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Hot Glass
 Must be gallery quality
 No sharp edges
 No paper marks
 No punty areas
 Joints must be fully fused, not tacked
 Must not wobble
 Must be cold worked if necessary

Painted Glass
 Paint must not be over fired.
 No smeared edges.

Cast Glass
 No obvious mold marks.
 Well integrated glass – meaning the piece has been fired well enough to adhere the glass into a structurally sound object.
 A piece that has bubbles that have erupted on any surface will not be acceptable.
 All plaster or other mold medium will be cleaned from the piece
 No stress fractures

Warm Glass
Fused
 No stress fractures
 No glass burrs
 Check bottom and sides of piece to ensure that no kiln wash or other release products have adhered
 If glues or adhesives are used, they should be discrete and hidden. No smears or oozing should
be evident
 While bubbles within the piece are allowable and often desirable, bubbles that have erupted on any
surface will not be acceptable.

Mosaic
 Grout Lines smooth and consistent throughout the work.
 Excess grout removed with no trace of grout on glass.
Abrasive
 Blasted edges clean and smooth
 Quality and consistency of blasting
 Smooth transitions from shaded to solid etching
 Carved blasting – even and consistent depth
 Surface edge blasting – consistent shading

Leaded Construction
 Well fitting glass. Glass fully engaged in lead channels.
 No raw edges of glass showing.
 Solder joints smooth and relatively small.
 Where 2 lead lines cross each other, they must match up both ways.
 Where 2 lead lines are meant to merge into one line, the junction is smooth.
 When panel is puttied, all excess putty and whiting are removed. No putty or whiting are visible on the finished panel.
 Patina, if used, is applied uniformly.

All Cold Work

 Cleanliness!
 Straight lines are straight.
 Circles, ovals and curved lines are smooth and precise.
 Circles and ovals are true circles and ovals.
 Geometric shapes are accurate i.e. diamonds,triangles, etc.
 Structurally sound.
 Reinforced where appropriate Copper Foil Construction
 Copper foil lines are uniform
 Minimal variance in width from one end of the solder seam to the other end.
 Smooth solder beads.
 Uniform appearance of patina (if one is used).
 No copper foil “ends” showing where foil overlaps.
 No “backside” of copper foil showing.
 Precision cutting of glass without large gaps filled with solder.

 Manufactured bevels can not be used as a focal point of the piece.

Volunteers Needed

I am volunteering to work the
following days and times,

(please check one or two boxes below)

September 22, 2008 (Monday)

· Equipment pick-up at storage shed

9am Load truck with equipment from storage shed.

· Room set-up

10am to Noon

Unload truck and set up tables and hanging racks in Mitchell Hall

· Artwork check-in table

Noon to 6pm

Process artwork registrations

· Hang and arrange show

Time Date/Dates

· 4 pm Sept. 22

· 8—Noon Sept.23

Help with final arrangement and placement of artwork in show.

September 24 - October 3
(Wednesday thru following Friday)

· Show Host

Show Hosts are needed to greet people as they enter the room, hand out People’s Choice ballots, hand out show programs, answer questions and facilitate any sales for main show.
Time Date/Dates

· 9am to 1pm _________________

· 1pm to 5pm _________________

October 3

· Show takedown

Exactly at 3pm

Take down racks, tables, tablecloths, lights, etc., load equipment into truck.

· Return equipment to storage shed

4pm