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Category 15
Far Out - Fairies,
Angels, Exotic Creatures -
All Materials, all sizes.
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Entries are in order by the date they were received.
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15.1 |
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| 15.1 Jacob the Wolf Cub, who comes out to play at Twilight is 12” tall in the seated position, he has a one-piece body design with a jointed head, and he was designed to sit in a lazy way, but can stand on all fours. He loves to climb around in the rocks at “Twilight”. He is made out of Imported French Plush by Tissavel and is extensively needle sculpted. Jacob has open/close eyes and mouth, a hand sculpted nose which is sculpted directly onto his muzzle, and individually applied paw pads and claws. Jacob has an inner wire armature and is filled with Poly-fil, Poly-pellets and steel shot.
Krista Griffith |
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| 15.2 Nepomuk is a one-of-a-kind and measures 10” (25cm). He is made from antique felted German mohair with Ultra-suede paws and inner ears. His face is extensively needle-sculpted and features buzzard eyes, eyelids and a big nose made from Sculpey. Nepomuk’s fingers, toes and tail can be bent and his claws and tip of the tail are handcrafted from Sculpey too. He has needle-felted pads on his paws and all his markings are needle-felted. Nepomuk is 7-way jointed and stuffed with wool. Glass beads in his belly add weight. Silvia Durrer |
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15.3 |
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| 15.3 Sea nymph Frilenija is an OOAK that is 12" (30.5 cm) tall. Sparse felted Helmbold mohair in sea-green with brown backing and silver-gray Ultra-suede paw pads. English glass and hand painted eyes. She has a wool fellted muzzle with lace and second pair of ears . Hands and feet are wired. Muzzle, whiskers, ears and front paws embroidered with beads. Tinted with oil paints. Fully 5-way wooden disk with cotter-pins, head is on waggle joints. Poly-fil and glass beads inside. Accessories include a collar and tail hand knitted with Gutterman wire, pearls and beads and tail part cand be removed to see her legs. Hand made musical instrument resembling a blue fish that is made of paper clay and decoupage.
Ina Smirnova |
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15.4 |
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| 15.4 Toodles is 6" tall and is made of a light blonde mohair. Her face has been extensively needle sculpted, scissor sculpted and shaded to give her a fairy-like appearance. She has hand painted glass eyes with sparkling highlights and thread detailing. Toodles has an embroidered and waxed nose. She has Ultra-suede paws and feet with embroidered toes which have been needle sculpted and shaded. Her wings are made of wired ribbon with gold sparkles and pink roses. She is filled with Poly-fil and steel shot. Terrie Kalaputas |
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| 15.5 Lucinda is made from an long (8cm) creamy caramel colored Schulte mohair on a dark chocolate backing. Her legs, feet and arm portions are made from a patterned leather and her foot pads are a chocolate suede. Lucinda has a fully sculpted needle felt face which is hand shaded in skin tones and added 'make-up'. She has large green glass eyes with long lashes to compliment her showgirl make-up. Lucinda has a hand sewn showgirl tail which is on a moving locline armature. Her arms, legs, hands, feet and neck have armatures too allowing her fingers and toes to move in a realistic manner. Lucinda's head through to her tail has been built with locline with two double neck joints. Lucinda wears a handmade fascinator/hat, a deep purple velvet cape, a black velvet choker, black kid leather gloves with bows on and she holds a plastic champagne glass and a cigarette holder. Linda Down |
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| 15.6 Aurora - Angel of the Dawn is designed to sit at 9” and is completely hand sewn in dense pile white Alpaca. Paws hand-sewn in trapunto style from beige Ultra-suede and shaded with copic markers and oil paints. Aurora’s custom German glass eyes have been hand painted in sapphire blue starburst style and set in Ultra-suede eyelids with eyelashes. She is filled with Poly-fil and steel shot and she has an embroidered nose. Aurora wears a tiara of hand-crafted and hand-painted porcelain roses with white seed pearls, lightly tinted pink and white feather angel wings, silk ribbon and silver/faux crystal teddy bear pendant .
Margaret Burke |
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| 15.7 Hopi Kachinas are spiritual beings that live on the San Francisco Peaks in Arizona, dancers that embody them during ceremonial dances and carvings given as valued gifts to young girls. This 18" bear is a stylized and an accurate portrayal of the White Bear Kachina including bear paw prints on cheeks, body art, bandoliers, Concho belt, embroidered ceremonial sash, breech-clout, “coyote” tail, and Hopi moccasins. He carries a rattle in his left hand, a bow in his right and wears a hand-strung turquoise necklace and bracelets. There are domestic feathers in his ears and on his head. He and his costume are completely hand-sewn.
Rebecca Hamilton |
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15.8 |
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| 15.8 Blue Fairy is made of German short mohair. She has glass eyes and has a top hair knot that is tied with a pink ribbon. She is fully jointed and the silk flowers and crystal beads are embroidered into her front body and her soles. She has an embroidered nose, needle sculpted big toes and is stuffed with Poly-fil and glass pellets. Paws are made of suede. Alison Ka Yin So |
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15.9 |
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| 15.9 Zephera is a one-of-a-kind needle felted and hand sculpted dragon that stands 9” tall with a 12” tail. Utilizing Corriedale roving in light green and a combination colored wools. The face, breast plate and feet are polymer clay with an additive for flexibility and using heat set paints with a pearl additive. She has 6 mm green glass dragon eye and the horns are a tiny sea shell. Fairy wings attached to dragon and dragonfly are a wired iridescent transparency fairy wing. The Dragon fly is needle felted with green plastic covered wire and glass beads. Kimberly Rueby K's Kirtters & Kids - USA |
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At a Glance - All Entries in Category 15
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 Sea Nymph Frilenija 15.3 |
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 15.6 Aurora Angel of Dawn |
 15.7 Hopi Kachinas |
 15.8 Blue Fairy |
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We Little Bare Bears, 5"
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2 - We Little Outfitted Bears, Under 5" ◊
3 - Medium Bare Bears 6-11" ◊
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4 - Medium Outfitted Bears 6-11"
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5 - Large Bears 12-18" ◊
6 - Hugely Huggable Bears 19 & Over ◊
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7 - No entries this year ◊
8 -
Friends and Pairs Vignette ◊
9 - Crochet Bear or Bud ◊
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10 - Large Outfitted Bears
or Bud ◊
11 - Costumed Bear or Bud ◊
12 - Animal Kingdom
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Furry Pals, Cats & Dogs ◊
15 - Far Out - Fairies & Exotic Creatures ◊
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