Kansas State Fair 2007 Summary of my Entries
I took most of the day of today and traveled to Hutchinson, KS to see the exhibits and check on my entries. This was the first time I have had anything entered in the Fair since my old 4-H days, which ended many years ago.
My 2007 Kansas State Fair Fine-Art entries are:
Walnut Rocking Chair, in "Woodworking"
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/84
Sculpted Walking Cane, in "Misc. Carving, walking canes, etc."
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/268
Kansa Indian-Inspired Chair, in "Low-Relief Carving"
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/138
Scrimshaw Powder Horn A, in "Professional Folk Art"
Scrimshaw Powder Horn B, in "Professional Folk Art"
I had a hard time finding a category for the Scrimshaw, so it ended up in the same category as people that do decorative painting on objects they buy. The scrimshaw did "ok" even with that handicap.
The results of the Judging was as follows:
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Woodworking: Rocking Chair, "1st Place, Best of Show"
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Low Relief Carving: Kansa Indian Chair, "1st Place"
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Misc. Carving: Sculpted Walking Cane, "2nd Place".
The carving with the Wagon and Horses on the table took the "1st Place" ribbon in this category.
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Professional Folk Art: Scrimshaw Powder Horn A, "1st Place"
Professional Folk Art: Scrimshaw Powder Horn B, "NO PLACE"
(I had to go back and change this, as I took the kids to the Fair to ride the amusement park rides on Saturday and noticed that my 3rd Place award had been rejected. After some questioning, I discovered that the Fair has a policy that a person can only get one award from each category, and so they removed the lowest award. I thought that was cool, gives more people a chance of a ribbon. The Fair is supposed to be fun for everyone.)
I've never shown these two powder horns on Lumberjocks, as I just can't seem to get a good photo of them. I have tried several times this year to get a good set of photos, but so far, no luck. I'll keep trying and at some point, I will post them as projects.
the small folding table on the left side of the picture took 2nd in this category, and the Hump-Back box with decorative painting took "Best of Show" for the Folk-Art category. All of this decorative painting was just excellent, and so I was quite thrilled to have done so well in the category.
Here is a project posting where I made a montage of other powder horns I have built in the past:
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/32
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Thanks for taking a look,
Mark DeCou
www.decoustudio.com
I took most of the day of today and traveled to Hutchinson, KS to see the exhibits and check on my entries. This was the first time I have had anything entered in the Fair since my old 4-H days, which ended many years ago.
My 2007 Kansas State Fair Fine-Art entries are:
Walnut Rocking Chair, in "Woodworking"
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/84
Sculpted Walking Cane, in "Misc. Carving, walking canes, etc."
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/268
Kansa Indian-Inspired Chair, in "Low-Relief Carving"
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/138
Scrimshaw Powder Horn A, in "Professional Folk Art"
Scrimshaw Powder Horn B, in "Professional Folk Art"
I had a hard time finding a category for the Scrimshaw, so it ended up in the same category as people that do decorative painting on objects they buy. The scrimshaw did "ok" even with that handicap.
The results of the Judging was as follows:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Woodworking: Rocking Chair, "1st Place, Best of Show"
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Low Relief Carving: Kansa Indian Chair, "1st Place"
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Misc. Carving: Sculpted Walking Cane, "2nd Place".
The carving with the Wagon and Horses on the table took the "1st Place" ribbon in this category.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Professional Folk Art: Scrimshaw Powder Horn A, "1st Place"
Professional Folk Art: Scrimshaw Powder Horn B, "NO PLACE"
(I had to go back and change this, as I took the kids to the Fair to ride the amusement park rides on Saturday and noticed that my 3rd Place award had been rejected. After some questioning, I discovered that the Fair has a policy that a person can only get one award from each category, and so they removed the lowest award. I thought that was cool, gives more people a chance of a ribbon. The Fair is supposed to be fun for everyone.)
I've never shown these two powder horns on Lumberjocks, as I just can't seem to get a good photo of them. I have tried several times this year to get a good set of photos, but so far, no luck. I'll keep trying and at some point, I will post them as projects.
the small folding table on the left side of the picture took 2nd in this category, and the Hump-Back box with decorative painting took "Best of Show" for the Folk-Art category. All of this decorative painting was just excellent, and so I was quite thrilled to have done so well in the category.
Here is a project posting where I made a montage of other powder horns I have built in the past:
http://lumberjocks.com/projects/32
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Thanks for taking a look,
Mark DeCou
www.decoustudio.com