The Illustrative Beader: Beaded Tapestry Competition

Deadline: August 31st, 2011 (RECEIVE)

The Illustrative Beader:
Beaded Tapestry Competition
Land of Odds
Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 15, 2011-Mar 15, 2012

Create a Beaded Tapestry by manipulating beads, cloth and fibers into an imaginative detailed, tactile and visual representation of this year’s theme: Mystery Genre Book Covers.

And then write a short Artist Statement (between 1000-2000 words) about the general story-line of the book which the cover represents, how you made choices about what things to include on your cover, the materials and techniques you used in creating your book cover tapestry, and your strategies for adding a sense of dimensionality to the book cover tapestry.

The Competition is open to all -- United States and International -- who are eighteen (18) years of age or older. Limit one (1) entry per household. The “Artist” may be one individual, or a collaboration.

No entry fee.

We use the concept of "Tapestry" in its broadest sense as a stitched, sewn and/or woven wall hanging. Your tapestry may be woven, loomed, stitched, quilted, cross-stitched, crocheted, knitted, sewn, braided, knotted, embroidered, macramed, beaded and the like. Your tapestry will combine fibers/threads/and/or cloth and beads in some way, and the surface area must consist of at least 70% beads. Beads may be used in many ways, such as forming the background canvas of your piece, and/or embellishing your canvas, and/or as fringe, and/or as stitchery covering parts of your piece. Your piece should be mounted or framed in some way, ready for hanging on a wall. Your tapestry may utilize many different techniques.

The Illustrative Beader: Beaded Tapestry Competition submissions must be original works. These Tapestries should be new creations that have not been viewed on websites, auctions, magazines, books, or in any other way widely made available to the public.

Entries will be judged by a panel from The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts. These distinguished Beadwork and Jewelry Artist instructors will judge each beaded tapestry based on:

1. INSIGHT
2. TECHNIQUE
3. USE OF BEADS/BEADING AS ARTISTIC MEDIUM
4. VISUAL APPEAL
5. QUALITY OF WRITTEN ARTIST STATEMENT

PRIZES:
First Prize of a $1000.00 shopping spree on the Land of Odds web-site (www.landofodds.com),
Runner-Up Prize of a $400.00 shopping spree on the web-site.

View Official Rules on-line:t www.landofodds.com/tapestry

Download official rules: landofodds.com/tapestry [pdf]

The Illustrative Beader: Beaded Tapestry Competition
Land of Odds
718 Thompson Lane, Ste 123
Nashville, Tennessee 37204