URSA Awards 2018

13h Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"


Category 9

Best Friends - Vignettes - 2 or more pieces, all materials, all sizes.

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Entries are in order by the date they were received.

 
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9.1

9.1
Danny, Buddy and Meg
are each 4 inches tall; individually hand-crafted of hand-painted sassy fur. The three sit in a round garden box. All kittens have cotton print paw-pads and glass eyes; 5-way jointed, and stuffed with poly-cotton and steel shot. Their noses have been stitched with Perle cotton, and gently shaded.

Carolyn Robbins
Warm Heart Bears
Colorado Springs, Colorado USA

 

9.2

9.2
Mother and Child together are 12" (30cm) long and made from a 70s vintage synthetic fur jacket. Both are 5-way wooden disc jointed.
They both have brown enameled buzzard eyes. Accent tinting to enhance their faces.


Kay Cooper
Cooper bears
Kelmscott, Western Australia

 

9.3


9.3
Me and Mum are an OOAK set. 8" and 12" tall and are created from white alpaca. 5-way jointed, have premium glass eyes, detailed wool eye whites and hand stitched noses. Filled with polyester and tiny glass beads. The costumes were created from cotton with pearlescent polka dots and various trims. 

Vicky Lougher
Elegant Creations
Ithaca, Michigan USA

 

9.4

9.4
Black foxes Freddie and James standing 10.5" (27 cm) and 8" (21cm). Made from silk mohair. German glass eyes and
5-way jointed with cotter-pins and cardboard disks. Filled with sawdust and metal pellets. Tinted with oil paints. Embroidered nose that has been coated with a special varnish.

Irina Arkhipova

Arkhipova Irina Bears
Moscow, Russia

 

 

 

9.5

9.5
Dandy is a tricolor mohair 11" bear with black boot button eyes and white suede paw pads that have trapunto needle-sculpted toes. Nose is hand-stitched with red floss. Dandy holds an American flag and sports a ribbon sash in red, white and blue that has gold USA letters. Dandy's best friend is Davie, an 8" polymer clay little boy doll with a red white and blue sweater, was hand-sculpted in polymer clay with brown leather boots and blue eyes, curly red-gold lambs wool hair. Davie holds a flag too. Both doll and bear are hand made by Linda.

Linda Ellen Brown-Trinckes
Beariety Bears
Ocala, Florida USA

 

 

 

9.6

9.6
Martha is 9.5" tall and dressed in a red white and blue smocked dress made from 100% cotton with tiny beads.
She wears a hand knitted cardigan from 100% New Zealand wool with patriotic button. Martha is made from White Schulte retinae mohair. Glass eyes and an open mouth.
5-way jointed. Bow on her head and she carries her
favorite dolly.

 

Jan Cuming

Jinglebears

Wellington, New Zealand

 

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 9

 


9.1

Danny, Buddy & Meg


9.2
Mother & Child


9.3
Me & Mom

9.4
Freddie & James

9.5
Davie & Dandy

9.6
Martha & Dolly

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

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