Bead Dreams 2010 Rules and Application
2009 Best-In-Show - Sponsored by Fire Mountain Gems and Beads - Satoko Toyoda, The Sparkling Treasure Chest
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The deadline date for submissions is April 5, 2010. |
2009 Runner-Up Best-In-Show - Sponsored by Fire Mountain Gems and Beads - Hatsumi Oshitani, Luminous Blue/Green
(We reserve the right to reclassify the category of an entry according to the rules stated below.) The categories for 2010 are currently under review. 1. Handmade Buttons or Beads - NEW for 2010 - A unified collection of 4 or more buttons or beads in any media including but not limited to ceramic, raku, resin, bone, etc. (This excludes lampworked, glass, polymer clay, metal clay, and beaded beads.) 2. Wirework - NEW for 2010 - This category will include jewelry, accessories, handmade beads, jewelry-related objects and sculptural objects that are made predominately with wire or in which the primary techniques used are wirework techniques. 3. Lampwork / Glass This category will include beads, buttons, components, jewelry, or jewelry-related objects that are 85% or more glass made by the applicant. Entries that use someone else's glass beads or components should be entered in the Finished Jewelry category. 4. Polymer Clay: This category will include beads, buttons, components, jewelry, or jewelry-related objects that are 85% or more polymer clay. 5. Beaded Objects or Accessories: This category will include a non-jewelry item or accessory, including, but not limited to, purses, shoes, sculptures, or wall hangings. 6. Seed Bead Jewelry: This category will include beaded beads, a piece, or an ensemble of jewelry, that is predominantly seed beads or bugle beads, including, but not limited to, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings. 7. Crystal Jewelry: This category will include a piece, or an ensemble of jewelry, that is predominantly machine-cut crystals, including, but not limited to, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and rings. Jewelry made using fire-polished beads, or cathedral beads, should be entered in the Finished Jewelry category. 8. Finished Jewelry: This category will include a piece, or an ensemble of jewelry, that is made from materials such as, but not limited to, glass beads, crystals, semi-precious stones, wire, metal clay, seed beads (piece must be less than 50 percent seed beads), found objects, etc. 9. Metal Clay: This category will include beads, buttons, components, jewelry, or jewelry-related objects that are 85% or more metal clay. |
2009 People's Choice Award - Sponsored by Fire Mountain Gems and Beads - Fallah Funston, Triple Chain Glass Necklace
1. The competition is open to professional and amateur beaders from the U.S. and around the world. Bead&Button Show faculty and exhibitors may enter the competition. Kalmbach Publishing Co. employees and family members are not eligible. 2. All work entered in the competition must be original. 3. The entry fee of $30 covers up to two submissions. 4. You may not submit more than two entries in any one category. We reserve the right to reclassify the category of an entry. 5. Entries may be the work of a single person or a collaboration by several people. 6. Entries must have been produced between May 2009 and April 2010. |
1st Place Crystal Jewelry category - Sponsored by Swarovski - Diane Hyde, Arabesque
8. We will notify you of your acceptance status in April 2010. All accepted pieces must be received at the Bead&Button magazine editorial office no later than a designated date in early May 2010. Although we encourage you to send display materials with your entry, Bead&Button Show reserves the right to display each pieces as best suits the needs of the Show. 9. International participants are responsible for all duties and/or taxes. Bead&Button magazine WILL NOT accept delivery on packages that require customs duty to be paid. (For more information, please consult your nation's customs officials.) |
1st Place Finished Jewelry category - Sponsored by Rio Grande, Charlotte Verity, Gold Glass Bubble Necklace
10. Each item must be labeled neatly with the maker's name, address, and telephone number (use permanent ink and attach labels securely.) (If a collection of beads is strung together, one label is sufficient.) Please include instructions for display, special handling, or shipping requirements inside the shipping box. 11. The Bead&Button Show will provide standard UPS insurance up to $100 for the return shipment of items. You must provide the insurance to cover shipping it to us, its display at the Show, its time at the Bead&Button offices, and its return to you. While the Bead&Button staff will use every precaution to protect and safeguard each item while in our offices or at the Show, we are not responsible for any damages. 12. Kalmbach Publishing Co., the Bead&Button Show, and Bead&Button magazine retain the right to use the entry photos, to photograph all submitted items, and to use the photographs in any lawful way, including but not limited to publicity, publications, electronic media, etc., with full credit to the artist. 13. Items are scheduled for return by mid-August. If you need to have your work returned before then, please inform the Bead&Button editorial staff. |
1. The editors of Bead&Button, BeadStyle, and Art Jewelry magazines will select the competition finalists. 2. Finalists will be on display at the Bead&Button Show, June 9-13, 2010, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 3. Before the start of the Bead&Button Show, a team of judges will select first, second, and third prize winners in each category. A panel of one judge from each category will choose the Best in Show winner and runner-up from the first-prize winners. 4. Artists retain ownership of their work and do not need to be present to win. |
