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This may seem like heavy freight for mere fashion to bear, but Japanese designers do not usually make the fussy Western distinction between craft and art. Issey Miyake talks about the "energy" of fabric and works with a bolt of cloth like a sculptor with clay, not molding it into a presketched design but draping the whole length over a body, drawing the shape of the final garment from the fabric itself as it works in easy collaboration with the body. Rei Kawakubo, the most austere and cerebral of these new designers, speaks intensely about "getting down to the essence...
...result of this work Harvard, Peabody Musuem currently houses a dozen floor to-ceiling cabinets filled with thousands of clay and metal objects holding clues to the prehistoric culture...
...site of an advanced ceremonial center which has attracted archeological attention worldwide. The structures there consist of tall sloping mounds and a series of terraces in the shape of a semi-circle. Their purpose remains a mystery. The excavations have so far uncovered an estimated 23 million "baked clay objects," round irregular lumps of pottery which look like man made rocks...
Lucas was particularly demanding with the people who created the creatures and the special effects, and often changed his mind. Makeup and Creature Designers Stuart Freeborn, who made the ape costumes in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Phil Tippett always started with clay models that could be recast over and over again. The mold for the sprawling Jabba took two tons of clay and was so big that no oven could hold it; an entire room had to be turned into a Jabba bakery...
...prime he tucked away six French Open championships, five consecutive Wimbledon titles and two Italian Opens, scampering across grass and clay with an iron reserve that unsettled opponents and turned everyone else into admirers. But two months ago Bjorn Borg announced that the thrill had gone, and last week in Monaco he played his final tournament. In the first round, facing José-Luis Clerc, 24, Borg bobbed along the baseline like the champion of yore, putting the Argentine away in 77 minutes, 6-1, 6-3. But the next day, against Frenchman Henri Leconte, 19, Borg went down...