Artists in Inventory

 

Artist Biography

As a graphic design student at Otis/Parsons in the early eighties I was introduced to the letterpress and small edition books by my instructors and mentors Sheila de Bretteville, Susan King, Bruce Schnabel and Cynthia Marsh. A compelling interest and passion for books informs much of the work I have done as a professional designer.

After graduation in 1985 I bought a Vandercook 4 and began producing limited-edition handbound letterpress books, broadsides and ephemera and Pie In The Sky Press was born. Printing and making small edition projects has always nourished my professional practice as a freelance graphic designer.

Stories from my childhood and personal experience have been the subject matter for the majority of my work. Recently, I produced a book about my great grandfather told by my father in a Humanities term paper he wrote when he attended Claremont Men’s College in the ‘50s. My most recent project is a departure from my earlier work, a collection of original poetry by Paul Vangelisti entitled Azusa: a sequel in an edition of 30.

I currently teach letterpress printing and book binding classes in the bfa program at Otis College of Art and Design.