Crafted
Or Artistic Work
Our
business is to present a selection of crafters, artisans and artists whose
craft or art items we regard as worthly of calling a hand crafted creation
of an item which indicates that the creator of the item has shown originality,
function and was directly involved in the production or creation of the
craft item. Items made in mass production are not regarded as crafted
items nor are items made in foreign countries and sold as crafted items
made by the person selling them.
Involvement
With Crafters
Our
involvement with the crafters who are listed on this web site is simply
a management function, with a group of pre selected and approved crafters
serving as our jury for selecting and voting on whether or not certain
applicants may be listed on this web site. The jury of 3 crafters will
not be named, but new members will be selected each year by NetVision Technologies.
Accepted
Responsibilities
The
limits of our accepted responsibilities for this web site concerns merely
the management, selecting the jury for the selection process and carrying
out the web site maintennace for Best Maine Crafters. We do not accept
any responsibility for transactions you may have with any of the crafters,
but we will attempt to help you if any significant problems arise.
Acceptance
Policy
Acceptance
of a listing depends on an evaluation of the content and the presentation
of the content on the crafter's web site. The items or creations
made by the crafter must be regarded as crafted or artistic
work (see above).
We
screen each crafter's or artist's web site in much the same manner as juried
craft or art shows screen their applicants. We absolutely do not
accept pornographic material, hate material or any material that we believe
to be offensive to the extent that it might prohibit a "PG" audience from
feeling comforatable viewing items created by the crafters, artists and
artisans listed on this web site. We reserve the right to determine
which craft items and crafters may or may not be listed on this web site.
Although
we screen the crafters and artists that we list on this web site, concerns
or questions regarding any item purchased from any particular crafter or
artist must be directed to the crafter in question. If you do have
a significant problem with any of our crafters, you may register a complaint
with us and we will attempt to help you contact the crafter to resolve
the issue. If we feel that your complaint is legitmate and significant,
and not resolved adequately by the crafter or artist, we will request that
the crafter or artist withdraw their listing from our web site.