We have just been to a Wood Festival (for all forms of woodworking) in Waitara NZ. Waitara is a small town in the Taranaki province, by Mt Egmont (sometines labelled Mt Taranki on maps) on the west coast of the North Island, 3hrs north of PN. This was an inaugural show, well supported in exhibits and well attended. One of the things that was very controversial though was the use of patterns in the sections for marquetry & intarsia. The problem, not just at this show but also at other NZ shows, is judges making decisions on whether or not a piece has been made from a pattern. I have heard of pieces wrongly been ruled out because someone thought it was a pattern, thought another was a kitset when in fact they weren't! It's also a controversial point here when other woodworking sections allow articles to have been made from patterns.
I would love to hear what restrictions are placed upon entrants in other parts of the globe.

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