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Photos: Yarn bomber HOTTEA comes in from the cold

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HOTTEA leaves his wooly mark
"I got tasered like four or five times," says Eric Rieger, aka HOTTEA, of his time as a graffiti artist. "I went to jail." Now he leaves his mark in a different way. He's photographed here on a bridge in Minneapolis.
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The fencework, as he calls it, began with him weaving the word HOTTEA into chain link fences. It became his street name. He said he didn't know it, but as HOTTEA was riding his bike around Minneapolis looking for spots to work, he was actually part of a larger movement: yarn bombing.
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HOTTEA leaves his wooly mark
"I got tasered like four or five times," says Eric Rieger, aka HOTTEA, of his time as a graffiti artist. "I went to jail." Now he leaves his mark in a different way. He's photographed here on a bridge in Minneapolis.
Photo for MPR by Eli Eijadi
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HOTTEA works at the HAUS Salon in Minneapolis. This is the third exhibition the salon has hosted since it opened in January, and owner Jessica Reipke says customers look forward to seeing what is new on the walls.
MPR Photo/Nikki Tundel
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