7th Annual Bead Soup Block Party
2nd Reveal
This is my very first Bead Soup Challenge.
My partner for my Bead Soup Challenge is Julie Bowen of Autochthonous Evolved. She is and educator, a talented Lampwork Artist and a very talented jewelry artist. If you click her name you can see what I sent her and what she made.
Our styles are quite different. I am earthy and organic and her style appears to me to be more bright, colorful and somewhat whimsical. Thus the fun begins.
Here is what she sent me and what I added.
She sent me some lovely handmade lampwork by her in button clasp shape, long bead, headpins and rondelles, Chalk Turquoise, Charoite, dragon fly charm and pewter clasp.
I added a sueded leather jacket to recycle into the piece, pewter spacers, links from Joannes new Urban Warrior line, some of my own lampwork ( although not made by me ), peanut beads, seed beads, 4 ply waxed linen, faux beach glass, copper spacers, resin chips from a recycled necklace, matt Black Onyx rondelles, copper chain and clasp. I also added some metal that I etched and antiqued.
In my design I had a hiccup the silver pewter clasps toggle she sent me broke....but I felt I kept in the rules framework as I used the button as a clasp in one of the pieces.
It is funny how the most challenging bead.....the long lampwork produced the bracelet I liked the best. I have been on a bit of a bracelet binge lately.
I have been playing with this new shape of bracelet. It is very sexy on.
So lets talk about bracelet number 1 first.
This was my first time I have ever etched metal. I was thrilled with the shape of the etching and how it played with the petals of the flowers, stems and the black lines on the lampwork rondelles.
The copper really helped tone down the shinny black of the lampwork. Black is typically not a color I work very often in. Adding matte Black Onyx lent to some taming of the shinny black.
This bracelet above is actually the 2nd design I did with that long lampwork bead. I had to put aside the whole project for a couple of weeks. When I pulled it out again. I completely ripped it up and started from scratch.
I struggle with bright and shinny colors so I decided to recycle into this bracelet to help get the creative flow going. This was actually the first design I made with the beads. Recycling is one of the things I do when I am in a creative slump. When I started jewelry design I had little inventory & money to invest. I had to get creative with what I had, this brings me back to the source of where it all began for me.
I am in love with the utilitarian almost military feel this bracelets has. I cut the trim off of a sueded leather jacket and used them as spacer bars.
The asymmetry of the metal spacer bars gave the bracelet some interesting dimension.
I am really pleased with how both of my bracelets turned out. I didn't get to use all the beads she sent me but I feel I definitely accomplished my goals of adding my aesthetic to this challenge and designing some jewelry with some innovative creativity.
You can find more of Kristin Oppold designs at YaY! Jewelry on Etsy.
You can also follow her latest creations on Facebook.I think it is a pretty amazing event that Lori Anderson has put together, pairing jewelry artists around the world.
To see the lovely pairings of many artists around the world please follow the links below.
Agata Grygiel
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Ali McCarthy
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Alice Craddick
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Amy Severino
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Ana Krepel
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Andra Weber
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Andrea Glick
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Andrea Trank
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Anitra Gordy Boyers
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Annette Rivers
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Anu Tuppurainen
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April Grinaway
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Audrey Bélanger
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B.R.Kuhlman
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Barbara Bechtel
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Barbara Mason
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Becky Pancake
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Beti Horvath
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Billi RS Rothove
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Bobbie Rafferty
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Brandi Burdick
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Candida Castleberry
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Carol Dillman
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Carolyn Gebert
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Carolyn Lawson
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Caron Reid
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Catherine King
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Cathy Jakicic
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Chandra Merod
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Charlene Jacka
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Cheri Reed
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Cherrie Fick
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Cherrie Warzocha
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Cheryl Brown
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Cheryl Dunham
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Cheryl Foiles
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Cheryl Gangle
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Chris Eisenberg
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Chris White
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Christina Miles
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Christine Hansen
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Christine Murrow
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Christine Stonefield
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Cindy Ritchie
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Clare Etheridge
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Cory Tompkins
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Cris Peacock
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Cynthia Abner
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Debbie Rasmussen
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Debi Levine
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Deborah Brooks
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Deborah Read
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Debra Behrends
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Dorota Żerańska
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Elaine Robitaille
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Elsie Deliz-Fonseca
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Emma Todd
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Erin Guest
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Evelyn Shelby
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Evie and Beth McCord
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Francy Inman
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Ginger Bishop
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Gloria Allen
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Hajer Waheed
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Hope Smitherman
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Ilenia Ruzza
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Ilona Hegedűs
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Ine Vande Cappelle
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Jackie Ryan
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Janine Lucas
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Jean Peter
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Jean Wells
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Jeanne Steck
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Jelveh Jaferian Johnson
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Jennifer Cabic
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Jennifer Reno
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Jennifer VanBenschoten
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Jenny Davies-Reazor
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Jenny Kyrlach
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Jenny Robledo
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Jessica Brower
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Jill MacKay
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JJ Jacobs
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Jo-Ann Woolverton
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Joanne Tinley
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Johanna Rhodes Nash
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Judy Robinson
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Juli Cannon
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Julia Gerlach
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Julie Bowen
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Julie Panusis
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K Hutchinson
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Karen Martinez
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Karen Vincent
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Karen Williams
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Karin Slaton
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Karyn Bonfiglio
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Kat Douglas
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Kate Dufour
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Kate Mulligan
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Kate Richbourg
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Kathleen Gallant
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Kathleen Lange Klik
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Katie Nielsen-Nunez
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Kay Bolton
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Kayla Potega
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Kelli Jacobson
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Kelly Patterson
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Kelly Ramstack
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Kiersten Kern
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Kim Sparks
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Klaudete Koon
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Klaudia Tóth
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Krista French
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Kristin Oppold
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Kym Hunter
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Lana Kinney
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Laura Guenther
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Lauren Fenty
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Leah Curtis
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Lennis Carrier
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Linda Murphy
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Lisa Johnson
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Lori Anderson
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Lupe Meter
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Lynn Jobber
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Mandi Effron
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Marcia Dunne
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Margareta Saari
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Megan Milliken
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Marie Covert
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Mary Ellen Parker
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Maryse Fritzsch-Thillens
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Megan Milliken
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Melissa Meman
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Melissa Mesara
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Michaela Pabeschitz
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Michelle Tucker
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Mimi Gardner
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Mischelle Fanucchi
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Monica Phillips
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Mowse Doyle
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Nancy Boylan
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Nancy Dale
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Pat Haight
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Patina Queen
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Patty Miller
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Pia Kaven
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Rebecca Anderson
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Rose Johnson
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Roxanne Blanc
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Sarah Goode
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Sarah Singer
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Sarah Strover
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Shalini Austin
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Sherri Stokey
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Sherry Baun
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Sheryl Stephens
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Silvia Sernicola
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Solange Collin
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Stacie Florer
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Stacy Alderson
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Stephanie Haussler
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Stephanie LaRosa
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Sue Burleigh
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Susan Bowie
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Susan Kelly
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Susan of Libellula Jewelry
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Susan Sheehan
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Suzanne Fragiacomo
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Tammi Sloan
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Tammie Everly
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Tania Hagen
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Tania Spivey
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Tanya Goodwin
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Tanya Wiles
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Tari Kahrs
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Terry Carter
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Theresa Buchle
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Tiffany Smith
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Tina Holden
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Tracey Nanstad
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Tracie Dean
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Tracy Bell
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Tracy Kruse
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Veralynne Malone
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Veronica Campos-Hallstrom
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