It's not easy to do Ugly!

Our 5 distinguished judges associated with The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts reviewed 33 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 clever were the materials used,

how the design of the necklace violated good jewelry design rules associated with color, form, balance, distribution of the elements, and focus.

They also looked at issues of how the necklace was constructed and its wearability, and

how well the accompanying poem elaborated on the necklace and its ugliness.

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 and evaluate each semi-finalist's entry in terms of how well you think the jewelry-making artist achieves "Ugly". The "Ugliest Necklace", of course, will be by the artist with the most jewelry-making design talent.

When voting closes, voting logs will be reviewed for any duplicate or otherwise illegitimate votes (for example, those from the same IP or email address), and these will be deleted. The on-line votes will be tallied and used to adjust the original votes of the Panel of Judges at CBJA, in the selection of a winner. The public's votes will weigh towards 25% of the final tally in selecting the Winner and Runner-Up.

And consider submitting an entry to next year's
The Fourth Annual Ugly Necklace Contest!
Entries accepted beginning Sept 1, 2005, with the final entry submission date of Mar 15, 2006.

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