5479 North Shore Drive, Duluth, MN, 55804
Todd White, Host Artist
The philosopher Anaxagoras said it is by having hands that humans are the smartest of all animals. I know this to be true, because my mind is fully alive when I work with my hands. Inspired by medieval manuscripts and early printed books from the 15th century, I work with my hands, a letter at a time, setting historic types and creating printing blocks to pay homage to a fifteen hundred year old tradition of book arts. I use my own writings & my encounters with the denizens of the greenwood at the edges of Duluth to give other old book arts traditions, drollery & fable, a modern touch.
I create limited edition modern broadsheets (single-sided prints that include words & images) and limited edition hand-bound books. I work on a Chandler & Price Old Style Letterpress, 1200 lbs. of iron cast in 1906, and powered by a foot treadle. I hand-set 15th-century inspired metal type. Images are photo-engravings from my pen & ink sketches or hand-carved linocuts. Due the size limitations of my press (roughly an 8”x10’ printing area), I have started to explore larger linocuts. I write most of the text for my prints, but do on occasion foray into traditional border ballads, fables, and faerie tales.
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Jonathan Walburg, Guest Artist
Jonathan Walburg of Lake Superior Pottery uses local materials to make unique pottery with a look, feel and story distinct to The Great Lake. It is porcelain with Lake Superior’s rocks, sands, clays and wood-ash glazes creating food safe pottery made from simple ingredients. Highly crafted functional pottery made with the idea of loving an area and being able to take it home with you and enjoy every day. Influenced by studies at St. John’s Pottery (MN), Karatsu (Japan), and Ulsan (Korea).
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Jon Hinkel, Guest Artist
I am a letterpress print maker and hand bookbinder, and serve as proprietor of the Tight Squeek Press. I specialize in multicolor block print illustration to compliment my own writing and that of others.
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