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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Lynn Margaret Davy
from Colehill, Wimborne, Dorset, ENGLAND
WINNER
Details
"The Story of My Beading Life..."
Unfinished objects - UFOs.
All beaders have a lot of those,
Enthusiastically started
Before you got a bit half-hearted.I pick beads up, I start to stitch,
But just can't make decisions... which
Of all these beads spread on my table
Will make this cuff most fanci-able?And so I put it to one side,
Leave it till later to decide,
Get out some other beads and things
And start a range of fancy rings.
Clasp Assembly: Toggle made with glass bead and beaded loop
Dollar Value: $94.22
Adjusted Judges Score: 7 out of 7
Juli Brown
Wells, MinnesotaRunner-Up
Details
Coffin Nail Necklace!
Cigarette smoking,
Crude, caustic & cancerous,
Taints Breath, Teeth, Heart, Lungs.Second-hand room-smoke,
Drenches spider webs with tar,
Now shellacked Tar Phlegm.Washed my smoky clothes,
And in the dryer they went,
Fur-Ball Hacker's Beads.
Clasp Assembly: Neckring fits over head
Dollar Value: $20.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 6 out of 7
Sarah
Allison
Gresham, Oregon
Semi-Finalist
Details
Walk In My Garden
In
this delicate necklace,
I tried to recreate the beauty of a garden,
Full of bright blooms and fresh green leaves,
Leaving out the dirt and mess.
It
seems that my black thumb
Comes out even if the flower is just a bead,
Because my garden is full of blooms that clash
And leaves that look kind of dumb.
Clasp Assembly: Lobster Claw
Dollar Value: $30.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 5 out of 7
Go Vote and Evalute This Necklace!
Jolynn
Casto
Logan, Ohio
Semi-Finalist
Details
Four
Season's Necklace
All
the leaves are brown
and the sky is gray
Then
the snow will fall
and freeze the ground away
As
the weather warms in spring
the snakes and frogs will play
Summer
finally comes
Is sunshine here to stay?
Clasp Assembly: Plastic ends cut from silk flower garland
Dollar Value: $30.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 6 out of 7
Go Vote and Evalute This Necklace!
Deborah
Eve Rubin
Rockville, Maryland
Semi-Finalist
Details
Ode to an Ugly Necklace
I think that I shall
never see
A necklace, ugly as thee.
From trash cans and recycle bins
Some of your pieces come.
But as for many others,
I know not where they're from.
But is this really
jewelry
Or just some base tomfoolery?
I've got the stuff on hand, you see.
I want to use it up.
Boxes full of this and that
I want to use it up!
Clasp Assembly: Lobster Clasp
Dollar Value: maybe $200.00, I have no way to judge
Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7
Lori-Ann
Scott
Spokane, Washington
Semi-Finalist
Details
Sweet
sweet and tasty treat
forks delight just at the sight
hideous necklace
Clasp Assembly: Double Forks Hook & Eye Clasp
Dollar Value: $60.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 5 out of 7
Nancy
Johnson
Springfield,
Virginia
Wear
This Necklace
Ugly,
Wugly,
Puddin' Pie.
Wear this Necklace.
Do, or Die!
Ask
Me, &
I'll tell you why.
'Cause I said so!
Please, don't cry.
Clasp Assembly: Friction clasp of plastic fluorescent
tubing
Dollar Value: $259.95
Adjusted Judges Score: 2 out of 7
LINDA
LEE
Akron,
Ohio
"Paper
clip this, paper clip that.
Staple this, staple that.
The copier is broken again.
Fixed it again.
STRESS
STRESS
STRESS
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
Cubicle
Walls -4
Age -30
STRESS
STRESS
STRESS
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
Chinese
Take away
Coca Cola to wash it awya
Jean Simmons Wisk me away
Clasp Assembly:Hook & Eye made from paper clips
Dollar Value: $150.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7
MELODY RAMSAY
Goleta,
California
MY CHEATING GUY AND THE STINKY NECKLACE
Though
he slept in my bed,
his thoughts were with her.
At the break of the dawn, he would
race to her place.
and partake of her charms,
despite open arms.
He ignored my calls - what balls!
He
must think my rival superb, but
I can't kick this dog to the curb.
So a necklace is my plan
to win back my man.
Unlike her, I know his fetishes and treats
I'll adorn my necklace with dried meats,
pig ears, bones, rawhide, balls
and dog toys, a stinky sneaker too,
and two bullie sticks, really bull pricks,
For an extra putrid smell.
Yes, I know my guy, very very well.
Clasp Assembly:
Elaborate buckle and toggle clasp with bullie stick, dog collar,
and other parts
Dollar Value: $50.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7
ALICIA RANDAZZO
Ashland,
Wisconsin
~
The Man Magnet ~
Hotdogs,
pickles, pearls, and fries -
Always gets noticed by the guys.
At
the opera or the ball -
If I give my number, I know he'll call.
Clasp Assembly:
Toggle clasp with plastic french frie bar
Dollar Value: $12.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 3 out of 7
TINA
CHRISTIE
Litchfield
Park, Arizona
Everything But The Kitchen Sink
There once was a contest from Tennessee,
Whose object was something so ugly,
A necklace, the quest,
The worst is the best,
I hope that the winner will be me!
Since ugly's not easy, as they say,
I decided to go a diverse way,
The start point was pretty,
Some big and some bitty,
And came up with ugly all day.
Clasp Assembly: Padlock and ring
Dollar Value: $550.00
Adjusted Judges Score: 4 out of 7
Olga Path
Estill
Springs, Tennessee
"TRY
TO......."
TRY TO TALK WITH A BEAR
WHEN YOU MEET IT ON YOUR PATH.
TRY TO CATH A BEAR
WHEN IT IS FLYING OVER YOUR H EAD
Clasp Assembly:
Hook/Eye
Dollar Value: Not given
Adjusted Judges Score: 2 out of 7
