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WORK, PUBLISHING, TEACHING
Instructor, Academy of Art University
September 2007 - December 2009. Taught 15-week undergraduate letterpress and book arts seminars.
academyart.edu
Instructor, San Francisco Center for the Book
January 2004 - February 2010. Classes included letterpress printmaking, linoleum carving, and book
design and printing. I taught over 130 classes during my tenure at the Center. sfcb.org
Aviary Press
2001 - present. Limited edition printer and publisher, currently working at Druckwerk, in Basel, Switzerland.
Recent projects include letterpress printed posters, artist's books, and a print made as one of five Featured Artists
at the San Francisco Center for the Book's annual Roadworks Street Fair.
Work for sale at etsy.com/shop/aviarypress
Rare Book Photographer, Stanford University
March 2008 - February 2010. Worked with the Special Collections Library to photograph and digitize books
from the collection. Volumes include first edition Galileo, Newton, Milton, etc.
Examples: www.rarebookroom.org, choose Stanford Library.
LIMITED EDITION BOOK PUBLICATIONS
published as Aviary Press
we are eating breakfast / it is the same time everywhere, 2010
Two-sided accordion, letterpress printed on antique maps of Switzerland and hand-bound.
Edition of 12.
But What About the Budgerigars, 2009
Single sheet book, letterpress printed from original drawings.
Edition of 50.
The Pool Cleaner's Rite of Spring in Phoenix, Arizona, 2008
Story by Scott M. Buros; letterpress printed.
Edition of 100.
*o, 2008
Letterpress printed poetry chapbook.
Edition of 18.
a great wave was torn off and hurled into space, 2007
Poetry chapbook, with text appropriated from Rachel Carsons' The Sea Around Us.
Letterpress printed from lead type and linoleum, with monoprint.
Edition of 20.
Orchards, 2002
Poetry chapbook, letterpress printed from lead type and linoleum
at the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada.
Edition of 10.
8, 2002
Poetry chapbook, letterpress printed from lead type onto handmade paper.
Edition of 8.
The Curve of the World, 2001
Poetry chapbook, letterpress printed from lead type and linoleum
at the Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina.
Edition of 6.
LIMITED EDITION PRINTS, ETC
all these beautiful pieces of nothing, 2010
Letterpress printed for Summer Solstice from lead type and brass rule
at Druckwerk, Basel, Switzerland.
Edition of 40.
Book Learning, 2009
3 x 3' linoleum block, carved for the San Francisco Center for the Book's annual fundraiser, Roadworks.
One of five Featured Artists chosen to carve blocks for the event, and subsequent auction.
Other artists were John Hersey, Jennie Holzer, Ric Olsen and Michael Wertz.
Edition of 4.
Squirrel Mafia, 2008 - 2009
Postcard series, letterpress printed from linoleum blocks and lead type.
Edition of 50.
Swimming Pools 2009 Calendar
Letterpress printed calendar from original drawings of the 12 most awesome swimming pools in the world.
Informational sheet included with calendar.
Edition of 100.
From the Fields 2008 Calendar
Letterpress printed calendar from original drawings, with text by Maggie Gosselin, written for the weekly
e-letter of CUESA, the Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture.
Edition of 100.
The Lonely Seagull Magazine, 2007
Cover letterpress printed from original drawings. Also acted as art director.
Edited by Kiersten Yount and Ryan Young.
Edition of 250.
From Afar, 2004
10-piece postcard series, each letterpress printed from lead type.
Text from 10 different composers throughout history, mostly from letters set while working abroad.
Full edition of 20.
RECENT SHOWS, EVENTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Roadworks Street Fair, one of five featured artists carving a 3 x 3' linoleum, printed by a steamroller. September 2009.
Art work included in Good Mail Day, published August 2009.
Art work included in The Little Book of Letterpress, published 2010.
Pacific Center for Book Arts Printer's and Book Arts Fair participant, Fort Mason, San Francisco, May 2008 & 2009.
Bookworks 2008, group show with works by PCBA members, San Francisco Public Library, July 2008.
intervals, group show, Artists Television Access, San Francisco, October 2003.
Undergraduate Show, University of California, Santa Barbara, June 2003.
You, Me, Us, diploma art show and recital, College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara, May 2003.
Works include book arts, video and sound installation, sculpture, and embroidery.
Adult Groups, Honors Program group show, UC Santa Barbara, April 2003.
When Animals Are Domesticated They Can't Be Wild Anymore, Honors Program motel show,
Hacienda Motel, Santa Barbara, California, February 2003.
Go Book Show, Book Arts majors group show, College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara,
November 2002
Written on the Body, art show and recital, UC Santa Barbara, January 2002.
With 75 letterpress and digitally printed, hand-bound program books.