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show in the United States, they juxtaposed works made
of humble, often reused materials—which, wrought by
their gifted hands are made to look sumptuous--with the
precious cascades of their Ametista collection, a series
of glass hanging panels adorned with Sao Paulo-sourced
amethyst rocks. The former category included the Racket
collection—chairs and a screen in bent brass with a nylon
stitched base and a handstitched motif made from remnant
Thonet chair backings; Fitas (Portuguese for "stripe")—a
buffet, cabinet and table made from bent steel; Pirarucu—a
cabinet made of the sustainably harvested tanned and
leathered skin of the Brazilian Pirarucu, the world's largest
fresh water fish. The Fitas buffet can only be described as
piss-elegant; the Racket series incorporates a certain touch
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