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Workshop Videos

You can find below some links to videos on a particular theme.

Here's an intermediate level superman workshop for you to try out at home!

Here's a break-down of one of my pole faves, the Jade. I hope you will like it too :-)

Here are some useful tips for those tricky scorpio and superman figures.

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