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Contest Info: One Entry Per Person
Who Can Participate
Anyone who resides in the United States
is eligible to participate. No employees of Jatayu or family
members of Connie can join the fun.
Judging Criteria
You can make any type of jewelry you want as long as it uses
mixed metal and includes at least some wire in the design. The
mixed metal may be any two or more metals - it may also be metal
clay. You may solder, or not. You may use components you made
or purchased, although pieces made up of more hand made components
may score higher in #3 below. Your entry will be judged on these
criteria:
1) Your ability to effectively use mixed metal
and wire in your design.
2) Your skill in designing your piece of jewelry.
3) Your technical skill in bending wire, fabricating
sheet metal, making
lampwork beads, etc.
4) Your ability to be innovative and original.
Description
Please include a brief description of your piece that explains
what mixed metal and wire you used and anything about your design
that you feel is significant. Please include a sentence that
indicates what components were hand made by you.
Prizes
First place: $150
gift certificate that can be used to purchase tools on www.Jatayu.com
Second Place: $75.00
gift certificate that can by used to purchase tools on www.Jatayu.com
Third Place: $50.00
gift certificate that can by used to purchase tools on www.Jatayu.com
Please note: Shipping
will be paid for by the winners or deducted from
the prize money.
Judge
The judge(s) are yet to be determined.
Display
Your entry will be displayed on my
website and once the winners have been decided, your name will
be listed next to your entry.
Deadline for entries
- midnight on May 30th, 2008. The winners will be
announced mid June.
How to Enter
- Please submit one digital image via email to Christine at christine@jatayu.com.
On the subject line, please note the word CONTEST along with
your last name. Then in the body of your email include your name,
email address, home or studio address, phone number, and the
description of your piece (see
above). Having a good quality image will help show your piece
to its best advantage but, please limit the overall size of your
digital image to 800x1200 pixels or under. I am sorry we are
not able to help you with photographing your image --- you are
on your own here. Google offers a free image editing software
called Picassa
if you need to adjust the size of your image before sending.
Questions? - Please
email Christine at christine@jatayu.com
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