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Wooden inlay dog on a cushion by Mario Smith on display at Barbados Crop Over craft market in Bridgetown. A walk around the craft market at the Crop Over in Bridgetown, Barbados, transcended one into the annals of time. The aroma of local cuisine being cooked by the wayside, the vendors displaying their wares - from toys to paintings to crafts and even vegetables and plants - the blaring soca music, and a few revellers whining away to the beats. The atmosphere under the crisp Caribbean sunshine was reminiscent of fun and frolic. Tucked away from the excitement, Mario Smith displayed the intarsia art he creates. Wooden inlay creations by Mario Smith  Necessity is the mother of all invention, it is said and Smith, who worked as a joiner - making doors, windows, and kitchen cupboards - had to stay home after his son was born. "I stayed back home as my wife had to go back to work, this was 2004," he said. "When I was home, I started to research on the Interne...