STUDIO TW – 26 – September 25, 26, & 27

5479 North Shore Drive | Duluth, Minnesota

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.

Some images are cropped. Click on each photo to see the entire artwork. All images copyrighted & may not be reproduced without permission.

Jonathan Walburg, Guest Artist

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Porcelain crafted with Lake Superior’s clays, sands, iron ore, agate, and yooperlite, finished with wood-ash glazes. Functional pottery that captures the look, feel, and story of the Lake Superior region. Enjoy a piece of the place you love and bring it home to enjoy every day. Inspired by training at Saint John’s Pottery (MN), Japan and Korea, I focus on local materials, their relationship to a sense of place, the story they tell and how they add meaning to our lives.