Annual Woodturning and Pen Turning Contest Rules
Here are the rules for the annual woodturning contest to be held at the November 20, 2008 monthly meeting.
- Entries will be accepted in 2 classes, for each of 2 contests.
- Master Class – Experienced turners who have sold work or won prizes in turning contests.
- Novice Class – beginning and intermediate turners who do not meet the Master Class definition.
- All entries must be lathe-turned pieces; they may be embellished with carving, inlay, or other decoration.
- Entries shall not have been entered into any other contest in any venue. Club "Show and Tell" is not considered a contest.
- Judging will be done by independent panel(s), selected by the Turning Club president or an assignee of the club president, which will evaluate:
- Quality of work
- Design and originality
- Use of material
- Other factors the judges see fit to consider.
- The judges' decisions will be final.
- A member may submit up to three entries, in each of the Woodturning and Pen Turning contests, but may only receive one prize in each contest.
- Prizes in each class are a combination of cash and gift certificates in the amount determined by the Turning Club president. The judges may award additional honorable mentions.
- Entrants must be members of OCWA.
- All segmented entries of both contests qualify for The Fred Adam Polychromatic Award in additional to the above awards.
The Fred Adam Memorial Polychromatic Award was originated in 2003 in recognition of the OCWA woodturning
member whose contributions to polychromatic woodturning inspired many to add segmented turning to their skill repertory. His contributions to this area of woodturning also led to teacher training and advanced woodturning classes being created, and continuing, at Cerritos College.
As a memorial to Fred Adam, and to recognize the efforts and contribution of future members in this field of woodturning, the award was first presented in 2003. The award winner is selected at the annual woodturning contest held in November of each year. It is planned to continue this tradition with the winners name being added to the perpetual award which currently hangs in the OCWA meeting room.
The pieces are to be judged on the basis of overall craftsmanship, degree of difficulty and design. Craftsmanship pertains to the overall execution of the piece. Degree of difficulty pertains to the scale and complexity of the
piece. Design pertains to how well the piece addresses issue of form, function, materials and engineering.
Uniqueness is not to be the sole criteria of judging but may be taken into consideration. The judge or judges will be appointed by the club president or an assignee of the president.
Up to three pieces may be entered in the contest. Polychromatics is the building up of the work piece of many separate pieces of wood before or during turning. Polychromatics is to include closed segmented, open segmented, stave and any other wood turned pieces made up of many pieces of wood. A glued up block of three or four pieces is NOT considered to be polychromatic turning.
Dick Foreman
Fred Adam Award Committee