Ok well I volunteered for this year’s competition. If anybody objects and would like to do it I have no problem what so ever passing the baton over to them. After all I wasn’t elected I was self-selected (take jokes over to warped please).
Last year the competition evolved as people weighed in on tweaks they thought should be made. I’m thinking that this year it shouldn’t be so hard to reach an agreement on the rules. However, I still would like everybody to weigh in on their ideas and I hope that this year will be just as or more successful that last.
Last year here were the categories:
(1) Objects/Shadowboxes
(2) Art/prints on Canvas
(3) Decorator Prints
(4) Limited Editions
(5) needlework/textiles
(6) collages
(7) other /weird stuff not mentioned
This year to coincide with a recent thread about washed lines I suggest we tweak the categories just a bit and do this:
(1) Objects/Shadowboxes
(2) Art/prints on Canvas
(3) Works on paper (posters, photos, LE Prints)
(4) Specialty matting
(5) needlework/textiles
(6) collages
(7) other /weird stuff not mentioned
What I did is just combine paper art and added a category for some awesome matting. I think this category would be for either special cuts or decorations. Obviously almost everything in this category could potentially go into another category (unless the matting is the art) but it’s up to you.
One other suggestion I have is for scoring. Last year there was some serious consideration as to rather we would vote or have judges. I believe we ended up with judges. I’m not sure if we ever knew for sure how the judges were to vote but I say we standardize the voting from the judges and also include the popular vote.
Why not have the G polling booth make up a part of the final score? For example why not have the judges allot up to 5 points for technical application and 5 for overall execution or something similar.
Then the popular vote would allot the winner 5 points, second 4 points, third 3 points, fourth 2 points, and fifth 1 point. (I haven’t totally thought out these numbers and this is just an example.) So the popular choice would only account for 1/3 of the final score. Anyway at the end of it we would get a score from 0 – 15 and that would determine the grand poobah.
Ohh and one other idea. I may wish I had never ever said this but I think that contestants should be allowed to enter any and all categories. Last year we had a limit of 2 categories per contestant. While this is a fun little game to find out who is a wicked awesome framer, the primary reason of this (IMHO) is to see many nice pieces. I don’t mine limiting how many times a person can win. I think you could with both categories you entered last year and I don’t mind keeping it at two but I see no reason for not entering all the categories if you wish!
Questions, comments, concerns?
Last year the competition evolved as people weighed in on tweaks they thought should be made. I’m thinking that this year it shouldn’t be so hard to reach an agreement on the rules. However, I still would like everybody to weigh in on their ideas and I hope that this year will be just as or more successful that last.
Last year here were the categories:
(1) Objects/Shadowboxes
(2) Art/prints on Canvas
(3) Decorator Prints
(4) Limited Editions
(5) needlework/textiles
(6) collages
(7) other /weird stuff not mentioned
This year to coincide with a recent thread about washed lines I suggest we tweak the categories just a bit and do this:
(1) Objects/Shadowboxes
(2) Art/prints on Canvas
(3) Works on paper (posters, photos, LE Prints)
(4) Specialty matting
(5) needlework/textiles
(6) collages
(7) other /weird stuff not mentioned
What I did is just combine paper art and added a category for some awesome matting. I think this category would be for either special cuts or decorations. Obviously almost everything in this category could potentially go into another category (unless the matting is the art) but it’s up to you.
One other suggestion I have is for scoring. Last year there was some serious consideration as to rather we would vote or have judges. I believe we ended up with judges. I’m not sure if we ever knew for sure how the judges were to vote but I say we standardize the voting from the judges and also include the popular vote.
Why not have the G polling booth make up a part of the final score? For example why not have the judges allot up to 5 points for technical application and 5 for overall execution or something similar.
Then the popular vote would allot the winner 5 points, second 4 points, third 3 points, fourth 2 points, and fifth 1 point. (I haven’t totally thought out these numbers and this is just an example.) So the popular choice would only account for 1/3 of the final score. Anyway at the end of it we would get a score from 0 – 15 and that would determine the grand poobah.
Ohh and one other idea. I may wish I had never ever said this but I think that contestants should be allowed to enter any and all categories. Last year we had a limit of 2 categories per contestant. While this is a fun little game to find out who is a wicked awesome framer, the primary reason of this (IMHO) is to see many nice pieces. I don’t mine limiting how many times a person can win. I think you could with both categories you entered last year and I don’t mind keeping it at two but I see no reason for not entering all the categories if you wish!
Questions, comments, concerns?