Re: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-16 Thread Ilske Thomsen
In my opinion a piece for competition should never been framed. It should be to see from all sides. Ilske Vis a vis framing, some people think that pieces submitted to the fair should be in such a condition that the judge should be able to examine the back to see if the joining is really ne

Re: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-13 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/13/2007 8:57:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think a handkerchief, for instance, wouldn't look very nice submitted loose Some people can fold a handkerchief very prettily and ingeniously, so that the join is "presented" on the part of the h

Re: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-13 Thread Dmt11home
Vis a vis framing, some people think that pieces submitted to the fair should be in such a condition that the judge should be able to examine the back to see if the joining is really neat. So, what do you do when the piece arrives framed with no way of examining the back? Devon **

RE: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-13 Thread Carolyn Hastings
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Elizabeth Ligeti > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:24 PM > To: Arachne > Subject: [lace] Judging criteria > I would not accept anyone else doing the mounting for the lacemaker. > Most > copetitio

RE: [lace] Judging Criteria

2007-12-13 Thread Carolyn Hastings
TECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lace@arachne.com > Subject: Re: [lace] Judging Criteria > > In a message dated 12/12/2007 11:31:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > What may

Re: [lace] Judging Criteria

2007-12-13 Thread Ilske Thomsen
Hello Adele, here the competitions have a theme and exact dates for the size of it, so that all works are more or less equal in that. And I think a system about the special points of a work are important therefore the first point is to find out which work represent this theme. the next one in

Re: [lace] Judging Criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/12/2007 11:31:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What may not be challenging for someone who has been making lace for ages may be a massive challenge for a beginner. Unless you know the level the maker is at how can you tell whether it was much of

Re: [lace] Judging Criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Ruth
What may not be challenging for someone who has been making lace for ages may be a massive challenge for a beginner. Unless you know the level the maker is at how can you tell whether it was much of a challenge or not? As far as someone else mounting the lace, I don't understand the problem.

Re: [lace] Judging Criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/12/2007 11:01:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We seem to have several judges on the list - I wonder, what would be your thoughts if you were faced with: 1. a superb original artistic vision and fantastic original design, in either a simple lac

RE: [lace] judging criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Carolyn Hastings
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 3:31 PM > To: lace@arachne.com > Subject: [lace] judging criteria > > In the US, of course, we have so few lacemakers, and so few judges, > and > a

Re: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Dmt11home
This is a good solution. It does create a situation where the person who mounts a piece of lace is taking additional risk. It is comparable to the situation that I faced when taking the driving exam in my teens. One of the incentives to use the driving instructor's car was that it was an a

Re: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Mary L. Tod
At 11:06 AM -0500 12/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The point system that I usually use, would relegate the amount of points that could be subtracted for knots to a small portion, which is the strength of the point system. But a failing of the point system is that, for instance, in allocatin

Re: [lace] Judging criteria

2007-12-12 Thread Dmt11home
In a message dated 12/12/2007 10:27:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, weaver's knots are traditional, and, yeah, hand-made, too; I've seen the fan, and you have to really hunt around to find a knot, so they're nearly invisible as well. What was the problem? Wh