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Fiber artists create with a medium that is often overlooked. The technique involves applying paint to an animal skin that has hair on it, generally from a cow or horse.

After several preliminary procedures, including dehumidifying and deodorizing, the skin with its natural hair fibers becomes a drawing board.

"After the procedure involving the hair, you can paint what you want on the skin with pigment. But you need to follow the texture of of the hair fibers to make your painting look more natural," Arzgul said. "Because of the special nature of the material, each skin painting is unique and cannot be copied."

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