The Ugly Necklace Contest

Land of Odds : Seventh Annual, 2009
The Ugly Necklace Contest
A Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist
...GO VOTE & EVALUATE...

Juli Brown
Wells, Minnesota

"Coffin Nail Necklace"

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Wearing

POEM

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.

EXPENSIVE "Ciggies",
Coughin' nails burned down to butts,
Litter the ashtray.

Spurned disdainfully,
These shellacked & ugly butts,
Now are "Ciggies" Beads.

The Willow branch wreath,
Now a dried & woven noose,
Slips over the head.

Copper wire with beads,
An ugly pull-on choker,
Coffin Nail Necklace!

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Front View

Inspiration

List of Materials:

dryer lint - for beads
cigarette butts - for beads
1 - Willow wreath
1 - Vintage 3 Torch matchbox with matches
2 crumpled cigarettes packs
16 gauge round copper wire - for frame
24 gauge wire - for attaching beads and wrapping Willow wreath
EnviroTex Pour-On High Gloss Finish

Close Ups

Clasp Assembly
Neckring fits over head

Use of Little Beads

...GO VOTE & EVALUATE...

Juli Brown
Wells, Minnesota

"Coffin Nail Necklace"