What to look for as you make your decision:
- Wow Factor 30 points
Wow factor means anything that is extraordinary. A sculpture can be the most amazing sculpture ever, an art piece might have the best sculpture of a human you've seen so far, a piece can be the funniest, most clever piece or perhaps the carving technique is the wow factor
- Artistic Merit 35 POINTS
Artistic Merit would be the actual skill in composing and carving the sculpture. The idea, the consistent carving, the proportions, fine details, etc.
- Degree of difficulty 25 POINTS
Degree of difficulty would be the technical, overhangs, under cuts, cut through, height, vertical, arches etc
- Use of Sand 10 POINTS
Use of sand would be having a ten ton pile of sand and carving the whole thing with a good deal of detail OR having a ten ton pile of sand, carving a castle at the top of it that takes up half a ton and then carving rocks with relatively no detail over the rest of it. This would apply in a very real way if you have a collapse in the last few hours and have to create something else.
- 10 POINT DEDUCTION PER RULE VIOLATION
Tips for judges:
What to look for as you make your decision:
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY:
Cut throughs, undercuts/ overhangs, height, hollowing out, narrowness of vertical elements, depth of cut, total area carved, control of sand and degree of completeness
ARTISTIC MERIT:
Clean carving, fine details, accurate proportions, lifelike living forms, illusion of movement, expressive faces, expressive body poses, visual impact and display of action
COMPOSITIONAL DESIGN
Overall design: balanced appearance, consistent theme, variety of shapes and shadows, number of sculptures, proportion of space utilized, originality, creativity, imagination.
Refer to rules if any further guidance is needed.
THE JUDGES DECISIONS WILL BE FINAL!!
