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[Dennis Grace]

Hi all. Aquilanne here.

Stefan asks:
> *Eight* categories??? Just how narrowly were these categories drawn?
>Would glass beads and wooden beads be in two seperate categories? Or
>clay pots and clay beads?

For any interested, I'll attach the first fourteen pages of Atenveldt's A&S
rulebook that I scanned and edited. Within is a listing of all the
recognized categories/subcategories.

In response to my:
>>Basic point here: If an individual chooses to display and offer their
>>artwork for sale mundanely, their success--in sales--is based on the
>>quality of their work, not whether or not they've been given some kind of
>>"handicap" because of lack of experience or lack of credentials. Once
>>they've chosen to enter this level of competition, they should be able to
>>hold their own.

Stefan writes:
>Along these lines, I think it is preferable to have the names of the 
>individuals and their laurel/non-laurel status hidden from those who are
>judging the work to eliminate any laurel/anti-laurel bias. After the
>judging I would want to see the names available so that others interested
>in a particular art would know who to approach for more info or to
>discuss things. And to simply let people know who is doing the good craft
>and art work in the kingdom.

I agree completely. Making information about the entrant available to the
judges during judges will only skew the judging away from honest evaluation
of the work itself. I do think that judges should be required to both
comment on entries they are judging *and* sign their names to their
comments. It's only fair to expect folk to own their own words.

Aquilanne
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