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Jen Ray
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artist / maker of things

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Ok, @hannahposts.bsky.social is right- we gotta bring back mundane normie posting, even when things are terrible all around. So here's a cool spider I saw in the garden today! A Marbled Orb Weaver/ Pumpkin spider. She showed up just in time for Halloween!
Outdoor scene with a bright golden spider with delicate black marbling on her large, rounded body. Her legs go from deep orange to black-and-white-stripes at the tips. She is building a web in the garden. She is a marbled orb weaver spider, also known as a pumpkin spider.
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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With the relentless onslaught of n*zi chuds we're all forced to deal with lately, this song pops into my head pretty much daily. Recently realized fewer people know about Embrace than I thought, so here you go. Ian MacKaye post-Minor Threat, pre-Fugazi.
Image of the lyrics to the Embrace song "Said Gun", which read: Look what you've organized Do you believe all those lies There's no courage in hatred Only in love Look what you've organized Attack, defend, you live a fantasy Nobody wants anything that belongs to you Sometimes I'd like to kick your fucking ass But I guess you're just a human too Why? Why are you here? You're looking for a reason to hate So you can fuck someone up You'd hate yourself if you had the chance I guess you already do You fuck yourself up Every night. If you have to fight Then fight the violence That rules your life Said gun, said knife It's going to end your life If you have to fight Then fight the violence That rules your life
September 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Menswear guy posted these and some others on the other place probably this time last year and I am still obsessed with this look. DO IT
April 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Scraps of ink tests in the sketchbook today, seeing how they play together. These; why my new (worse) sketchbook is my favorite sketchbook; and sourdough discard scallion pancakes, in my journal today jenray.net/what-should-...
Sketchbook page with collaged scraps of paper across the middle. A thin strip on top with graphic black and white, from an old Stendig calendar page. Underneath, a chunkier rectangle of turquoise made from copper ink, with a smudge of light brown made from ochre foraged from a dirt road in South Carolina Sketchbook page with collaged scraps of ink samples in the middle. A small rectangle of dark iron gall ink on top, with a long rectangle of violet-y smilax ink below it. Below that, a larger rectangle of smilax & safflower ink together, making a grey-green with lighter splotches. Above it to the left, a block of bright chartreuse ink from a fluorescent Posca marker.
November 13, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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See you guys get it. My version might be little more primitive but when The Muse dropped by last night with this life-altering insight I was fit to go
Small yellow lined notepad with the words "chips for birds, bird chips" scrawled unintelligibly in pencil
November 12, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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Ok, I'm in! So much great work on this thread. Hello I'm Jen, I make all sorts of things- paintings, illustrations, foraged ink, paper flowers, clay things, etc. You can find me online at jenray.net ♡ Thanks Maura and to everyone supporting independent artists/ makers!
Examples of artwork by artist Jen Ray, including handmade bright blue copper ink on black bookmarks; a paper narcissus flower with white and bright orange petals; a painting of a wide-eyed black creature and the quote "You have nothing to lose but your chains"; and an illustration of a small but determined creature made with delicate brown brushstrokes of handmade black walnut ink.
November 9, 2024 at 8:02 PM