Choices concerning placement of entries should be made depending on which overall aspect(s) of an entry are to be judged. In some cases, instructions or suggestions for placement have been put in the Category and/or Subcategory explanations. In other cases, single items may be placed into alternate categories.
Example 1: A decorated leather belt, complete with buckle, strap ends, and other attached decorations, would be best placed in “Clothing—Accessories.” Any of the decorative metal elements themselves would be more appropriately placed in “Metalwork,” and the leather belt strip (without buckle or added decorative pieces), if tooled and/or decorated using strictly leatherworking techniques, might be better placed in “Leatherwork.” If the completed belt were placed in “Leatherwork,” only the leatherwork itself would be the focus of judging. If items cannot be disassembled and placed in the different categories, please place the entire entry in the best one single category.
Example 2: A wooden box, covered with highly tooled and decorated leather and decorated metal overlays and handmade hinges, could easily be entered in the “Leatherwork,” “Woodworking,” “Metalwork,” or “Camping & Homesteading” categories. If the most complex and visible portion was the leatherwork and the rest of the elements were not as well done, Leatherwork might be the category of choice. In “Woodworking,” only the woodwork portion of the box (here mostly structural) would be the focus of judging—this situation might be similar for “Metalwork.” For the finished item (i.e., the box itself including all of the decorative work) to be critiqued, the most appropriate category might be “Camping & Homesteading,” entering the box as a household item.
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* Note: If you select the "Other" category, you must contact the Autocrat at dreux.danjou AT gmail.com for approval.
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