The
Ugly Necklace Contest Some of the Sixth Annual 2008
Entries, Click
for: Summary of Adjusted Judges Scoring Criteria 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." - Principles of Composition by Warren Feld Can you do better? -- Submit your entry to this year's contest JOIN
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Alesia DiFederico
Southbury, Connecticut
WINNER
Details
Equus Recyclus
"From the horse's ass ,
Much manure does pass.The pasture's seed becomes an organic bead,
Made from the horse's dirty deed.There must be more uses,
For what the horse produces. ... "
Clasp Assembly: Electric Fence Wire Insulator and wire loop
Adjusted Judges Score: 7 out of 7
Edith Cheitman
Sarasota, Florida
Semi-Finalist
Details
Song of the Venerable Bede
"The New Age Market has decreed
there be more Spirit in their beads.
No more sufficient, ostentation;
they now require extrapolation
From world relitions to their jewelry
which tempts designers to buffoonery.This ugly necklace is evidence
of a bauble fraught with such mystical defense.
Clasp Assembly: Mother of Pearl Pendant, wire hook under claw, toggle ring
Adjusted Judges Score: 5 out of 7
Jen
Muise
RUNNER UP
Woodlawn,
Ontario, Canada
Details
Something
for Everyone
"It
doesn't matter who you are --
Rapper, diva or parade star.
If you're artsy-fartsy or sedate,
A Goth, a pimp or just out-of-date;
A hippi chick or a sports fan
A sk8rgrrl or Elizabethan
It doesn't matter who you are,
There's something here for you!"
Clasp Assembly: Toggle from plastic bag and beads.
Beads go over plastic bag flower.
Adjusted Judges Score: 6 out of 7
Go Vote and Evalute This Necklace!
Kimberly
Dods
Peralta,
New Mexico
Semi-Finalist
Details
An
Ode To My Ugly Necklace
My so-called
"ugly nekclace" has quite grown on me.
It's hideousness bewitching.
Clumsy - yes.
Awkward - a bit.
But, on my neck, a perfect fit.
Clasp Assembly: Carabiner Clasp with Ring
Adjusted Judges Score: 6 out of 7
Go Vote and Evalute This Necklace!
Candace
Davis
Charlotte,
North Carolina
Semi-Finalist
Details
An
Ugly Haiku
Mass Anaplasia
Lymphatic
Metastasis
of myth & legend
Clasp Assembly: Button Clasp
Adjusted Judges Score: 6 out of 7
Ruwani
Thanuja Rathnayaka
Nugegoda,
Sri Lanka
Semi-Finalist
Details
Clasp Assembly: Toggle from wire and straws
Adjusted Judges Score: 6 out of 7
WENDY
INMAN
Ripon,
California
Semi-Finalist
Details
Junk
Drawers Revenge
"Everyone
has one
Hidden away
A drawer full of Treasures
My child would say.
...
...
But you better watch out
You better empty it someday
Before it rebels
And attacks you this way."
Clasp Assembly: Single clip-on earring and string loop
a pine tree.
Adjusted Judges Score: 5 out of 7
CHRISTINA
ZAWADECKI
Orlando,
Florida
Semi-Finalist
Details
"Beaded
soldiers on a string
March left right left for victory
Poor boys fight a rich mans war
An atrocity not to be ignored
Thoughts of all lost
Yet strong hope for a peace
A time when their mission
Is fully complete."
Clasp Assembly:The "noose" -"this war is placing a choke-hold
on our nation."
Adjusted Judges Score: 5 out of 7
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MANDY
ALLEN
Portland,
Oregon
Details
MindSettings
"Of
truth and beauty there is much debate,
What one person loves, another may hate.
What has value to us is another discussion,
And it can have an ugly repercussion.
Like buying diamonds even if it puts you in debt
I guess it's all about your mindset."
Clasp Assembly: Magnet and screws
Adjusted Judges Score: 5 out of 7
Go Vote and Evalute This Necklace!
LYNN MARGARET
DAVY
Colehill,
Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom
Semi-Finalist
Details
I
Let Our Love Sing - F(orte)
"Once
upon a blowtorch an artist made a pig.
A pretty pink color, and not very big.
She took one look at him and said "Bad luck,
But your face looks like it was squashed by a truck,"
I tried my best, but this hideous creation
Will destroy my perfectionist reputation.
There's nothing I can do, you've turned out so ugly,
I'm afraid you're what lampworkers call: "A FUGLY!""
Clasp Assembly:
Swivel Lanyard
Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7
