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Potvin Exhibit IsGreatest In World. *iWood SculptureiVisitors to tlie Chenango conn* ty fair next week will bave the j rare opportunity of seeing the world famous Potvin Exhibit, a $3flfi.lt;»0fl production of hand' carved minatures. Made up of ftkinds of wood the exhibit is nowanimated.While finite young. Molse Pot-vln, French-Canadian violin maker anlt;l wood carver of world renown started his whittling with a pock* j etknife. At the ace or IS he had j completed his first scene. “Wild : Horses”, ills love for wood carving grew with him. At the age of 2b j lie had made the first of bis 1(10. violins.The village blacksmith shop in his home town fascinated Mr. Potvin from the time he was a child and from that memory hecarved the most famous mini-1ature blacksmith shop in all the world. When electricity became available, he rebuilt this scene and added the animation, “HomeSweet Home” was the master-:rviolins! played by vio-over—thedofx t*!I !piece. The Victorian living room is seen in all its splendor. He spent 3 l/a years on this work of art and it alone is valued at $35,000, The Violin Shop shows Potvin at wwhich are beinglinists the worldcase shows many kinds of dogs.“A Lit tie Hit Of Ireland” b e a 111 i f u 1 country sceneanother, “Samson and Lion”taken f!2 first prizes. Other carved scenes in the exhibit are Roosevelt and Ilia Cabinet”; “Story j Without Words’’; “The Pace Upon ;the Barroom Floor”; “New Vear’s t Eve in Canada”; “The Lord’s1and another masterpiece, jStampede of Texas Longhorns.” i!atand 1has !play of tremendous popularity. This popularity is measured bv]the fact that people on thegrounds went back time after time to see the exhibit again or pick up some detail they may have lost the first time ,Creeping Charley CallediiExcellent Ground CoverAt the state fairs where Potvin Exhibit has been displayed ! it has been an educational dis-Moise Potvin died December 12, lit 4k. The exhibit of carvings will j be a memorial to him for years, to come as the most remarkable J wood sculptor in all history. The} amazing feature of the display i the infinite care lor detail which!Potvin exercised in creatingscenes. This superb detail combined with animation, gives the scenes a lifelike quality whichwould rival the real liie scenesMatty gardeners look upon Ly-simarhia nummuiaria. usuallycalled Creeping Charley or Creeping Jenny, as an intruder even where it was planted intentionally. Its tendency to spread all over can be most annoying, yet there are places a\ here it serves a good pur-t'tt(w■who ■—in authenticity. Chenango comity fair visitors will be thrilled next week by this unique present at ion. All are fjjivited to ask for and seethe Potvin Exhibit. U is /aenie-ihing flt;r ohe to say he lias seeni iiI*■It
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Norwich Sun
Norwich, New York, US
Sat, Aug 20, 1949
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