Department K
Lejonique Trim
Clay Arts General Information
Exhibit Entry – Irwin Building
• Friday, August 4, 11 am – 7 pm
• Saturday, August 5, 11 am – 7 pm
Exhibit Pick Up – Irwin Building
• Tuesday, September 5, 1 pm – 6 pm
• Saturday, September 9, 1 pm – 6 pm
Entries without entrant contact/mailing information will be automatically disqualified and not judged.
Clay Arts entries must be kiln-fired and be 100% ceramic ware. Props are not allowed. Entrant may enter one piece in each class. Entries must have finished bottoms; and need to be finished on the inside. Entrant must be the primary creator, designer or decorator of the piece. Entries previously judged are not allowed. Due to display space limitation, we will not accept ceiling or wall hanging submissions. *Entries with electrical cords and lights will be disqualified.
Sub-Categories:
A: Junior, ages 5 and under
B: Junior, ages 6 through 12
C: Junior, ages 13 through 17
P: Professional (sells or instructs)
If sub-category is not specified, entry will be classified as OPEN.
Division 01: Ceramics – Slip Poured Artwork (Cone 05 – 10)
Class:
- 01 Acrylics / Stains
- 02 Air Brushing
- 03 Animal
- 04 Banding
- 05 Chalk / Pastel Chalk
- 06 Crystal
- 07 Decals
- 08 Dry Brushing
- 09 Flower
- 10 Glaze, 1 only
- 11 Glaze, combination (flow together)
- 12 Glaze, multiple
- 13 Hand Modeling on cast ceramics
- 14 Holiday Theme
- 15 Horse Hair
- 16 Layering
- 17 Lusters
- 18 Majolica
- 19 Metallics
- 20 Overglaze
- 21 Oxide Wash
- 22 Pouring
- 23 Raku
- 24 Silkscreen
- 25 Splatter
- 26 Surface carving, piercing into surface
- 27 Underglaze for Bisque
- 28 Underglaze, Opaque
- 29 Underglaze, Translucent
- 30 Water Color
- 31 Wet Brushing
- 32 Wood Fire
- 33 Fair Theme “Beyond the Mountains”
- 34 Other
Division 02: Surface Design – Wheel thrown / Hand built
Class:
- 01 Acrylic
- 02 Carving
- 03 Embossed Crackly surface
- 04 Engraved
- 05 Gouache
- 06 Inlay / Mishima
- 07 Piercing
- 08 Sgraffito
- 09 Slip trailing
- 10 Sprigging
- 11 Fair Theme “Beyond the Mountains”
- 12 Other
Division 03: Sculpture – Wheel thrown / Hand built
Class:
- 01 Animal (land animals)
- 02 Birds
- 03 Buildings
- 04 Figurine
- 05 Fish
- 06 Flowers & Landscapes
- 07 Geometric
- 08 Organic Form
- 09 Fair Theme “Beyond the Mountains”
- 10 Other
Division 04: Functional – Wheel thrown / Hand built
Class:
- 01 Bowl, under 10″
- 02 Bowl, 10” or larger
- 03 Bowl, berry with or without drain plate
- 04 Bowl, with handles
- 05 Butter dish
- 06 Candle holder
- 07 Chip ‘n Dip platter
- 08 Dinner Set
- 09 Goblet
- 10 Mug, 7″ or shorter
- 11 Mug, 8” or taller
- 12 Mug with attached lid (stein)
- 13 Oil dispenser
- 14 Pitcher
- 15 Planter with drain hole(s)
- 16 Plate, 7″ or smaller
- 17 Plate 8 – 10″
- 18 Platter 11″ – 13″
- 19 Platter 14″ or larger
- 20 Soap dispenser
- 21 Sponge holder
- 22 Tea cup w/ saucer
- 23 Tea pot
- 24 Tea set
- 25 Tumbler
- 26 Utensil Crock
- 27 Vase
- 28 Vessel, lidded
- 29 Yarn bowl
- 30 Casserole
- 31 Other
Division 05: China Painting (Must not be under glass)
Class:
- 01 Animals
- 02 Birds
- 03 Decals
- 04 Figurine
- 05 Flowers
- 06 Holiday
- 07 Jewelry
- 08 Landscape
- 09 Masks
- 10 Novelty
- 11 Overglaze, Metallics & Lusters
- 12 Portrait
- 13 Fair Theme “Beyond the Mountains”
- 14 Other
Division 06: Glazing – Wheel thrown / Hand built
Class:
- 01 Airbrush
- 02 Crystal
- 03 Glaze combination (flow together)
- 04 Glaze, single
- 05 Glaze, multiple / layering
- 06 Kiln fire
- 07 Lusters
- 08 Overglaze
- 09 Oxide wash
- 10 Raku
- 11 Salt Fire
- 12 Silkscreen
- 13 Splatter
- 14 Underglaze
- 15 Water color
- 16 Wood fire
- 17 Decals / Transfers
- 18 Fair Theme “Beyond the Mountains”
- 19 Other
Special Awards – Clay Arts
Outstanding entries will be recognized by these generous donors:
