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Her works are filled with whimsy and joy, including a collection of platters and plates featuring inlaid porcelain flowers, vaguely defined creatures that hold birthday candles, penguin pitchers and buddhas.

Steel, which has been held up for months on obviously political grounds.

So having little things like that that I could just hold on to that would help me pitch the performance in those moments was really, really helpful.

“I’ve had some moments where I’m holding him, and you look down and you’re like, ‘OK, how did that end up on me?’”

That same enthusiasm vaulted Lurie, a centrist Democrat who has never held elected office, to an upset victory this month in his mayoral bid against incumbent London Breed and three other City Hall veterans.