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The UGLIEST NECKLACES IN AMERICA - 2008, Gallery 1 | 2

The Ugly Necklace Contest
An annual jewelry design competition with a twist

Some of the Sixth Annual 2008 Entries,
some Ugly, some not
-- You be the Judge!

Click for:
2003 1st Annual Entries
2004 2nd Annual Entries
2005 3rd Annual Entries
2006 4th Annual Entries
2007 5th Annual Entries
2008 6th Annual Entries
- Detailed Results, 2008
2009 7th Annual Entries

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."

ABOUT GOOD JEWELRY DESIGN
- Principles of Composition

by Warren Feld


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Lorraine Allan
Reynella, South Australia, Australia

 

"Butt Ugly"

Clasp Assembly: handmade wire clasp


Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7

 



Kristy Lee
Hardy, Arkansas

 

"Ug Lee"

Clasp Assembly: tied with a raffia bow


Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7

 

 

Yvette Jones
Elmsford, New York

 

"Untitled"

Clasp Assembly: barrel clasp


Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7

 

Nancie Harris
Fredericksburg, Virginia

 

"The Dysfunctional Uglynecklace Family"

Clasp Assembly: toggle clasp


Adjusted Judges Score: 2 out of 7

 

Connie Williams
Kilauea, Hawaii

 

"Souvenir and Photo Memorial Road-Kill Necklace Lei"

Clasp Assembly: toggle clasp made from polyester bird of paradise and tire tread loop


Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7

 

Thepoena McLaughlin
Springdale, Arkansas

 

"Ugly Is In The Eye Of The Beholder"

Clasp Assembly: velcro


Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7

 

Kathy Hardy
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina

 

"The Shrunken Ex-Boyfriend Necklace"

Clasp Assembly: button toggle


Adjusted Judges Score: 1 out of 7

 

Michelle Steen
McComb, Ohio

 

"Am I Really Ugly?"

Clasp Assembly: toggle made from ring finger sizer and pen tube


Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7

 

Staci L. Smith
Pennsburg, Pennsylvania

 

"Ugly is as Ugly Does"

Clasp Assembly: friction clasp made from a candy lipstick case


Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7

 

Anne Timberlake
Morehead City, North Carolina

 

"I Wear My Family's Teeth
Around My Neck"

Clasp Assembly: lobster claw


Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7

 

Juli Brown
Wells, Minnesota

 

"Mardi Gras Ugly Necklace"

Clasp Assembly: handmade hook & eye clasp from wire, earring dangle with some embellishment


Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7

 

Heidi Bickford
Coconut Creek, Florida

 

"For My 'Ugly' Love"

Clasp Assembly: button clasp with doll eyes and ribbon loop


Adjusted Judges Score: 1 out of 7

 

Bert and Anita Brechler
Boulder City, Nevada

 

"Poor Me and my Beer Vegas Beads"

Clasp Assembly: toggle made from beer can tab and piece of metal from beer can fashioned as a bar


Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7

 

Judy Foreman
Santa Cruz, California

 

"An Ugly Mood"

Clasp Assembly: hook and eye clasp


Adjusted Judges Score: 2 out of 7

 

Kelly Kaatz
Ferndale, Michigan

 

"Alternative Substitute "

Clasp Assembly: handmade hook & eye clasp using a cactus thorn and a steel swarth ring


Adjusted Judges Score: 1 out of 7

 

 

Gilbert Kulish
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

"Free At Last"

Clasp Assembly: string tied into a bow


Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7

 

 

L. Michelle Lewis
Bowling Green, Kentucky

 

"Dregs"

Clasp Assembly: handmade button clasp


Adjusted Judges Score: 6 out of 7

 

Sally Shore
Locust Valley, New York

 

"Samples ARE Important"

Clasp Assembly: handmade hook and eye clasp with metal wire for hook, and loop in string


Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7

 

 

Holly West
Buxton, North Carolina

 

"Not Any Other Way"

Clasp Assembly: handmade toggle from a lid from a 14 pound bottle of kitty litter and a cut out section of the side of the bottle


Adjusted Judges Score: 2 out of 7

 

Jennifer Weigel
Affton, Missouri

 

"Something Fishy "

Clasp Assembly: barrel clasp


Adjusted Judges Score: 1 out of 7

 

Jaye Whitworth
Long Beach, California

 


Clasp Assembly: no clasp


Adjusted Judges Score: 2 out of 7

 

 

 

The UGLIEST NECKLACES IN AMERICA - 2008, Gallery 1 | 2

This years judges:
James Jones
Kathleen Lynam
Nina Foley
Warren Feld


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