This document provides images and descriptions of various paper sculptures and installations created by artist Jen Stark. The works showcase Stark's process of meticulously cutting and layering construction paper by hand to form intricate geometric patterns and three-dimensional shapes. Stark discusses how she began experimenting with paper art while studying abroad with limited supplies, and has since created large-scale installations and intricate sculptures that take dozens to hundreds of layers to complete.

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2. Degrees Of Lightness
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3. Degrees Of Lightness installation, 40 ft. wall, construction paper 2006
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4. Production Line ALL
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5. Line ALL : Two-dimensional circles jumping out of the frame Detail of Production Line: Triangle, Circle, Square
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6. 3
Half Circle
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7. 3
Half Circle ROLL
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8. Do you have a
certain method of
cutting?
For example, how
did you achieve
these multiple
layers in
“Anatomical 11 x 14, hand-cut stack
Evolution”? of construction paper

9. Afterglow
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10. I cut each layer of paper
one by one and then put
them together.
I always cut by hand using
an X-Acto knife. It is a bit
time-consuming, but I like
it! Resembling geographic depictions of differences in altitude: “Microscopic Entry.”
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11. Look at these
intriguing, repetitive
shapes like eruptions
by Miami-based Jen
Stark:
Her three-
dimensional, kaleidos
copic paper art is
simply hand-made with
dozens of layers of thick
coloured paper. With her
abstract geometrical
patterns just shown in
the new Tactile book by
DGV

12. Peephole
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13. Peephole
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14. Peephole
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15. Triangle
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16. Triangle Roll
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17. Square
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18. Square Roll
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19. Circle
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20. Circle Roll
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21. Intricate paper works resembling three-dimensional objects PRIMARIES-all Red Blue Yellow
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22. Roughly
how many layers
goes into
one piece? PRIMARIES - Blue
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23. It can range from
about thirty to
eighty, depending on
the piece. PRIMARIES - Blue
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24. And how
do you choose
the order of the
colours in the
stack? PRIMARIES - Red
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25. I usually buy a stack
and then arrange it
how I think the
colours look good
together. PRIMARIES - Red
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26. I try to spread them
out a bit so they are
mixed up and
contrasting colours
are next to each
PRIMARIES - Yellow
other.
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27. PRIMARIES - Yellow
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28. Color Gradient card stock mounted on archival art
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29. Tendency of any
body on the
Earth’s surface
to drift to the
side due to the
planet’s rotation
is called the
“Coriolis Effect “ Coriolis Effect ROLL
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30. Here, we see paper drifting to many sides Coriolis Effect ROLL
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31. Coriolis Effect DETAIL
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32. Coriolis Effect DETAIL ROLL
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33. Point Of Exposure
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34. Point Of Exposure Roll
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35. Cone Ambiguous
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36. The “Cylinder
Paper Cut”
with a solid surface
that’s cut open
caught my eye:
Could we see the
paper layers as a
symbolic
representation of the
inner layers of A metaphor for
people, or objects…? people’s
multiple inside
Definitely. You are one layers…
of the first people to “Cylinder”:
mention this. Paper Cut
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37. I like to make the
insides very colourfully
confusing.
You can relate it to
people or things being
so complicated and
elaborate on the inside.
Yet the outside layer is
usually white to show
that something may
look simple and
ordinary on the outside
– but the inside is
Cynlinder Roll
beaming with colour!
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38. About the
mysterious
“Untitled”:
Is it inspired by
kind of a
Mandala?
How do you
develop it?
It is mainly inspired
by geometric
patterns. I just cut
a shape and slowly
change it as the
layers progress.
With these kind of
sculptures I usually
don’t know what
the end design will
look like.
The Mandala-style “Untitled.” Sculpture 03
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39. The Mandala-style “Untitled.”
Sculpture
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40. Paper Anomaly
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41. Paper Anomaly Roll
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42. Sculpture Burst
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43. Sculpture Burst Roll
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44. Piece of an Infinite Whole
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45. Piece of an Infinite Whole Roll And the same hole - with a depth of 4 ft and a diameter of 2 ft
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46. I like the fact that it is so common and usually used two-dimensionally… and I’m trying to show what it can do
View Inside Peephole ALL: sculpturally and how much it can be transformed with such little changes.
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47. View Inside Peephole … and the awesome, illuminated
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48. Peephole01 ROLL
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49. Peephole02
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50. Peephole02 ROLL
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51. Peephole03
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52. Peephole03 ROLL
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53. When did you start with
your…
can I call it
A beautiful “Mold Study.”
“kaleidoscope paper art” ?
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54. I began making paper
sculptures when I went to
study in France for a
semester.
Since I could only take
two suitcases with me for
five months, I decided to
purchase art supplies
when I got there. Mold Study
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55. The Euro was high
and everything
was pretty expensive,
so I decided to get
the cheapest
but coolest looking
thing in the art store
– a stack of
construction paper!
I started
experimenting
with what paper
could turn into
and it took off
from there.

56. About your lovely
eruptive “Assorted
Explosion:” Is it
meant to depict an
explosion in its
early stage?
“Assorted Explosion”
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57. Exactly!
Usually, stacks of
construction paper
are sold in
“assortments” of
colour.
So, I wanted to
play with that word
as well as what it
looks like it’s
doing: exploding.
A very colourful
kind of explosion
and there may be
many paper cuts.
Detail of “Assorted Explosion:” imagine how long these most delicate cuts might have taken…
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58. How To Become a Millionaire In 100 Days 1,000,000 pieces of hand-cut
paper 2007
Jen Stark crée des morceaux de papier étonnants trés différents de ce
que j’aurais pu dejà voir.
Qui a su que vous pourriez prendre une pile de papier et créez un chef
d’oeuvre ?
The new issue is now on its way…superb cover artwork by Jen Stark
A la recherche de nouveaux papertoys je suis tombé
sur de belles sculptures de papier.
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59. Real leaves from the folk’s backyard, meticulously cut out…
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60. Multiple layers as metaphor for the many layers a personality
may have…
How poetic cardboard can be!
So, apart from your paper explosions, what inspired your beautiful,
fragile paper leaves as silhouettes?
I live in Miami, Florida, and these leaves came off of trees from my
parent’s backyard.
They are called sea-grape trees because the trees produce grape-
looking berries.
I was searching for something to cut into and I decided to try a leaf
because it is pretty thick and strong.
I was inspired by how leaves can naturally turn into skeletons
over time – losing the green part and keeping only the veins.
I wanted to simulate this with my X-Acto.
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61. sketchbook
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62. Isb mar08
Desenho: MattressGiant
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