East Vancouver artist Jodi Stark turns found and reclaimed wood into jewellery, picture frames, and tables. Lately, she’s been dabbling in metalworking.
Stark spends much of her time at the Vancouver Community Laboratory (1907 Triumph Street), a 7,000-square-foot warehouse owned by a nonprofit organization. Like other members of the CoLab, as they call it, each month she pays $100 and volunteers for five hours in order to use the communal space and tools.
“I think that making things is something that really touches at a primal aspect of being human that we tend to be disconnected with,” Stark, a director of the CoLab, told the Georgia Straight during an interview on the second floor of the space. “To me, it’s been really empowering just making the furniture in my house and being able to customize to my needs and my aesthetic, and also take a bit of a step outside the regular…
