International Bead Award 2012 – POP-ART

Have fun and join! Beaders Best announces the second contest of the International Bead Award (IBA) 2012 to support the art of beadwork. The motto of this contest is POP ART. „Pop" stands for the english word „popular“. The suitablility of mass consume can be or turn to Art. Strong colors and shapes (two or three dimensional), a certain simplicity, a reference to everyday objects or free abstraction is all possible, also at the same time a smooth succession of objects. Trivial things become original and refreshing. Humor is very important!

An international jury manned by five carefully selected people will judge in 9 categories and assign first, second and third prices. All entries will be shown on the website of Perlen Poesie after the jury has finished voting. Website visitors will be able to vote among all these entries for the public award.

Classes

Everyone who works with beads can join. You should judge for yourself in which class you belong.

  • 1. Hobbyist:
    Everyone who works with beads, jewelry or other objects. You decide between „beginner” or „advanced“.
  • 2. Professional
    jewelry maker having a business, business owners or a selected representative (for example: employee), gallery owner, etc.
  • 3. Master Class:
    This class is open for hobbyists and professionals who work at the highest level of bead art.
9 Contest Categories
  • 1. Lampwork Beads Handmade beads – single designer beads, finished jewelry or sculpture piece.
  • 2. Loomwork Manufactured on a loom.
  • 3. Off-Loom All techniques and types of off-loom design.
  • 4. Bead Crochet/Bead Knitting All techniques of bead crochet or knitting.
  • 5. Embroidery Beads stitched on a textile base.
  • 6. Paper or Textile Beads Jewelry or designs which use paper or textile beads, such as felt or other textile material – at least 85% of the finished piece must be made from the described materials.
  • 7. Polymer/Ceramic/Porcelain Jewelry or designs which use polymer, ceramic or porcelain beads – at least 85% of the finished piece must be made from the described materials.
  • 8. Metal/Wirework Jewelry or designs which use metal, wire, metal beads or are made in techniques of wireworks – at least 85% of the finished piece must be made from the described materials.
  • 9. Mixed Media/Experimental Pieces or jewelry made of material out of at least two different main categories and/or any other mixed/experimental materials. Pieces which are made of wood, seeds, bone etc. will be placed in this category also.

The submission documents can be filled online on the website of Perlen Poesie.

Submissions can include the following pieces: Jewelry, sculptures, vessels, representation of animals, bead pictures, two- and three-dimensional pieces. All techniques are allowed.

You can include two photos per submission. You can submit as many pieces as you like – only one in each category can receive a prize. We suggest a detail photo and also one showing the complete piece. You should submit a sharp, clear photo excluding any accessories using a plain background. The jury will judge by photos only.

The size of a photo submitted should not exceed 5 MB with a minimum resolution of 400 dpi as JPG or TIFF. Any identification marks are not allowed. If the pictures are blurred or out of focus and therefore cannot be judged properly Beaders Best Publishing (BEADERS BEST Verlag) will reserve the right to exclude the submission. In case of an incorrect category selection we will change the submission to the correct category.

The photos pass into ownership of BEADERS BEST Publishing and will not be returned. In case your photo fits an article in any issue of Perlen Poesie the publisher would be allowed to present this photo in Perlen Poesie.

Your entry/entries should have not yet been/won in another contest nor published and preferably it should be made between August 2011 and December 2012 - BUT if it has never been published nor entered anywhere and is older than August 2011 it can still be entered here.

Registration deadline is December 31th, 2011.

Entries which reach us after this date will be excluded.

Please note: Photos are not allowed to be signed or marked in any way. It is not allowed to show a person in your photo or copy any trademark. Submissions that violate copyright law, knowingly or unknowingly - for example by copying already published manuals/(jewelry-)pieces or titles that are already protected under trademark law – will be excluded from participation.

All participants whose submissions are selected by the jury will consent to send in their pieces (for presentation only) to the BEADERS BEST publishing house by July 2012. These show pieces will be returned after the BEADERS BEST Bead-Art-Fair, August 18th & 19th, 2012 (Hamburg/Germany).

The Jury

Jean Campbell (USA)
Bead and jewelry artist, author
jeancampbellink.com Sabine Lippert (Germany)
Bead and jewelry artist, author
Trytobead.com Mike Poole (UK)
Lampwork and jewelry artist
tillerman.co.uk Prof. Theo Smeets (Germany)
Jewelry designer, Professor of jewelry design at the „Fachhochschule Trier”, precious stone and jewelry design in Idar-Oberstein
theosmeets.com Ayako Ushirodani (Japan)
Jewelry and accessory designer for MIYUKI
www.miyuki-beads.co.jp

Prizes

There will be 5 nominations in each category after the jury has voted. They will be shown on the website of Perlen Poesie and also in the magazine in June 2012. Among all entries website visitors will vote for the public award. The winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes will be announced during the 2nd BEADERS BEST Bead-Art-Fair, August 18th/19th, 2012 at the Buergerhaus Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg/Germany. Our sponsors offer generous gifts. All details about the winner-pieces will be published in our Perlen Poesie issue, September 2012 and also on our website. Participation is free of cost.

Join the contest