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State of DecayBoston artist Rosamond Purcell repurposes the old, the burnt, and the mangled.

By Amanda SchafferUpdated Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006, at 6:59 AM ET

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Amanda Schaffer is a science and medical columnist for Slate. Read all of Schaffer's articles for Slate and Double X.
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