She also melted chocolate with porcini powder and streamed ribbons of the mixture into cold water to form thin branches.

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Thin branches, long vines and thicker branches comprised 100 thorns built around an initial metal structure, said Colin McKenzie of WCMG, an event marketing agency that started developing the piece five weeks ago.

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To Lewis, a shy, numbers-obsessed fellow with a thin smile, the branches are the means to rake in cheap capital.

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