Myths & Folk Tales: Selections from the 2nd International Miyuki Delica Challenge

Welcome to the web portion of our new book.

Below you will find a text-only index to all the pages relating to the 2nd Delica Challege portion of this site. There is also an index with pictures (long download for regular modem users).

Each of the names below links to a page with a small photo of the artist's entry. To the extent that the artists have provided it, you will also find personal information about each artist, technical information about their entry, and the story of their myth or folktale. Some artists have not yet responded to requests for additional information and others have declined to add to what they originally submitted.

You will see as you visit these pages that the kinds and amounts of information provided range from minimal to overwhelming. We've tried to limit editing to correcting spelling and simplifying text that we found confusing. Otherwise, what you will read is what we were sent. As additional submissions arrive and are added, I will put a note by the artist's name on the list indicating that the artist's information has been updated. Hopefully within the next month or so, all the artists in the book, including those in Japan, will have had a chance to see the book and to update their information here.

For those who wish to further explore the huge topics of folklore, mythology, etc., here are some links to internet indices. Any library or large bookstore will also have extensive resources on folklore.

http://www.chinavista.com/experience/myth/myth.html

http://sorrel.humboldt.edu/~geog309i/ideas/dragons/dragons.html

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/mythlinks.html

http://www.pibburns.com/myth.htm

http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Mythology_and_Folklore/Folk_and_Fairy_Tales/

Additional information that may be of interest includes:

A list, sorted by state, of everyone who entered the 2nd Challenge.

Reflections about judging the 2nd Challenge (I will write this eventually, promise.)

Advice about entering contests: Entering Contests 101 by Amy Clarke (originally printed in the Fall 1999 issue of Beadwork Magazine and reproduced here with their kind permission).

Note that some artists have provided their email addresses in case you have questions or wish to contact them. I have added the word "no.spam" to each of these addresses to deter web robots which troll for emails to add to their spam lists, so please delete that before you use the address.

Artists: Please contact me if you wish to update or change anything about your listing. Also feel free to notify me of typos, misspellings, etc.

Disclaimer: Caravan Beads and its staff do not vouch for the accuracy of the artists' statements in this section of the website. We will be happy to correct any glaring provable errors if brought to our attention but beyond that this information is offered as is.

The names immediately below appear in the same order as the photos in Myths and Folk Tales: Selections from the 2nd International Miyuki Delica Challenge. This is followed by a listing of the prize winners and finalists for visitors who would like to visit those pages first.

1.Jennifer Maestre

2. Mary TafoyaUpdated 10/30/2000

3. Katherine Meredith

4. Yoshie Marubashi

5. Karen Bruner

6. Linda H. Perry

7. Lisa Niven

8. Celeste Marafino

9. Maggie Meister

10. Nancy Zellers

11. Emlee J Young

12. Patricia A. Chiovarie

13. Kim Z. Franklin

14. Holley Yeager Bakich

15. Kimberly Price

16. Nancy Eha

17. Noriko Yasui

18. Jessica Fitzgerrel

19. Laura Leonard

20. Debra Smith

21. Kimry Perrone

22. Cindy Bowers

23. Jeanne Dowd Cohen

24. Suzanne Cooper

25. Kathy Seely Updated 10/9/2000

26. Margo C. Field

27. Pat Savu
28. Debra Pyeatt

29. Joice Meehan

30. Janet Baty

31. Phyllis Halpern

32. Merna M. Goldetsky

33. Lisa Ring

34. Valorie Harlow

35. Julia S. Pretl

36. Mary Fraser

37. Brenda Ford

38. Robin A. Matthews

39. Bent Needle Barb Updated 10/24/2000

40. Jan Zicarelli

41. Shgen George

42. Jacqué Owens

43. Denise Palluck

44. Francis “Casey” Case

45. Kirsten Rugeley

46. Lisa Ann Claver

47. Jean Campbell

48. Suzanne M. M. Warner

49. Jennifer Fain

50. JoAnn Feher

51. Cary Franklin Gasper

52. Stella Broughton

53. Neva L. Wuerful

54. Marian Crane

55. Nancy Badciong

56. Jill S. Cremer

57. Mary J. Winters-Meyer

58. Delphina

59. Judy Walker

60. Lynn Shansky

61. Amy C. Clarke

62. Maryalice W. Tomoeda

63. Wendy Ford

64. Kerry Smith

65. Bonnie Bousquet-Smith

66. Taeko Matoba

67. Kristin Tescher

68. Marla Kay Shelton

69. Darlene Saric

70. Sue Maguire

71. Linda Karel Sage

72. Susan R. Starkey

73. Keiko Koyoma

74. R.A. (Patton) Hall

75. Toni A. McMahon

76. Marji Brohammer

77. Susan Tucker

78. Jean D. Barstow

79. Brenda Whitehead

80. Patsy Bruton

81. Vivien Exon

82. Tery Baker

83. Christina Manes

84. Mary Lou Allen

85. Elida Cisneros

86. Jennifer Bumann

87. Jane Davis


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