The metal is drawing safe-haven buying, which has boosted it against the euro in recent days.

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In France, Maria Pergay rendered sculptural forms in painstakingly handworked stainless steel, drawing out metal's liquid quality.

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"In the second series, they moved all of these metal beds into the drawing room the whole time and it was a real pain, " she explains.

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In the nineties, a range of American acts began drawing from the work of Norwegian metal bands that were famous mostly for a look and for several unpleasant events.

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The technique is called "deep drawing, " in which a sheet of metal is pressed around a die until it thins out and is joined perfectly.

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