{"product_id":"monumental-6-week-public-art-wall-build","title":"Monumental: 6-Week Public Art \u0026 Wall Build","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned for students who caught the bug in the trial workshop or want to take their work off small panels and onto actual physical structures. 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