UGLY NECKLACE CONTEST

Show off your mistakes in style by designing a piece to enter into our Ugly Necklace Contest!

Results from the May 2009 contest!

Contest Rules

  • One entry per person/group.
  • Your necklace must be 75% made up of beads.
  • Beads are objects with holes in them. They made be made of glass, gemstone, wood, polymer clay, metal, metal clay, plastic, paper, ceramic, or any material you can construe.
  • These objects are made to slip over a stringing material. Stringing materials may be string, cable wire, fishing line, cotton, yarn, thread, cord, or whatever stringing material you might make use of.
  • Beads may be assembled into necklaces in many ways, including using bead stringing, bead weaving and/or wire-working techniques.
  • Your necklace length must be between 16" and 30", from one end to the other. The "necklace" length is measured as the length of the circle going around the neck, and that assemblage of the piece which begins and ends with the two parts of the clasp assembly.
  • Your necklace needs to be functional and wearable - it should not fall apart when someone handles it or puts it on, and it should not contain pieces/parts that could injure the wearer in any way.

The Spirit of the Rules

The idea of the contest is to take actual art/craft materials and attempt to make an ugly necklace. The idea is not to go outside, pick 3 pieces of trash off the street, string them with dirty feathers, and call it a necklace. Anything that grosses me out or might give me tetanus will automatically be disqualified. If you need rules clarification, please contact me at uglynecklace@lushbeads.com.

Prizes

First prize: $50 beady gift basket from Lush Beads
Second prize: $20 beady gift basket from Lush Beads
Third prize: There is no third prize (yet). It will probably be something awful, so you really want to win. Really.

Submission deadline

Submission deadline: April 30, 2009 at 6:45PM. Items may be dropped off in person at Lush Beads or sent via postal mail. The actual jewelry piece must be submitted, along with the submission form. Submissions sent by mail must include return postage!

Judging and Announcement of Winners

Items will be voted on by non-participating artists and open studios attendees on May 2, 2009 from 10AM to 5PM. The winners will be announced on Sunday 5/3/09 at 1PM. Winners need not be present at the time of announcement.

Return of Submissions

Submissions are available for pickup at Lush Beads after 1PM on Sunday 5/3/09. Participants wishing to have their pieces mailed to them are responsible for the cost of return postage. Unclaimed items will be sold to gypsies after 30 days.

Eligibility

Employees of Lush Beads and their families are not eligible to participate in the contest, however they may feel free to create something ugly and show it off separate from the contest.