Basketweaving

Basketweaving

Category Rules: The category includes all types of woven baskets created from natural materials.

Documentation (0 to 4 points):

	0:		No documentation provided with entry.
	1:		Minimal information consisting of time, place and style.
	2:		As in #1, plus use of general sources; emphasis on tertiary sources with perhaps one second source (ex: use of encyclopedia articles with a possible additional use of a book or article that refers to a period source.).
	3:		As in #2, plus a developed discussion making use of critical references; sources are largely secondary (ex: sources refer to period references; documentation discusses, compares, and contrasts the source's views).
	4:		As in #3, plus explanation of original research/experiment and relation of source material to it. Primary sources, if available, are emphasized (ex: sources used are from the appropriate period for the entry, such as period manuscripts, paintings or artifacts).

Authenticity (0 to 4 points):

	0:	Entry is completely modern with no relationship to period elements or practices.
	1:	Use of modern materials and methods to produce an item or performance that would not be accepted in period but either bears some relationship to an authentic work or which might be useful within SCA Culture.
	2:	Use of both modern materials and methods to produce a work that looks or feels authentic to the time period it purports to be.
	3:	Use of either modern materials or methods to produce a work that looks or feels authentic.
	4:	Use of totally authentic materials and methods (ex: hand prepared materials, appropriateness of piece to intended use).

Scope (0 to 6 points): Rank the ambition, not the success, of the entry on a scale of 0 to 6 for each of the following elements and average for the total Scope score (Total of element scores divided by 5).

Complexity of the basket's design elements.
Type of materials used in construction (reed vs. ash splint vs. willow).
Construction techniques
Number and complexity of techniques used.
Extent gone to ensure authenticity.

Skill (0 to 6 points): How well is the entry made? Rank the success of the entry on a scale of 0 to 6 points for each of the following elements and average for the total Skill score (Total of element scores divided by 4).

Application of techniques (do the elements of the basket, base, upsett, sides, rim or turndown and handle flow together?).
Use of material appropriate to the design element of the basket (ex: thicker/larger stakes used for spokes, thinner/smaller stakes for weavers).
Finishing and neatness of the basket.
Functionality of the basket.

Creativity (0 to 4 points):

	0:	Design is copied. The total design does not look medieval.
	1:	Logical use of a few compatible techniques. Design may be partially copied. The total design looks medieval.
	2:	Creative combination of elements with original design, logical to period context.
	3:	The combination of materials, techniques, original design and planned use are compatible to the time period and location.
	4:	Special effects that would not be found in ordinary weaving. Appropriateness to specific use.

Judge's Observations (0 to 6 points): Rank the entry as a whole. How well do all the separately judged parts fit together? The entry's overall effect is judged in this section. This is the only section of the Criteria where the judge may allow her/his personality, private opinions and personal preferences to influence scoring.

Contributor: Dorothea van der Zee, 1997.

Editor: Thorhalla Carlsdottir af Bröberg, 1997.

The Middle Kingdom Arts and Sciences Faire Judging Criteria, 1998 Edition.
Copyright © 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 by the Middle Kingdom of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
Individual criteria in this volume may be photocopied and
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