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The Rubric Bank — with all five levels
234 written Arabic criteria, each with five anchors describing exactly what separates one level from the next. These are the same criteria your work is measured against — open to read before you pay anything.
Having your own work read against one criterion (optional):
Price: 7 SAR · Included in Pro & Artist Plus · First one free — Pricing details
234 criteria
Discipline of axes, measurements, and repetition; intended symmetry or its intended breaking.
The five levels →Conformance of Islamic ornament / Sadu to its geometric rules: the grid, closing repetition, star symmetry.
The five levels →Quality and honesty of documenting the making stages and the soundness of their craft sequence, not the result alone.
The five levels →Treating the material per its nature: wood expands, clay shrinks, metal expands with heat, thread tensions to a limit.
The five levels →The form serving its declared function, or a clear decorative intent, without ornament feigning a function it can't perform.
The five levels →Centring the clay mass steadily on the axis before forming — the base of every balanced ceramic piece.
The five levels →Even wall thickness from base to rim, a sign of control and material efficiency.
The five levels →The piece's soundness after firing: no cracks, blisters, or warping, with mature colour.
The five levels →Applying glaze uniformly without clumping, bare patches, or running.
The five levels →Even stitch size, direction, and spacing across the whole work.
The five levels →Tuning thread tension so it neither puckers the fabric nor leaves the stitch loose.
The five levels →Matching the repeated pattern units in size, spacing, and alignment.
The five levels →Fidelity of the motif to traditional Sadu rules in units, colours, and symmetry.
The five levels →Tight wood joints (mortise-tenon, dovetail) without gaps, holding without relying on glue.
The five levels →Working with the wood grain's direction, not against it, and using it aesthetically.
The five levels →Flat wood surfaces with a finish smooth enough to be felt by hand before the eye.
The five levels →Clean, tight solder joints without gaps, excess, or burns.
The five levels →Symmetry of the metal piece's axes and precision of its repeated measurements.
The five levels →Polishing metal through grits to a uniform, scratch-free sheen.
The five levels →Straight, regular hand saddle-stitching with even hole spacing and angle.
The five levels →Burnishing leather edges to a smooth, rounded, uniformly coloured finish.
The five levels →Precision of the Islamic ornament grid and the symmetry and closure of its repeat.
The five levels →Even carving or engraving depth across the pattern so light and shadow are uniform.
The five levels →How closely the work's details the critic describes (color, shape, composition, word, rhythm) match what is actually present in the work
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