Sweet Victory

Finally - the moment you've all been waiting for - Dickie Boy's verdict on the Candy House. 

Dickie Boy in front of his palace

with his some of his many minions

From the fingers of the master himself:

Just so you know that I'm still breathing and am also taking the time to judge your work (some of which is atrocious) I am signing in here. But you should know that I am deeply offended at your giving away my secret skills at scrabble. I did not wish to have this type of "Columbus Egg" skill divulged to the world.

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Now as to the Candy House.

First, you need to know that it was my own mother who built this house, using her personal Jigsaw to cut the pieces for its construction. The date of this work was 1942 and the house has been in use for all of these intervening years.

Second, either the candy was better in the old days, the artists who decorated were more skillful or my eyes have become jaded with age.

Third, the judging will be completed today and the official scores posted soon and finally there will be a deduction for outrageous sychophantry and or pandering.

As to the final judgement: 10 being the perfect score based on the epitome of beauty, a Billy Gallun house, and 1 being de minimus or what Todd would produce without his eternal helpmate.


THE FINAL JUDGEMENT:

We (as in the royal we) find that side 2 is the clear loser with a score of 2 and 1/2, those points being awarded mostly out of sympathy together with a recognition of creative dissonance and disharmony, qualities which are admirable in the proper context.

4th place

Side 2 - crafted by Todd (and Liz) Krieg

Side 1 gets points for special imagination in creating, out of candy, that artful motorcycle but the total composition lacks unity. It looks somewhat as if it were created by a committee. Not quite up to Billy's standards; 6 posits overall.

3rd place

Side 1 - crafted by Sam Krieg

The runner up was hard to pick what with the appropriate sentimental comment on the roof.  The Swiss input is clear and I really wanted to make this one the winner. But with the deduction for pandering I just couldn't push this score above 7 and 1/2 despite its international integrity and integrated culture.

2nd place

Side 4 - crafted by Stefan and KK

So that leaves us with the winner at nine points. This side shows organization, organization, skillful juxtaposition of color and while not really getting close, most nearly approaches the uncanny beauty which your grandmother was able to deliver year after year.

THE WINNER

Side 3 - crafted by Gretchen Krieg



Congratulations to the winner. Perhaps she should do the whole house next year.
Oh well - there's always next year.
xoxo
KK