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09-02-2008, 02:58 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Albuquerque
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|  New Mexico State Fair Well, last Thursday, Friday and Saturday were the drop off days to enter items into the State Fair. I dropped off two items, I hate their goofy rules and actually had to argue a bit. The years of doing fretwork is what set my "class", you know novice, intermediate or expert. I've been working intarsia for not all that long, really I think less than a year and a half which would make me a novice. They tried to tell me that they all had to go in the same class, isn't that nuts? So 20 years from now when I'm in the ultimate expert super start long time cutter fretwork class and I decided to buy a lathe a month before the fair, guess what... Nah that makes no sense so I argued big time. Here is what I entered Fretwork was my latest carved fretwork The Need For Speed - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Photo Gallery Intarisa Wolf Head - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Photo Gallery Well, we will see what happens. The fair opens on Friday and I got a quick look at some really nice pieces. I will try and remember my camera when I go and try and get some pictures of the other work. One thing I know for sure, there won't be enough entries. Tom |
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09-02-2008, 05:31 AM
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| MrsTrout's Husband  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hayward Calif.
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| it's alway good to know the rules... those are definitely two different divisions.. BUT, the rules might be different between your local fair and the state fair.. good luck... Trout
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09-02-2008, 01:25 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: Jonesboro AR
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|  State Fair !!!!!!!!!! Tom : you should win some sort of ribbon with these entries, they are good!! I"ve thought about the local fair> maybe later. Good Luck Marshall
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09-02-2008, 10:33 PM
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| Wood Mauler  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Jordan Utah
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| Nice work Tom, best of luck to you! I entered 4 items last Thursday in the Utah State Fair, same four I had in the county fair. Our fair opens this Thursday but I don't get to go until the last weekend as the Missus is out of town this weekend and wants to spend a day there, and she told me I had to wait for her!! No Fair! Be sure to let us know how you did!
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09-03-2008, 03:32 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin
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 | Entering in a county fair is exciting, I'm sure entering in a state fair must be extra exciting! I may try entering in the WI state fair next year as the judge that did our county fair this year claimed our woodwork entered at our county fair was better than a lot of the stuff entered in our state fair! good luck to you, even though with those projects, i doubt you will need to rely on luck at all, they are both great pieces!
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09-03-2008, 08:48 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Albuquerque
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| I think I'd like to have a county fair to enter my stuff in. I live in Albuquerque and the state fair is right here in town, thus no county fair  Oh well, the fair opens on Friday and if I get in there I'll let you guys know. Tom |
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09-03-2008, 09:03 PM
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| Technical Editor  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Lebanon, Pa
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| Let us know, Tom!!! Bob
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09-03-2008, 09:18 PM
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| Grumpy Old Moderator  Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Galaxy far, far away
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 | Good luck with your entries Tom! Alas, I'm not allowed to enter any of my stuff in the fairs around here as I'm classified as a "professional." Here that just means that you sell more than 50% of what you make (I sell virtually 100% of what I make). This is per the rules that I received from about 4 of them, at that point I figured a ribbon just wasn't worth the aggravation.
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09-04-2008, 12:23 AM
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| MrsTrout's Husband Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hayward Calif.
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| the rules.. our local fair has a professional division meaning that you can show your work but you can not be judged and win any ribbons or money... as for our state fair, in the pass you had to be invited to enter but it seams that rule has changed.... Trout
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