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After an initial meeting with an architecture firm failed to produce a solution, an artist friend suggested she look up Chris Skeens, who had recently cofounded Byben and Skeens with Ben Warwas. The duo worked to create a replacement studio that would strike a balance between the necessities of the structure and what Jane refers to as the "kind of Shakespearean magic" of the existing site. For Jane, the presence of the books was a deciding factor. "As a writer, the tactility of books is very important to me—I knew then the relationship was going to be right," she explains.