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Mrs. Otake had asked me to teach a workshop in Fukushima and we decided to make flowers from synthetic organza.
\nIn advance I asked her if I could use candles in the venue and she did not see a problem. The workshop was fully booked.
\nBut just before my workshop started I noticed that there were sprinklers everywhere and I got a vision of these hundreds of beautiful dolls exhibited all getting soaking wet when I lighted a candle…….<\/p>\n

So we had to look for another spot for the workshop and we ended up outside on a plateau between two fire escapes. Two tables and chairs were hastily placed there. It just was a bit windy there but the girls were happy (as far as I understood) and we did not activate the sprinklers.<\/span><\/p>\n


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