| Wayne Reavis Receives Best in Show Award |
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Wayne Reavis of Forest City, NC is the Best In Show winner and artwork for Category 3 from Cleveland County Fair entry at this year’s State Fair in Raleigh.
Mr. Reavis gives his account of how he became involved in this art. “About 15 years ago, there was a man at the Cleveland County fair demonstrating a certain brand of scroll saw. I watched him cut the wood and put the pieces together like a puzzle. I ask the man what kind of art he was doing and he replied “this type of art is called Intarsia”. Then he ask for a volunteer from the audience to demonstrate the saw. He chose me to do the demonstration. I did not purchase a scroll saw from him, but I did journey over to the Cleveland Mall and buy one from Sears. From that day on, my love for the scroll saw art kown as Intarsia has grown. I still have some of the first few pieces I made. My desire is to get better with every piece that I construct. Intarsia is the art of “A Mosasic Art of Inlay” using different types of wood with their natural colors, having a certain depth perception.
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