IX. Huskycup

VII Huskycup

Participation rules for the Chainsawcarving German Open 2010 in Mulda/Sachsen /Germany, Friday, may 21st to Monday, may 24th 2010

Dear friends,

Here are the rules for the competition 2010.
We will invite 22 chainsawcarvers.
Competitors are from Australia, the USA, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Equador, Austria, Switzerland and Germany .

Travel from overseas:

• competitors from overseas will get the travelling expenses back, when you present the receipt for the flight
• please, book your connecting flight via Frankfurt to Dresden.
• If you book your transatlantic flight with members of the "Star Alliance" the connecting flight is most likely cheaper
• arrival in Dresden 17th of may
• departure from Dresden 27th of may,
• if you like to stay longer you can rent a car and we can organize tours to other chainsawcarvers for you

Travel from Germany

• Arrival 20th of may
• departure day after the competition
• Competitors from Germany will get 0,20 Euro per kilometer

Partner

• We are happy if you bring your partner, except the flight there will no extra expenses.

Accomodation

• During the competition you will stay in a trailer next to the carving area and you may have to share the trailer with other carvers. Before or after the competition you will stay in our house or in a private motel together with the other carvers.

Catering

• We will have typical german food.
• On Sunday the 23th of may 2010 we would love to organize an international buffet again.
• We ask every competitor to bring some special food from you country.
• Best would be something that is packed in a can, dried or in vacuum.

Transport

For all people who fly in we will have vans for transport.

Chainsaw and Tools

We will have chainsaws for everybody who travels by airplane… We ask you to bring your own carvingbars ear-protection, glasses and safety-chaps Gas and oil is sponsored by the company Aspen Special tools or any sander or grinder you need to bring or organize for yourself with other carvers.

Insurance

Every competitor from other countries has to have a health insurance for foreign countries.

Theme for the main pieces

"The history of the underground mining in Saxonia ( Saxonia is the province where the competition will take place). " Erzgebirge" (ore-mountains) is the name of the area. 2008 we made a table out of a 40 meter spruce. This table needs a roof with 22 pillars to hold. Every pillar will be 2,5 meters high and around 0,80 meter thick. 900 years ago the first people came to live at the Erzgebirge, and this area was influenced from underground mining for ore. So we want to show this history of mining. Until February 2010 we will create 22 drawings of the traditional mininers. By march when we now the participating competitors we will assign the drawings by lot, you than have two more months to get prepared . It is not allowed to paint or colour or burn the sculptures.

Main Piece

Every competitor will get 800,- Euro for his main piece and with this the main piece belongs to the organizer of the event. Every competitor is bound to sign his sculpture .

Wood

We have oak for every competitor. Please let us know until January (?) how thick your wood has to be.

Time

We will start the competition on Friday at 9:00 am and we have to be finished on Monday at 14:00 pm. Inbetween you can carve whenever you want to.

Awards for the sculptures.

• first place 2000,- Euro
• second place 1500,- Euro
• third place 1000,- Euro

Speedcarving

• Saturday, Sunday and Monday we will have speedcarving from 14:00-15:00 pm.
• you will carve at your main piece carving place,
• allowed is one sculpture, it may consist of more than one piece which belong together (like a bench), but will be auctioned off as one,
• you have to carve different things every time, and every theme only once (like one time eagle, one time bear and one time owl...)
• we will draw lost for the ranking in the auctions on Thursday but we will not tell you .
• you will have enough wood (oak) at you place for speedcarving.

The auction starts at 16:00pm. If you need your time for your main sculpture you don't have to join the speedcarving auction. 50% of the proceeds goes to the carver and 50% goes to the organizer. The highest total revenue will win.

The first three Germans will qualify for the German Speedcarving Competition.

Awards Speedcarving

• first place 1000,- Euro
• second place 750,- Euro
• third place 500,- Euro

Award from the District Administrator

The District Administrator will give a special award of 800,- Euro for the carving he likes the most.

The time before and after…

All competitors from other countries are our guests from 17th May until 27th May. After the competition we would love to show you our beautiful, saxonian home country. We hope that we have answered all your questions, if you have any other questions please contact us. If you agree with all the rules and requirements, please send us an email to let us now that you will come.

We look forward to having you here.

Steffi and Andreas Martin and the team from the cabin