Heritage Craft Center of the Eastern Panhandle, Inc.

Media  and  Standards

(Including but not limited to)

Acceptable Media

CLAY- thrown, hand-built, sculptures in earthenware, stoneware or porcelain

FIBER- baskets, spinning, weaving, papermaking, quilts, rug hooking, and needlework                                      

METAL- iron, tin, pewter, copper, and brass

GLASS- blown, foiled, came, torch work, fused and slumped

WOOD- lathe turned, hand hewn, joinery and toys

JEWELRY- silver, gold, pewter, enamels or any other media listed within these guidelines

Standards

¨ All work must be created by the craftsperson or developed and executed under the direction of the craftsperson.

¨ Original designs are preferred, but reproductions of traditional crafts or interpretation of traditional designs are acceptable.

¨ Neither items assembled from commercially designed/manufactured parts without significant design contribution by the craftsperson nor work designed by an artisan and produced outside the United States are not acceptable.

¨ Articles crafted in media other than those described above may be acceptable if they comply with general standards; special emphasis is placed on quality and originality of design (e.g. theorems, scherensnitte, books, musical recordings)

¨ Materials must be of good quality and suitable for their purpose

¨ Natural materials should be used whenever possible, artificial or manufactured parts may be used only in limited quantities and only at the discretion of the jurying committee.

¨ The function of any work must be readily apparent.