Hi Everyone
After recent event regarding this challenge I though sufficient cooling off time has passed ( For me ) to make my comments
I have sent a PM to George thanking him for his time as a Judge ( I will leave it at that without further comments )
I have also phoned Barry our other judge and asked if he is prepared to continue in the light of recent events and kindly he is prepared to do so :shock:
However I am not at ease with the current situation re Judging and have the following 3 things to suggest as a way of hopefully returning this challenge to its intended purpose
A Little reminder :-
I set up the challenge to encourage more entry's of work into the woodturning and lathes section as it was dwindling away ,
I think this is due to sometimes very harsh critique by some forum members ( Remember my poll about critique Yes / NO ? )
! offered to fund the awards and pay the postage and packing charges involved
And I wanted to keep things simple, a means of increasing the variety of work ,12 different projects sounds easy doesn't it
Remember if you win its more a prestige thing NO BIG MONEY PAY OUT , you get a small modest plaque kindly made by our forum member daven =D>
So where has it all gone wrong ? to end up as it is now ?
Simple / Fun / interesting / enjoyable / banter were all thing I had hoped would be a part of the challenge :mrgreen:
so far we seem to have had
Stress /gut feeling / disputes / word wars etc , I wont go on
Next onto Challenge monthly requirements and I will use for an example the Eggcup Challenge
As in the Cambridge Dictionary Online
Definition " a small container used to hold a boiled egg while you eat it " and we had lots of variety of styles
If however the rules stated
Must be 3' high
Must be 2' diameter
Must be hollowed to a depth of 1"
Must hold a egg that is 1 1/4 " around the waist , would this not lead to 20 ish egg cup entry almost identical with no entrant design input
does this not take away the individuals interpretation / Creativity side of things for each entrant ?
Would you like to eat egg and soldiers :lol: from a highly pierced or textured egg cup for hygienic reasons , I wouldn't , so was the judging correct to see the functional and hygiene side of the design
Anyway I have rambled long enough so on too the poll
ONLY VOTE if you are a entrant in this competition
Please vote to determine the future of the 2011 Challenge
After recent event regarding this challenge I though sufficient cooling off time has passed ( For me ) to make my comments
I have sent a PM to George thanking him for his time as a Judge ( I will leave it at that without further comments )
I have also phoned Barry our other judge and asked if he is prepared to continue in the light of recent events and kindly he is prepared to do so :shock:
However I am not at ease with the current situation re Judging and have the following 3 things to suggest as a way of hopefully returning this challenge to its intended purpose
A Little reminder :-
I set up the challenge to encourage more entry's of work into the woodturning and lathes section as it was dwindling away ,
I think this is due to sometimes very harsh critique by some forum members ( Remember my poll about critique Yes / NO ? )
! offered to fund the awards and pay the postage and packing charges involved
And I wanted to keep things simple, a means of increasing the variety of work ,12 different projects sounds easy doesn't it
Remember if you win its more a prestige thing NO BIG MONEY PAY OUT , you get a small modest plaque kindly made by our forum member daven =D>
So where has it all gone wrong ? to end up as it is now ?
Simple / Fun / interesting / enjoyable / banter were all thing I had hoped would be a part of the challenge :mrgreen:
so far we seem to have had
Stress /gut feeling / disputes / word wars etc , I wont go on
Next onto Challenge monthly requirements and I will use for an example the Eggcup Challenge
As in the Cambridge Dictionary Online
Definition " a small container used to hold a boiled egg while you eat it " and we had lots of variety of styles
If however the rules stated
Must be 3' high
Must be 2' diameter
Must be hollowed to a depth of 1"
Must hold a egg that is 1 1/4 " around the waist , would this not lead to 20 ish egg cup entry almost identical with no entrant design input
does this not take away the individuals interpretation / Creativity side of things for each entrant ?
Would you like to eat egg and soldiers :lol: from a highly pierced or textured egg cup for hygienic reasons , I wouldn't , so was the judging correct to see the functional and hygiene side of the design
Anyway I have rambled long enough so on too the poll
ONLY VOTE if you are a entrant in this competition
Please vote to determine the future of the 2011 Challenge