German maker Laura Kampf was asked by Lenovo to make something big, dramatic, and fun for their #ForAllofUsFridays online events. She decided to create a huge fire wheel of burning steel wool. Fire! Fire! Fire! Pretty.
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Laura Kampf builds a steel wool fire wheel
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