Take a look at the new tab above "News" there is a follow up article from discussions at the recent Seminar, a draft proposal for a new Faceting Group into competitions and a Survey. Read the article first then the proposal and if you wish you can respond to the survey or on this post. This is your chance to have your say. Please note the proposal is only a draft and is open for discussion. Cheers Paul
Yours sincerely
Gordon Perkins
you mentioned making the competitions more interesting. John Maine also mentioned that the competition numbers were disappointing and at our recent group meeting, Bob Kelly mentioned we used to get over 300 entries in the AFG Faceting comp.
I was talking to another member who mentioned he used to compete in the 1980s and early 1990s, and was a judge. Back then the competitions allowed you to enter your own designs and "it was more interesting".
Last time I looked, the Central Qld clubs were running a comp where you entered any design you wished to cut and the cutting diagram for the design. If you didn't enter a diagram, you lost 5 marks.
I wonder if there is a correlation between rule changes and the wane of interest in competitions?
Perhaps it is time to re-introduce a competition where entrants can enter any design they like within a set group, as long as it is accompanied by a Gemcad diagram of the design.
Such a move would encourage members to develop their skills at designing stones and optimising designs.
Gordon
Hi Gordon, Cutters choice is a possibility, keep the ideas coming.
Would it be better to put the new sections in Groups 10 and 11 and keep the existing groups 10 and 11 as section A in each of those Groups? This may reduce the complexity of the amended rules.
We can always allow overlap between sections or put a guidance note stating in broad language the types of cut catered for in each section.
E.g. This section is desiged to cater for symetrical and asymetrical cuts with flat facets or convex facets.
Freeform Facet Cuts - this section is designed to cater for stones cut to the outline of the rough or which do not fit in any other Group or Section but which is cut from a single piece of rough and not laminated in any way.
Laminated Freeform Facet Cuts - This section is ...
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