Nature
First Prize
Kate Reeve
Aboriginals by Kate
Waitsburg, WA
"He Sees" Rawhide and Rib Rattle
Prize: $100 Rings & Things gift certificate
GRAND PRIZE WINNER
Honorable Mention
Ruth Apter
One Hundred Horses
"I've looked high and low and spent hours on the Internet ... I always find what I'm looking for at Rings & Things. I recommend using beautiful, natural materials to enhance fetishes."
Port Townsend, WA
Prize: $50 Rings & Things gift certificate
Honorable Mention
Jim McCammon
DNA Earrings
The DNA jewelry won an arbitrary "most talked about" honorable mention.
"Wire is criss-crossed through the letter beads to form the rungs of the ladder ... The finished product is anatomically correct. The large beads represent sugar molecules, the smaller beads represent phosphate molecules. The letter beads represent Adenine, Cytosene, Guanine and Thymine."
Carmel Valley, CA
"DNA Earrings and Bookmark"
Prize: $50 Rings & Things gift certificate
The creator noted that the DNA sequence used for the bookmark is a DNA "stop" codon.