Land
of Odds Second Annual The Ugly Necklace Contest A
Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist
E nter
the 2005 3rd Annual The Ugly Necklace Contest! Entries due between 9/1/04 and 3/15/05
ote YOUR CHOICE for 2004! Click on images below to see details...
2nd
Annual The Ugly Necklace Contest Click
here for contest rules
RESULTS: The Ugliest Necklace of 2004! (Voting Ends
July 15, 2004) To
Review Details About the Entries.... Click
on each thumbnail image on the left to enhance the view,
see additional images, and read each designer's submitted
poems and supporting materials. Think carefully about: [Scroll
Down for On-Line Poll]
o The Overall Hideousness of the
Piece
o
The degree you thought the designer had a strategic control
over the necklace's design. They either had a high degree
of control, were only intuitive, or were lucky (thus, clueless).
o
Although you may not be caught dead wearing the necklace
yourself, some sense of the wearability and functionality
of the necklace as a piece of jewelry
o
How well the designer interrelates his or her poem to their
necklace and its design
o
How clever the designer was in the choice and placement
of materials RESULTS: The
Ugliest Necklace of 2004! (Voting
Ends July 15, 2004)
3410 Total Votes
When
voting closes, voting logs will be reviewed for any duplicate
or otherwise illigetimate votes, and these will be deleted.
A final tally will be then be posted. The on-line votes
will be tallied and combined with those of the Panel
of Judges at CBJA, in the selection of a winner.
It's not easy to do Ugly!
Our
6 distinguished judges associated with The Center for Beadwork
& Jewelry Arts reviewed 63 Ugly Necklace submissions
to our contest, and selected 10 semi-finalists. They rated
each necklace using 10 jewelry design criteria. They examined
the overall hideousness of the necklace, how well the accompanying
poem elaborated on the necklace and its ugliness, and how
the design of the necklace violated design rules associated
with color, form, balance and focus. They also looked at
issues of how the necklace was constructed and its wearability.
The
Winner receives a first prize of a $992.93 shopping spree
on the Land of Odds web-site (www.landofodds.com ),
and the Runner-Up receives a prize of a $399.07 shopping
spree on the web-site.
Please
vote for that Ugly Necklace that you think shows the most
Beading/Jewelry Making design talent among our semi-finalists!
And
consider submitting an entry to next year's The
Third Annual Ugly Necklace Contest ! Entries accepted
beginning Sept 1, 2004, with the final entry submission
date of Mar 15, 2005.
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
If
you would like us to forward your comments to any of our semi-finalists,
we will be happy to do so. You can send your comments to: oddsian@landofodds.com
Click here for contest
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