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From the Ted Talk by Marian Bantjes: Intricate beauty by design

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Open Cloze

I'm also __________ in working with unusual materials and common materials in unusual ways. So this requires ________ out how to get the most out of something's innate properties and also how to bend it to my will. So ultimately, my goal is to ______ something __________. To this end, I have worked in _____ for Stefan Sagmeister, three-time TED speaker. And this project began essentially on my kitchen table. I've been ______ cereal for breakfast all of my life. And for that same amount of time, I've been spilling sugar on the table and just kind of playing with it with my fingers. And eventually I used this technique to create a piece of artwork. And then I used it again to create six pieces for Stefan's book, "Things in My Life I've _______ So Far." And these were _______ without sketches, just freehand, by putting the sugar down on a white surface and then manipulating it to get the words and designs out of it. Recently, I've also made some rather highbrow baroque borders out of lowbrow pasta. And this is for a chapter that I'm doing in a book, and the _______ is on _____. So it's a little bit unexpected, but, in a way, it refers to the ________ art that children make for their parents or they make in ______ and give to their _______, which is in itself a form of honor. This is what you can do with some household tinfoil. Okay, well, it's what I can do with some household tinfoil.

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  2. learned
  3. macaroni
  4. unexpected
  5. school
  6. eating
  7. honor
  8. sugar
  9. created
  10. chapter
  11. interested
  12. figuring
  13. create

Original Text

I'm also interested in working with unusual materials and common materials in unusual ways. So this requires figuring out how to get the most out of something's innate properties and also how to bend it to my will. So ultimately, my goal is to create something unexpected. To this end, I have worked in sugar for Stefan Sagmeister, three-time TED speaker. And this project began essentially on my kitchen table. I've been eating cereal for breakfast all of my life. And for that same amount of time, I've been spilling sugar on the table and just kind of playing with it with my fingers. And eventually I used this technique to create a piece of artwork. And then I used it again to create six pieces for Stefan's book, "Things in My Life I've Learned So Far." And these were created without sketches, just freehand, by putting the sugar down on a white surface and then manipulating it to get the words and designs out of it. Recently, I've also made some rather highbrow baroque borders out of lowbrow pasta. And this is for a chapter that I'm doing in a book, and the chapter is on honor. So it's a little bit unexpected, but, in a way, it refers to the macaroni art that children make for their parents or they make in school and give to their parents, which is in itself a form of honor. This is what you can do with some household tinfoil. Okay, well, it's what I can do with some household tinfoil.

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