may turn his head. His body is all soldi construction with no joints in his legs. Stuffed with poly-fil.
He wears a metal collar with added rhinestones.

Beth Hutchison - ScaliWagGrrs
Colorado, USA

 

16.7

16.7

Mr. Fluffs is 11" tall and made from a white and grey, tabby-flecked, long haired kitty cat made from synthetic fur. Designed in a realistic sitting pose. Tightly jointed back and front legs with inner wire to hold position and enable slight movement. Embroidered toes and needle-felted feline paw-pads. Cotter-pin neck joint. Blue hand painted glass eyes. Delicate whiskers. Scissor trimmed face and a long 11" wired tail. Firmly stuffed and weighted with stainless steel pellets.

Pamela Forster - Bungalow Bears
Manchester, United Kingdom

 

 

 

16.8

16.8

The Wildcat is 13" (33cm) sitting and sewn from long faux fur.
The head and paws have a movable pin joints. The body and the tail are connecting with using a skeleton. The nose and paw pads are made of a polymer clay. Whiskers are made from fishing line. Stuffed with Poly-fill and glass granuals.

Yamkovskaia Marina - Yamkovskaia Marina Creations
Tambovskaya Oblast, Russia

 

 

 

16.9

16.9

Smooch is 14" tall and made from long pile faux fur in shades of grey with a black tip. Shaded Perle cotton nose, Blue glass English eyes and hand shading to face and ears. Scissor and needle sculpted. 5-way cotterpin jointed and stuffed with poly-fil and steel balls for weight.
Extra long weighted tail.

Lynn Bowie - Madabout Bears

Dalry Ayrshire, Scotland

 

 

 

16.10

16.10

Laika is 29" from head to tail and made from Long, off white mohair. Stuffed with sheep's wool and weighted with rubber pellets in the body and leggs. Flexible wire in the front legs so they can easely bend.
Paw pads are trimmed mohair. Black glass eyes and black vinyl nose.

 

Marjolein Vos - Mick Bears

Gelderland, The Netherlands

 

 

 

16.11

16.11

Copernicus is a OOAK life-size Welsh terrier 18.5" and made of mohair. Polymer clay sculpted head on which fur is attached. Paw pads are sculpted from polymer clay and layer painted. Claws made form epoxy clay. Oil shading and extensive scissor sculpting. Limbs are a whole with the body, there are no joints as internal padded wire frame was used. Ears and tail are wired allowng for realistic positions.

Francesca Boretti - KALEideaSCOPE
Rheinfelden Argau, Switzerland


At a Glance - All Entries in Category 16


16.1
Shar-Pei


16.2
Braveheart

16.3
Dahlia


16.4
Lucky


16.5
Bramley

16.6
Jasper

16.7
Mr. Fluffs

16.8
Wildcat

16.9
Smooch

16.10
Laika

16.11

Copernicus

 

 

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