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...Waxie" Lenz?he got his nickname from his childhood passion for modeling in beeswax???was born in Wisconsin in 1872 of German immigrant parents. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker at 15, became a jewelry engraver shortly after, went to New York, then to Paris to study, returned, worked for years as a commercial artist and calendar designer. All this time he continued his passion for minuscule modeling. He liked dainty things. He modeled tiny little figures (generally with the aid of a reading glass) and studied chemistry and physics to try to discover again how the jewelers...
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