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“Wherever I looked I saw hands over mouths and bodies bent over shaking with laughter” “It’s chaotic, it’s crass, it’s fun, and it’s a show that certainly should not be missed”
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“Theatre for people who hate theatre. I hated it beyond words!”
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ONE BOW MARKET WAY #28, SHOP.TINYTURNSPAPERIE.COM “My focus is on trying to help people connect with each other,” Jen Palacio says about her art. “It’s okay if it’s disposable.” That’s the idea behind Palacios’ stationary shop, Tiny Turns Paperie, where the “the special feeling of a receiving a handwritten note” is something worth celebrating, according to the shop’s site. Though the quaint stationary shop, located at Bow Market, opened just this past April, the store has already attracted attention from local shoppers. Palacios believes it’s her focus on stationary that perhaps sets her apart from other talented print artists in the area. “I think people feel it more now when you take the time to hand-write a letter,” she says. “It gives you the opportunity to slow down and make a connection.” Palacio’s road to the print industry was a circuitous one. She first moved to Somerville in
2006 to begin a job in corporate finance, but left the position after one year. From there, she said, she began pursuing a degree in sustainability at the Harvard Extension School, and eventually took up letterpress printing. What started as a hobby grew into a business. In 2010, she launched her homemade craft business, Just Enough Nonsense, and started selling her work at pop-up markets. It’s this brand of her personal work that she’s best known for, Palacio says. Now, having transitioned from running pop-up markets to selling at a brick-and-mortar location for the first time, Palacio said she’s still adjusting to fulltime work in retail. “It’s very different coming from studio life,” she said. The shop is open for business five days each week— Wednesday through Sunday— and sells work from local and nonlocal artists alike.
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