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THE UGLY NECKLACE CONTEST
-- A Jewelry Design Contest With A Twist!

2004

In no special order, the 10 Semi-Finalists:

#1 by Kathleen Lynam
My Ugly Necklace by Saddam Hussein

#2 by Tammy Hicks
Flowers From Hell

The Ugly Necklace
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Voters Voted for The Ugliest Necklace of 2003! 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: 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
Ugly Necklace 1 by Kathleen Lynam Winner, 2003. (29.83% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 2 by Tammy Hicks (3.27% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 3 by Vera Fox-Bond (10.51% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 4 by Melissa L. Kahl (3.44% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 5 by Valerie Lehman (6.30% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 6 by Meagan Miller (3.56% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 7 by Anita M. Tidwell (2.04% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 8 by Natalie Zurawski Runner-Up, 2003. (18.80% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 9 by Nancy Rundhammer (10.80% of the vote)
Ugly Necklace 10 by Robert De Luccia (11.44% of the vote)
1713 Total Votes

It's not easy to do Ugly! Our 6 distinguished judges associated with The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts reviewed 58 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 Second Annual Ugly Necklace Contest! Entries accepted beginning Sept 1, 2003, with the final entry submission date of Mar 15, 2004. 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

#3 by Vera Fox-Bond
Don't Cry Over Spilled Beads

#4 by Melissa L. Kahl
Beauty

#5 by Valerie Lehman
This necklace is so tacky...

#6 by Meagan Miller
Everything You Need

#7 by Anita M. Tidwell
The ugliest necklace I've ever seen...

#8 by Natalie Zurawski
One of A Kind

#9 by Nancy Rundhammer
Beach Combers Nightmare

#10 by Robert De Luccia
Ugly Truth

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-- A Jewelry Design Contest With A Twist!

2004

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