Land
of Odds :
Tenth International, 2014
The Ugly Necklace
Contest
A
Jewelry Design Competition
With A Twist
The 5 Semi-Finalists' Page
SPECIAL 2014 THEME:
2-Strand Composition
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WINNER!
Score: 32.5
Pam Orians, Zanewsville, Ohio
"Chicken Wire and Expired Cereal"
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Score: 16.05
Lynn Davy, Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom
"More Is Most Definitely Not Always Better"
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Score: 17.9
Joan Veres,
Norwood, New York,
"Copper Heart"
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RUNNER UP!
Score: 26.95
Cecilia Wells, Brentwood, Tennessee
"Bead Ugly"
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Score 6.58
Patricia Parker, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
"Flowers and a Red Dot"
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Review All 5 Semi-Finalists
below, their images, poems and materials lists, and then
TAKE OUR POLL! below |
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Pam Orians,
WINNER!
Zanesville, Ohio,
"Chicken Wire and Expired Cereal"
"When creating ugly,
the possibilities abound
But, before the acting smugly,
those components must be found...."
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Lynn Davy,
Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom,
"More Is Definitely Not Always Better"
"I
Made my seed beads grow.
Result: not pretty garden,
More like compost heap...."
...Continued |
Joan
Veress,
Norwood, New York,
"From My Garden of the Sea Rim"
"Minded - Mind - Mine - Twisted - Coiled - Cut
Stores...Floors...Mystery...flowed through your orange heart
Steaming my lakes along - a glow no longer gleamed
Mined - Mind - Mine - Twisted - Coiled - Cut..."
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Ceclilia Wells,
RUNNER UP!
Brentwood, Tennessee,
"Bead Ugly"
"Cast out my beady eyes, an agonizing deviation
Regurgitate awkward smirking seriousness
On it goes off the map...."
...Continued
ABOUT THE JEWELRY DESIGN CRITERIA USED TO EVALUATE THE ENTRIES IN THE UGLY NECKLACE CONTEST - It Ain't Easy Doing Ugly, or as my momma says, "Ugly is as Ugly does."
Summary of Adjusted Judges Scoring Criteria
ABOUT GOOD JEWELRY DESIGN - Principles of Composition by Warren Feld
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TAKE OUR POLL! below
Tenth International, 2014
The Ugly Necklace Contest
A
Jewelry Design Competition
With A Twist
SPECIAL
2014 THEME:
"2-Strand Composition"
Visit
the web-pages of each of our
5 The Ugly Necklace Contest Semi-Finalists.
Evaluate their images, their poem,
and their materials and techniques.
Then
take our short survey below
and rank them from Most to Least UGLY.
Think about things like:
Hideousness,
Materials Used,
Design Principles Violated,
and Artistic Control.
It's
more difficult to do UGLY
when you use smaller beads.
So you might consider this factor, as well,
when deciding your rankings.
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Patricia Parker,
Quakertown, Pennsylvania,
"Flowers and a Red Dot"
"The beads were so pretty
In tubes of colors by themselves
But then I mixed them up
To create chaos from the mess..."
...Continued
ABOUT THE VOTING...
When voting closes, voting logs will be reviewed for any duplicate or otherwise illegitimate votes (for example, those from the same IP or email address), and these will be deleted. The on-line votes will be tallied and used to adjust the original votes of the Panel of Judges at CBJA, in the selection of a winner. The public's votes will weigh towards 25% of the final tally in selecting the Winner and Runner-Up
Entries open to both US and International submissions as well. There are talented Ugly-Necklace Jewelry Designers everywhere!
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