Land
of Odds :
Ninth International, 2012
The Ugly Necklace
Contest
A
Jewelry Design Competition
With A Twist
The 8 Semi-Finalists' Page
SPECIAL 2012 THEME:
"From My Garden Of..."
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(Voting ends 6/30/12) |
FINAL
Merged Judges and On-line Scores
as of: 6/30/12
The 2012 Ninth International The Ugly Necklace Contest
Artist
Rank Score
Choose
the UGLIEST!
RANKED SCORES
Rank #1: Most Ugly
Rank #8: Least Ugly
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Of VOTES:
~ 366 ~
| Semi-Finalist | Current Ranking |
Previous Ranking |
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Nivya Raju, Dubai, United Arab Emerates, "From The Garden of Lub" |
7 | 7 |
| Juli
Brown, Wells, Minnesota, "From My Garden of Fishing Philosophy" |
4 | 3 |
| WINNER! Joan Veres, Norwood, New York, "From My Garden of the Sea Rim" |
1 | 1 |
| Corrine
Zephier, Kyle, South Dakota, "From My Garden of BUXMI (Beads, Ugly, and Mixed Media)" |
6 | 6 |
| Lynn
Margaret Davy, Dorset, United Kingdom, "Cast Out From My Garden of Beadin'" |
3 | 4 |
| RUNNER
UP! Pamela Orians, Zanesville, Ohio, "My Garden of Fun" |
2 | 2 |
| Quisha,
Saunders, Atlanta, Georgia, ,"Fecal Fantasy" |
8 | 8 |
| Brenda
Donaldson, Mesa, Arizona, "From My Garden of Roadkill" |
5 | 5 |
TAKE OUR SURVEY! below
Nivya
Raju,
Dubai, United Arab Emerates,
"From The Garden of Lub"
"At the garden was
there a resident crow
Whose love the scarecrow did never know..." ...Continued
Juli
Brown,
Wells, Minnesota,
"From My Garden of Fishing Philosophy"
"A small lake is Goldie's
home,
Trolling through weeds, free to roam..." ...Continued
Joan
Veres,
WINNER
Norwood, New York,
"From My Garden of the Sea Rim"
"Water shells on Jupiter distract the steps I take..." ...Continued
Lynn
Margaret Davy,
Dorset, United Kingdom,
"Cast Out From My Garden of Beadin'"
"I should have stuck to simple beads
That satisfied my simple needs...." ...Continued
Ninth
International, 2012
The Ugly Necklace Contest
A
Jewelry Design Competition
With A Twist
SPECIAL
2012 THEME:
"From My Garden Of..."
Visit
the web-pages of each of our
8 The Ugly Necklace Contest Semi-Finalists.
Evaluate their images, their poem,
and their materials and techniques.
Then
take our short survey below
and rank them from Most to Least UGLY.
Think about things like:
Hideousness,
Materials Used,
Design Principles Violated,
and Artistic Control.
It's
more difficult to do UGLY
when you use smaller beads. So you might consider this factor, as well,
when deciding your rankings.
Quisha,
Saunders,
Atlanta, Georgia,
"Fecal Fantasy"
"In
my garden of fecal flowers
I find foliage fraughtwith flatulence..."
...Continued
Corrine
Zephier,
Kyle, South Dakota,
"From My Garden of BUXMI (Beads, Ugly, and Mixed Media)"
"Butterfly,
Moths,Flies and Bees --
Worms, Spiders, Wasps and Fleas ...." ...Continued
Pamela
Orians,
RUNNER UP
Zanesville, Ohio,
"My Garden of Fun"
"From my garden of
fun
my niece and I cultivate memories..." ...Continued
Brenda
Donaldson,
Mesa, Arizona,
"From My Garden of Roadkill"
"My eyes divert to a reflection
As Icommute down an intersection..."
...Continued
TAKE OUR SURVEY!
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.
Entries
open to both US and International submissions as well. There are talented
Ugly-Necklace Jewelry Designers everywhere!
Share your reactions, opinions and thoughts about
our Ugly Necklace entries,
or about the Contest as a whole on our
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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
If
you would like us to forward your comments
to any of our semi-finalists, we will be happy to do so.
You can send your comments to:
oddsian@landofodds.com
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add your name to our email list
associated with The Ugly Necklace Contest, send an email to:
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and Write "Ugly Necklace Email List" in the subject line.
It's not easy to do Ugly!
Our
4 distinguished judges associated with
The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts reviewed
17 Ugly Necklace submissions to our contest,
and selected 8 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.
MORE
ABOUT THE JEWELRY DESIGN CRITERIA
USED TO EVALUATE THE ENTRIES
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