The twenty-something artist became interested in dough sculpting after visiting a folk-arts exhibition in Beijing about seven years ago.

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From the Beijing airport he was whisked to the Chinese national agricultural exhibition pavilion, then to the Japanese embassy where he spoke to local Japanese residents.

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The exhibition then travelled to the cities of Campeche and Ciudad del Carmen, before opening in Beijing, China, and travelling in Europe.

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