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Sculptor Danae Miller

At her home and studio on a horse ranch in Tumalo, Danae Miller demonstrates her unique method for creating bronze sculptures. Like many artists, she uses a lost wax process, but rather than sculpting the wax into a model, she pours it out in slabs. The ragged slabs then become the building blocks for her rough, almost unfinished-looking animals. A foundry translates the shapes into bronze, and Miller adds the patina herself.

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Mixed Media Artist Margot Voorhies Thompson

Portland artist Margot Voorhies Thompson uses calligraphy, painting, collage and printmaking in her work. She's intrigued by lettering and writes messages into her work in an alphabet that only she understands.

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Musician James LaRocca

For James LaRocca composing and playing music are two of his greatest joys. But five years ago a diagnosis challenged all that. Art Beat goes to McMinnville to see how multiple sclerosis tried to dampen, but could not destroy, this musician's creative drive. Follow his healing and creative journey through the production of the CD "A Difficult Road" and the formation of the band Frankie Angel.

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