Alternate Views 
“Fawn”
by Margia Simplicio, Zuni
Description: Beaded fawn on cloth.
About this Award: This award is also called the "passion award". Each juror selects one piece after all other awards have been decided. The Judge's Choice Awards are designed to bring recognition to a work that each juror, independently, feels is outstanding. These pieces may have been overlooked due to the limited number of awards or because they fell outside other award categories.
Juror’s Comments:
Martin Kim: My choice for Judge's Choice award is “Fawn,” a beaded baby fawn. The attention to detail—especially anatomical detail, very humorous—really catches the eye. But the craftsmanship in this is exceptional. The use of the red beads to break up the yellow beads in the field underneath the white spotted beads lends so much depth and character to what might be an otherwise anonymous folk art. This is a piece where you know there was an individual artist who made it. I'm glad to see the beaded tradition kept alive.
photo by Marnie Sharp