URSA Awards 2018
13th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"



Category 5

 

Large Bare Bear or Bud, 13" to 20" -  Undressed. Any materials.

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Entries are in order by the date they were received.

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5.1

5.1
Henry is a 20" tall cute fellow created in cinnamon curly mohair with tan wool felt paw pads and has a black floss nose and black German glass eyes. He is stuffed with fiberfill and plastic pellets and is made from a pattern that I created. Henry has a long shaved snout, huge feet and very long arms. He has airbrushed features and can stand without help because of his large feet.


Donna Mae Hinkelman
Bainbridge Bears
Benton Harbor, Michigan USA

 

5.2

5.2
Punkinhead is a 14" teddy bear made with two shades of Tissavel faux mink. He has a wobble-jointed neck, cotter pin and fiberboard joints for limbs, black English glass eyes, a Perle Cotton embroidered nose, and soft velvety paw pads with pulled toes. The Tissavel is lined with cotton backing for durability. His nose was sealed with beeswax before being hand-shaded with artist oil paints. Punkin' has mini steel disc weighting scattered throughout his limbs and in a sealed pouch in his belly, which gives him a nice cubby heft.

Christie Kotz
The Peach Peddler
APO AE, USA

 

5.3

5.3
Darcy is an OOAK who is 17.5" tall. Made from alpaca in black, white, tan and brown with black leather paws with hand modeled claws. Grey English glass eyes with needle felted lids. Hand modeled nose, open/close mouth with hand modeled teeth. Six joints (double neck joint), wired arms and legs, Lockline spine. Filled with sheep's wool and soft pellets
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Silke Hirschfelder
The Mountaineers
Goslar, Niedersachsen Germany

 

5.04

5.04
Bramwell is a one-of-a-kind bear, he is 14" (35.5 cm) tall. He is made from sable faux fur. His paws and inner ears are dark brown felt. Toes have been hand stitched and hand shaded. 5-way jointed with a cotter pin neck joint and nut and bolt joints in his limbs. Black glass eyes set atop white felt and a needle felted merino wool nose. His face has been carefully trimmed and hand shaded. Filled with heavy weight polyester fibre and has stainless steel ball bearings in his tummy for extra weight. Bramwell is wearing a wire wrapped jet pendant.


Kat Hartley
Brierley Bears
Barnsley, South Yorkshire United Kingdom

 

 

 

5.5

5.5
Seirian is a 14” OOAK mohair bear whose name is Welsh for “Sparkling”. Made from silver grey and dark grey tipped fabric, with silver velvet paw pads and smoky glass eyes. He is accessorized with a vintage French lace ruff. Nose is traditionally embroidered in Perle thread and then waxed.
5-way jointed using nut and bolt joints for limbs and cotter pin for the neck. Stuffed using a combination of wood wool, locally sourced carded wool and galvanized steel punching's, a clean residue of the production of steel mesh.

Gillian Cattroll
BowerBird Bears
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire UK

 

 

 

5.6

5.6
Biagio the sleeping bear is 17.7" OOAK. Made from white and black Tissavel faux fur. Hand painted blue German glass eyes with leather eyelids and black eyelashes. Nose is hand sculpted in polymer clay as are his paw pads. 1-way jointed. Body, stuffed with wool, poly fill, pellets in his tummy and steel shots to add weight. All shaded with oil colors. Biagio can pose for sleeping and sitting!

Annalisa Taddei
The Tuscany Bear Maker
Marina di Pisa - PISA Italy


 

5.7

5.7
Rose Red Panda is a 14" red and tan mohair panda. Red-amber glass eyes and sewn in eye patches, red suede paw pads with trapunto needle-sculpted toes. She wears a natural stone on twine around her neck. Nose is hand stitched in tan floss.

Linda Ellen Brown-Trinckes
Beariety Bears
Ocala, Florida USA

 

 

5.8

5.8
My Valentine is a 19" tall bear made from recycled dyed Fox fur. Embroidered nose. Glass eyes with eye accents. Extensively scissor sculpted face. Embroidered foot pads on ultra suede. Armatures in legs and arms.

Diana Watts
DiBears
Naples, Florida USA

 

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 5

5.1
Henry


5.2
Punkinhead


5.3
Darcy

5.4
Bramwell

5.5
Seirian

5.6
Biagio

5.7
Rose Red

5.8
My Valentine

 

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

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