URSA Awards 2018

13th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

 

Category 10

 

The Animal Kingdom - All materials, all sizes.

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 at the bottom of this page.

 

10.1

10.1
Miss Pea is 5" tall and hand-crafted from hand-painted German mohair with velvet beak. Jointed with glass eyes.

Face is needle sculpted with shaded details. Stuffed with poly-cotton and steel shot. Tail and head feathers applied.


Carolyn Robbins
Warm Heart Bears
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

 

10.2

10.2
Jamie
is 10.5" (26.5cm) standing and made of mohair.
German glass eyes. Fully 5-way jointed with cotter-pins
and cardboard disks. Stuffed with sawdust and metal pellets. Tinted with oil paints. Embroidered nose which
is coated with a special varnish.

Irina Arkhipova
Arkhipiova Irina bears
Moscow, Russia

 

10.3

10.3
Timber Wolf stands 16" from foot to the top of his ear
and is 23" from nose to the tip of his tail. Made from a combination of alpaca, Tissavel, and plush. Hand painted eyes, a leather nose and paw pads. The wolf's face is needle felted and then he is airbrushed which brings him to life. Completely able to pose due to a continuous wire armature that follows the head, to the legs and the tail.

Candi Taylor
Candi Bears
Winston, Oregon USA

 

10.4

10.4
Aivar is an ocelot that is 7.87" (20cm) and made from plush. Glass eyes and polymer clay nose. Hand painted on plush.

Olga Startseva
Teddyana
Saint-Germain en Laye, France

 

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 10


10.1
Miss Pea


10.2
Jamie

10.3
Timber Wolf

10.4
Avitar

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Categories 12, 13, 14 and 17 were not used this year

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