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I'm at Notting Hill Carnival and I've had the challenge

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of designing my own carnival costume.

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But the story doesn't start here,

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It starts two weeks ago when I visited Mahogany.

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Hello, I'm Kirsten.

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-Hello, Kirsten.

-Nice to meet you.

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Clary is head costume designer here.

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I need to get... Well, not quite that, but I need a carnival costume.

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You've come to the right place. Let me show you...

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Look at all the colours, ooh, I like these.

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You can see the movement actually in the photographs that you've taken -

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-All these swirls. People can really dance with them on.

-Absolutely!

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There's no point if you can't move it in.

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So can I get a costume like that?

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Right, I'm looking forward to this bit.

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Let's get some ideas down.

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So, think about someone dancing - their legs open...

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-OK.

-..Their shoulders...

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-Baggy trousers?

-Definitely.

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I think this design should be inspirational,

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so let's use some good words like,

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-inspire, achieve...

-I've got an idea for a word actually.

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-Have a go.

-See if it fits.

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Is this going to take ages to do letters?

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No, it won't take ages. We've got lots of help.

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A whole crew!

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It's going to be my big bling ring!

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Should it be like a diamond?

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Like with prisms, triangles... Would that work?

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I am happy with that!

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Now we've got to go and draw it up real size.

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Is that my hair?

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This bit's now finished

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and as you can see, I've chosen the word creativity.

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-Here you go, Kirsten.

-Thank you.

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This is great, everyone is helping out so we're really cracking on.

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Keep going, girls. Nearly there.

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Ladies, you are going so fast here.

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-Do you think I've got rhythm?

-Yeah.

-Want me to dance next year?

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No!

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I want to be really blinging,

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so these guys are busy cutting out sparkly bits,

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Selena, how are we going to put it together?

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Well, basically we're going to transfer all this bling

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-onto this diamond here.

-The bling onto the ring!

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Just as important as the design

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is making sure your costume fits, which is where Daniel comes in,

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welding the frame. Hi, there.

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-Hi, how you doing?

-I've been sent for a fitting.

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That's the piece of steel we'll work with,

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I'll just check it to see how it fits onto your body.

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That's quite a snug fit.

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That's the one. Brilliant.

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-Ooft!

-Ooh, that's all your gym for the week, I think.

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So does my costume fit onto that?

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Yes, we try to make it so it breaks down smaller

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-so you can get through the doorway, otherwise it'll be too big.

-Ah-ha!

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There you go.

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-Careful, it's quite hot.

-Cheers.

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Yee-ha!

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Nicola, that looks fantastic! I like the glittery bits and everything.

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Thank you, Kirsten.

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Right, do I shimmy in?

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Shimmy in!

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I can't believe it!

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-Oh, it's really light.

-It is.

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It's lovely, let's get the hat back on.

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-Just tie a loop at the front.

-Yeah.

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-And you're ready.

-I'm ready to carnival!

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-You're ready!

-I'm ready!

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# Are you ready to rumble?

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# Get ready to rumble

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# Get ready to rumble

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# Get ready to rumble... #

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Wow!

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# Get ready to rumble... #

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This is unbelievable! I can't believe I'm in this.

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I've found my rhythm, it's all right!

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What an amazing experience -

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taking my costume from design through to carnival.

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We made it! Phew!

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Ha! You got me! I'm not really a puppet,

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it's me, Mike.

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I'm not a puppet, but I've come to the little angels theatre

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to meet puppeteer, Roger.

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Roger, you've made some of these puppets,

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-will you introduce me?

-Yes,

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this is a traditional style marionette, um,

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from the story of the Snow Queen. I think his name is Kai.

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And he's jointed in a way that will allow him to move

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just like a human being. So his arms can go up and down,

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His legs... There's a special leg bar that comes out

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so he can do a nice walking movement.

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And any time you tilt the control,

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-the head will move.

-Wow!

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So, that's a traditional style marionette,

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-Would you like to hold that while I get another one?

-Yeah.

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Lets see... He had his fingers in here like that...

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hold that one out for the legs,. Twisting at the same time,

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It's complicated.

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Roger, this is a lot harder, you made it look so easy.

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This one... These are much simpler puppets.

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It's still a marionette because it's operated from above with strings.

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It's the ghost and he has very simple movements, he just whooshes around.

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He's great.

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-Woooo!

-Argh!

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He is certainly spooky.

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If you hang on to that one as well, Mike,

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I can show you a completely different type of puppet.

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Not a marionette, this is a rod puppet.

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-She's Cinderella.

-She's beautiful, look at the detail on her face.

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The thing with a rod puppet, as opposed to a marionette,

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you can get graceful movements,

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and these are a lot simpler to operate.

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-Better for beginners?

-Much better.

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They're amazing, do you think I can actually make one?

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Yes, actually we do need another puppet made for the show tonight.

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-Really?

-Shall I show you how to do that?

-Oh, that'd be great.

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All right, Roger. What are we doing?

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Well, it would be good to make maybe a puppet like this.

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-That looks like you!

-He does, he does look like me.

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What we want to really think about is the sort of character

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that we're going to make.

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The character we really need for this evening's show,

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-is a damsel in distress.

-OK.

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So we need to think about what sort of movements that puppet would have.

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So it's got to be able to go, ahhhh! And, oooooh! And, help!

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-That's exactly it, all those sorts of things.

-OK.

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With the evening's performance only a few hours away,

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there was no time to waste.

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Roger's main material is corrugated cardboard

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and the place to start is with the head.

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-Slide those together.

-OK.

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So you're sort of doing, like, a real face.

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What's next after this?

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Tape it down to the head.

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-Can you use newspaper for this?

-Newspaper is good.

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One last little piece?

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-Yeah, I think so.

-Just leave it to dry now.

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Yeah, we'll leave it to dry.

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Now it was time to make the body which meant more cardboard,

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more cutting and more taping.

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So from here we can work out what sized limbs we want.

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So just roll it up...

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Yup.

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Next it was time to tape the limbs together so they would work

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just like elbows and knees.

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..Bend, but won't go further over.

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That's great!

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Then it was time for the mechanics which involved lots of holes

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and tying lots of string.

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Obviously these are really sharp, so get a grown up to help you.

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We need quite a long piece of string for this.

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And it was not just about the mechanics.

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We needed to remember what type of character we were making

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and how that character would need to move.

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So the figure's complete and she's all jointed.

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Now, I've got to sort out rehearsals, see how that's getting on,

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-But, it needs painting and hair.

-OK.

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-And some sort of costume.

-All right.

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Hah!

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Hey! Hey, Roger, what do you think? Am I ready to perform tonight?

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She's really good but I don't think you're quite ready to perform.

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First you've got to go out on to the street and discover how she moves.

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-OK. Find out her true character.

-Yes.

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Well, I guess I'd better get to know you better. 'I guess so'

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I think I'll call you Betty. Let's go hang out, Betty.

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Cheers! 'Cheers. Hmm, tasty.'

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Then it was curtains up for Betty's big performance.

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'Well, I guess I better get home before it gets too dark.

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'La-da-da-da... Ahhhhhhhh!

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'Get away, you evil thing!

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'Ahhhhhh!

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'Oh, oh, what's that?'

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'Keep out of my forest.'

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'Oooh, you're so scary with your big long legs!

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'Ahhh, someone help me!'

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I think Betty was the perfect damsel in distress.

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And the crowd loved her too!

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I'm on a quest to find a partner for my posterior.

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My first date is with a loud Brazilian called Banquet.

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She was created by famous designers and brothers,

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Humberto and Fernando Campana.

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Whenever it provokes a reaction,

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good or bad, this is good because you are doing something.

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The most sad thing is whenever nobody pays attention.

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The world's become so sad, so boring.

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It's important to bring this kind of beauty inside your house.

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Next up, the Well Tempered chair -

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An '80s icon designed by Ron Arad.

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I wanted to do a piece

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with sort of, minimal effort.

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and with nothing hidden.

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What you see is what there is, there's no hidden part.

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There was a uniform response to it.

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The people that sat on the chair had a sentence:

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"Actually, it's very comfortable."

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She's definitely one of a kind!

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Part chair, part three-legged table.

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I found the two bits very close to each other -

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one in Hackney and one in Victoria Park,

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Um, I therefore call it Vicky.

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The bottom piece is actually a table,

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a little coffee table,

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um, with one leg missing,

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but what interested me was this idea that, um,

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without a table, you don't need chairs, somehow.

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In our culture we use chairs because we invented a table, or vice versa.

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So it's the question, was the table there before, or the chair?

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Yeah, it's schizophrenic, maybe a split personality.

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Um, but at the same time,

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it's quite a comfortable chair

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even though it doesn't look particularly stable.

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MUSIC: "Laura" by Scissor Sisters

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Definitely not your average chair, Laura is a bench -

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and a reincarnated cow.

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Made out of foam and a real cowhide,

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she certainly makes a statement. She was designed by Julia Lohmann.

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I think Laura is quite beautiful.

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She's a dark brown, chocolate brown cow bench.

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And she's quite slender.

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She doesn't have any visible scars.

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When an animal gets killed,

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What they do is they chop off the head and the feet first,

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that's why the cow benches don't have any head or any feet.

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I get the foam, I basically carve it,

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and then I always step back, I try to make it really cow-like.

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When it's carved I upholster her with one cowhide.

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I, um,

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took some bandages

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and put foam on the chair wherever I thought it was nice and comfortable,

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and I wrapped it up into bandages so it was covered.

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You know, this is the kind of chair I could get quite attached to.

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It's comfortable, practical, and just quirky enough.

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It's quite easy to produce, especially for an upholstered chair,

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um, but as well, just the way it looks. It's a bit street, maybe,

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but it's also very accessible for most people.

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It's different but not to strange and too...

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Dangerous or too scary!

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So which will I choose to take home?

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The brash Brazilian?

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The '80s power dresser?

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The split personality from Hackney?

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The morbid cow?

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Or The Mummy?

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