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The thrill of something being taken on the spot animates the artifice of recreation: the gathered foliage is reproduced on paper and dipped in wax; fruits are modelled in putty, using sketches and colour palettes made in the field. On its own, the animal’s skin, when it is removed, calls up the animal through metonymy. A dermal part of the being thus sums up the totality of its quality as an animal.