THE RULES
CALL FOR ENTRIES,
Deadline TBA
Create
a Beaded Art Doll by manipulating beads and forms into an imaginative tactile
and visual 3-dimensional representation of this year’s theme: TBA
"[thematic
sentence TBA],
The
Sixth TBA ALL DOLLED UP: BEADED ART DOLL COMPETITION www.landofodds.com ), and
a Runner-Up prize of a $400.00 shopping spree on the web-site.
We Need Submissions!
A
Beaded Art Doll is a physical representation in three dimensions, using
human figural and expressive
characteristics, through the creative use and manipulation of beads.
Beads are a unique art medium, allowing multidimensional surface treatment,
and phenomenal opportunities for interplay among colors, light, shadow,
texture and pattern. Beaded Art Dolls submitted as entries for this Competition
should be immediately recognizable as a "Doll" as defined above.
That
said, Beaded
Art Dolls submitted as entries for this competition may be realistic, surrealistic,
whimsical or imaginary. They may be humanistic, animalistic, caricatures,
cartoons, impressions or abstractions. The doll may take many forms, including
a figure, purse, box, vessel, puppet, marionette,
or pop-up figure.
Beaded Art Dolls should be between 8" and 36" in size. The surface
area of the doll must be at least 80% composed of beads.
The
doll's internal form and structure may result from many techniques,
materials and strategies. The bead stitches themselves might
be used to create the skeletal structure. Various forms of cloth dolls
might
be stitched or
embellished with beads. The underlying structure might be made
of polymer clay, wood, ceramic, porcelain, Styrofoam, wire, corn husk,
gourd, basket weaving,
yarns, cardboard, paper, cotton, or some combination of materials.
It might be a found form or object.
The Artist is given wide leeway in techniques for how the doll is to be beaded,
and may use one particular technique or several. Techniques, for example,
may include bead weaving stitches, bead embellishment, bead applique,
bead knitting, bead crochet, bead embroidery, lampworking. For the 80% of
the surface area that must be beaded, these would NOT include the application
of rhinestones, sequins, nailheads or studs. The beads may be of any size,
shape, color and material. [For the remaining 20%, any material is OK,
including rhinestones, sequins, nailheads or studs.]
The Artist may include a doll stand or display support with
the Art Doll, though this is not a requirement. This stand
or support
may
be an off-the-shelf
piece, or created from scratch by the Artist. It may be a
base, a created setting, a decorative box, or frame. The stand or
display support need
not be beaded.
The Artist may interpret and apply the theme TBA ”
As
an object of art, the goal of the Doll should be
to make a statement,
evoking an emotional, cultural or social response, either
by the Artist her/himself or by others.
The
Doll must be an original work,
and may be the work of one
Artist or a Collaboration.
Dolls have been a part of human existence for many
thousands of years. Whether pat of a ritual or part
of child's play, dolls function as symbols
for meaning. Sometimes these meanings are broad social and cultural references;
other times, these meanings focus on an individual's relationship
with oneself.
ALL
DOLLED UP: BEADED ART DOLL COMPETITION
Enter to Win!
Entering is easy.
1. Provide a minimum of 4 color snapshots AND 4 color .jpg
image files or slides of the following:
If submitting a .jpg image file, scan or digitally photograph each view
at a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
The
Artist may submit as many additional images, as she or he would like.
Be
sure your name is written on the backs of each photo or disk or slide that
you submit.
2.
Write a short story (between 1,000 and 2,000 words) about your Beaded
Art Doll, beginning with the following sentence:
"[thematic
sentence TBA],
The story should reflect how the Artist made choices about
form, proportion and balance, scale, color, texture, pattern,
mechanics
and assembly,
focal point, pose and expression, beading technique(s), beading
and other materials,
and accessories. It should reflect the development of the
Artist's
ideas and their implementation. It should anticipate how the
Artist wants the viewer
to react to and/or use the doll.
The
story may be fiction, non-fiction or a mix of both.
3. Develop a list of materials used, a description of the
doll-form used or created, the dimensions of the Art Doll
(length x width
x depth), and a list
of technique(s) applied.
Help us promote the contest and the on-line voting.
List notification and press release resources that would help us promote
your beaded art doll, should you be chosen one of the 10 Semi-Finalists --
friends, other jewelry designers and artists, galleries, newspapers, magazines,
community
organizations and associations, arts commissions, teachers and faculty, on-line
message boards, newsgroups, forums, websites, ezines, and the like. If possible,
please provide as much of this information as possible: NAME OF SOURCE/RESOURCE,
CONTACT PERSON, SNAIL-MAIL ADDRESS, WEBSITE, EMAIL ADDRESS
5. Please include the following information with your
entry:
a. Name
All
Dolled Up: Beaded Art Doll Competition , Land of Odds, 718 Thompson
Lane, Ste 123, Nashville, Tennessee, 37204
From
the entries submitted, up to six (6) finalists will be selected. Photos
of their Beaded Art Dolls will be placed on the Land of Odds web-site.
Visitors
to the web-site will be asked to vote for the best designed and appealing
Beaded Art Doll. The
on-line votes (count 25%) will be tallied and combined with
those the Panel of Judges (count 75%) at
CBJA, in the selection of a winner. Based
on these combined votes, a Grand
Finalist and a Runner Up
will be selected and awarded prizes.
You
may view Official Rules on-line at www.landofodds.com/store/alldolledup.htm . [Continue
scrolling down below.] Or, you may obtain a copy of the Official
Rules by sending a self-addressed, All
Dolled Up: Beaded Art Doll Competition
THE OFFICIAL RULES
The
ALL DOLLED UP: BEADED ART DOLL COMPETITION is
open only to residents of the United States who are at least eighteen
years old. One entry per household. The "Artist" may
be one person, or a collaboration. Void where prohibited by law. Photo
Entries, .jpg Image Files or Slides, accompanying short story,
and written supporting
documents must be submitted by mail to: All Dolled
Up: Beaded Art Doll Competition , Land of Odds, 718 Thompson
Lane, Ste 123, Nashville, TN 37204.
a. Name ONTACT PERSON, SNAIL-MAIL ADDRESS, WEBSITE, EMAIL ADDRES
