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method:styrofoam-terrazzo-methodStyrofoam terrazzo method
Technique using thin styrofoam to define white shapes, filling black terrazzo around, then burning out styrofoam and back-filling with white terrazzo.
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- The current chapter, arguing that ornament arises naturally from the living process of unfolding a field of centers.
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