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TASMANIA Craft Fair director John Christie rates the first day this year as ``right up there'' with the best openings it has had.
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A crowd of around 6000 took in the sights and sounds of the nation's largest arts and crafts gatherings today.
On offer were art from your more traditional paintings and crafts such as quilts, to medieval looking swords, bird cages, kaleidoscope, fork and spoon inspired wall-pieces, lizard-shaped toilet roll holders, origami and hand made marbles.
There was also plenty for the foodies, with some of the state's finest presenting their fare.
Read more in The Examiner tomorrow.