URSA Awards 2016
11th Annual
Competition

"Reach Beyond The Stars"

 

Category 18

 

 

"Circus is Coming to Town" 

Bears or Buds dressed in circus outfits, clowns, entertainers, animals - All sizes - all materials.


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Entries are in order by the date they were received.

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18.1

18.1

Giggly Clown is 12” tall and made with red and yellow mohair, stuffed with poly-fil and beads, 5-way jointed with Lockline in arms and legs. White suede-look paw pads hands with thumb. Needle-felt red nose . Blue glass eyes, the eyes and mouth makeup is embroidery on felt and needle-felted. The tailor-made jacket is decorated with golden lace and embroidery and velvet lace cuff, with well-fitted pants.

 

Angela Yip 
Purplebean Bear - Kowloon, Hong Kong

 

18.2

18.2
Ellevile is 5½ " (13.9 cm) tall and is made of fur. She has quality glass eyes with long eyelashes.  Arms and legs jointed with string.  Head is jointed with cotter pin and disk.  Completely hand sewn.  OOAK Weighted with BBs.

Michelle Nunnery
Little Bittie Bears - Florida, USA

 

18.3

18.3

Freedom and Sir Brave - Freedom is an 18" bear made from mohair. 5-way jointed. Glass eyes with accents embroidered nose.  Ultra-suede paw pads that are tuft.

He is accented with air brushing.  He wears a 4 piece artist made suit with bow tie and matching hat. He is accompanied by his friend Sir Brave who is an 8" tall needle felted eagle. Wings and feet are wired. He stands tall with his artist made matching jacket, shirt and bow tie.

Diana Watts
DiBears - Florida, USA

 

 

 

18.4

18.4

Everybody Loves the Circus is  3.75" tall and made from an imported, hand dyed golden tan long pile. He was wired, 5X jointed and filled with a combination of glass pellets and fiber. German glass eyes. His features were embroidered and needle sculpted. He wears a red velvet jacket and clown hat and carries a glittery heart shaped balloon.

Judith Anderson
Ashenberry - Connecticut, USA

 

 

 

18.5

18.5

Sammy the Seal loves performing in the circus and balancing his ball on his Fimo nose. 4" long (10cm) and made from German mini fabric. Flippers and head are jointed.  Hand painted shading. Glass eyes. Hand made drum with trim.


Kay Cooper
Cooper Bears - Western Australia

 

 

 

18.6

18.6

Jerrod Giraffe OOAK has a long neck that enhances his overall 15” size. Fully jointed and may be posed to sit or stand. Stuffed with poly-fil, plastic pellets and zinc plated BBs to give him a weighted body. His mohair is short and shaded in dark pumpkin with hints of chocolate brown. Jerrod’s detailing includes his mane, tail, felt footpads and airbrushed accents. He is wearing a vintage jacket and is a circus goer as his skills do not allow him to sign up for stunts under the ‘Big Top’.

 

Beth Anne Martin

Bears by Beth Anne - Michigan, USA

 

 

 

18.7

18.7

Pizzaz is 15" tall and made of mohair. Her inset face is hand painted and embroidered and costume is made of cotton, felt and glitter netting. Her shoes are hand painted and decoupaged.

Wanda Shope
Wandabears - California, USA

 

At a Glance - All Entries in Category 18

 

18.1

Giggly Clown

18.2

Elleville

18.3

Freedom and Sir Brave

18.4

Everybody Loves the Circus

18.5

Sammy the Seal

18.6

Jerrod Giraffe

18.7

Pizzaz

 

 

 

You helped pick to top winners! 

 

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Thank you for Voting

in the Worldwide 2016 URSA Awards Competition.

 

 

 

Round 2 of voting begins August 9th

You'll then be voting for only ONE bear or bud

that you like best from the top winners!

The winner receives the prestigious
URSA Major - Best Overall Award!

Winners announced in October's Bears&Buds Webzine

 

A Special Thank You to all the contestants representing 16 countries!

 


 
Australia
Canada
China
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Italy
Japan
 

16
Macao
New Zealand
Rep Moldova
Russia
Scotland
Ukraine
England
USA
 

 

 

 

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