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finding:styrofoam-terrazzo-technique-yields-more-personal-spiritual-quality-than-brass-mold-techniqueStyrofoam terrazzo technique yields more personal, spiritual quality than brass mold technique
The second experiment using styrofoam allowed exact personal vision to be realized to the nearest millimeter, producing a spiritual quality absent in the more mechanical brass mold method.
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- The styrofoam method allows the exact shape felt right to be produced, and that personal exactness yields spiritual quality.
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