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Last updated: 21 SEP 2008
On Thursday, September 18, 2008, the RMBS held it's 2nd Annual Wild Bead Competition - "What's Your Alien Look Like?"
They say that aliens walk among us. If this is true, what does their form look like? Do they look like your pet, your child, the next door neighbor or from outer-space? Are they little green men from Mars, or pink with purple polka-dots from Venus? What if aliens built the pyramids? Well that's up to you.
This year's wild bead competition had the following guidelines:
Your fellow members were the judges awarding 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners! Here they are!
- Must be of an original design (sorry Star Trek fans!)
- Use of your own beads (no beads will be provided this year)
- 50% of the project to be made up of beads
- Members only can participate in the competition
CLICK AN IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW!
1st Place
RMBS Member: Betty Stackpole
Name of Alien: B.E.A. (Bright Eyes Alien)
Materials used: #11 and #8 seed beads; 2mm, 3mm, 4mm, 5mm bugle beads; 6mm wood beads; 3x5mm cube; button, glass beads, 24 gauge gold and silver wire; head pins; polymer clay; magic gloss; foil; and jump rings.
Story of your alien: As some of you may or may not know, I am playing with Polymer Clay at work. Until I saw the DVD on the Seed Beads, in our August meeting, I had no idea how to make a Alien. On the DVD they showed of all the people and places that use Seed Beads - on their clothing, in ceremonies, and even on old bones. A tribe in Africa covered a skull of a cow with beeswax and then put beads on it. It was beautiful! At that moment, I thought why couldn't I use Clay instead of Beeswax. So I went to work and played with the cane first (which is her body). And then it unfolded body to arms, to head, and to think about putting all these beads on before I baked the alien. Because once you bake it, it is hard. So, for the fingers and feet, I had to make holes and then put Bugle Beads into each hole. This way, once baked, I would have access to the hole. The legs are Wooden Beads covered with beads and then I worked Fringe and Branch Fringe off of this. B.E.A.'s (Bright Eyes Alien) eyes are old Buttons. I have a habit of including a button in almost anything that I make, which some of you know.
2nd Place
RMBS Member: Janet Kay Skeen
Name of Alien: Day of Dead
Materials used: Lampwork glass; #11 seed beads; pearls; roundels; vintage glass beads.
Story of your alien: He comes out of his closet every September and back in November.
3rd Place
RMBS Member: JoAnn Patterson
Name of Alien: A Gaggle of Aliens
Materials used: Fabric; assorted beads; fishing flies.
Story of your alien: When I can't think of anything else to do, my thoughts go wild and the aliens come out to dance.
