Section 05. IWCA CARVER CODE OF ETHICS

5.1	A carver is responsible for knowing and understanding all rules of the contests entered.
5.2	A carver is responsible for registration of his/her carvings at the appropriate level of competition (Open, Intermediate, Novice) and must move from level to level as the rules dictate. If a carver deliberately violates this advancement rule, he will be declared ineligible to enter any IWCA-affiliated show for a period of one year.
5.3	A carver shall address any questions or problems to the Show Chairman and/or the IWCA Show Representative.
5.4	A carver shall not communicate with the judges at any time during the judging process.
5.5	A carver shall not display or have a carving critiqued by a judge prior to being evaluated by that judge in competition.
5.6	If a carver solicits a judge to critique his carvings after they have been judged, he will accept the judge's comments and criticisms courteously.
5.7	Carvings should be the sole work of the contestant.
5.8	Classroom entries are allowed at the Novice level only.
5.9	Machine-duplicated bodies (blanks) are not allowed.
5.10	Cast parts are allowed at the Junior, Novice, and Intermediate levels only.
5.11	Carvers should not enter carvings to be judged by instructors or taxidermists from whose work the carving was created.
5.12	Carvings can be entered in any one show or competition one time only.