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LOCATIONRichmond, VA MEDIUMTaxidermy HOMETOWNGreensboro, NC Not unlike an ambitious portrait artist, Erica Heller aims to capture the living essence of her subjects. But instead of brushes and paints, she first reaches for scalpel and fleshing box, a
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THE ALCHEMIST Shan Kuang
LOCATIONFort Worth, TX PROFESSIONArt conservator A FAVORITE TOOLAntique surgical scalpel When Shan Kuang began pursuing a degree in chemistry at Yale, she planned to go to medical school, but she just couldn’t shake her passions for art and history.

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