Joinery Integrity
Quality of joining the product's parts and concealing or intentionally revealing joints
The five levels
Each anchor describes what separates one level from the next — not a general description of quality. This is the text the evaluator itself reads.
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Level 1 Below Standard
Weak or unsightly joints that ruin the product
Example Visible glue or gaps between parts
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Level 2 Approaching
Sturdy joints but unclean in appearance
Example The joining is strong but its traces show
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Level 3 At Standard
Sturdy, clean joints serving the product
Example The parts connect tightly and cleanly
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Level 4 Above Standard
Joints turned into an intentional aesthetic element
Example An exposed joint designed to be seen and admired
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Level 5 Exemplary
Exceptional joints attesting to a rare mastery of craft
Example A joint with no nails or glue that astonishes craftspeople
Where does your own work sit on these levels?
Submit one work to be read against this criterion alone: your position across the five levels, why you are not higher and why not lower, three literal quotes from your own work, and one exercise with its success check. Your first card is free.
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Executing product with precision and attention to detail
The five levels →Choosing materials appropriate to product and ensuring their quality
The five levels →Aesthetic choices making product beautiful and desirable
The five levels →The product performing its intended function efficiently and comfortably
The five levels →Offering a solution or design that sets the product apart from the market's repetition
The five levels →Tight joints and a piece that holds functionally: the joint bears load, the vessel doesn't leak, the structure doesn't loosen.
The five levels →The cleanliness of the work's last five percent: surface, edges, finishing — what separates the amateur from the maker.
The five levels →Conformance of Islamic ornament / Sadu to its geometric rules: the grid, closing repetition, star symmetry.
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