Jen Stark is the personification of that indescrible feeling of creating something by hand, that feeling that there is no word for but described by most as: attachment, connection, interaction, satisfaction, emotional response, inherited knowledge etc These are the words/phrases that people use in all of the texts I have read on the hand aesthetic. And in my opinion Jen Stark is the greatest example and advocate for the hand made. Whilst on her website I discovered something of which I had over-looked on previous visits, some amazing hand drawn visuals, extremly powerful and colourful. These have been created with paper (Jen's specialist medium) and felt tip pen! The most basic medium is Jen's choice for the sculptures she creates and when designing and creating initial drawings she uses felt tip pens. It is so basic, that it seems quite radical. The felt tip pen has definately been over-looked for a long time if this is the magic it can produce!
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