TURNING CONTEST Decorated Vessels Contest Deadline: August 15, 2006 Official Contest Entry Rules

How to enter: This is strictly an online competition. All entries must be made electronically on our special contest entry pages. No mailed entries will be accepted. Limit one entry per contestant. Your entry will consist of: your contact information (name, address, phone number and e-mail address) dimensions of your piece(s) materials used minimum of three (3), maximum of five (5), digital photos of your entry descriptions to go with the photos a secure online payment of the entry fee The photos should show all the important features of your completed entry. Images must be in JPG (JPEG), GIF, TIF (TIFF) or BMP format, with a maximum file size of 10Mb. Don't worry about the physical size (in pixels) of the images; our software will size them automatically for judging and display to the public. Photos should be at least 500 pixels on the longer dimension for clarity. The descriptions should explain your techniques, design notes and anything else that would help to inform the judges' decisions, including hidden attributes or special features that may not be visible from the photos. After you have composed your entry, you will be able to preview your entry and make adjustments if necessary, but once you have submitted your entry and paid the entry fee, no further editing will be allowed.

Contest rules: Eligibility: Only amateur woodworkers are eligible to enter this contest. An amateur, for contest purposes, is someone who makes less than 25% of his or her income from the sale of their work, teaching and/or demonstrating woodturning. Limit: One entry per person. Entry must be the sole work of the entrant. The entry must be a decorated vessel, which means that one or more types of decoration have been added after turning. Possible decorative treatments include but are not limited to: carving, piercing, burning, painting, dyeing, sandblasting, inlay and/or other means of decoration. A vessel, for contest purposes, is defined as a hollow form, with or without a lid, with an opening significantly smaller than its major diameter. Open bowls are not eligible. Segmented vessels are not eligible for this contest. Wood must be the primary medium. Entries must have been turned on a lathe prior to decoration and evidence of turning must be obvious. Contest promoters or sponsors are not responsible for late, incomplete, or misdirected entries. Employees, directors and franchisees of Craft Supplies USA and WoodCentral.com, and the immediate family or members of their same households of such employees, directors and franchisees are not eligible to enter.

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