How I Got Involved in Letterpress Printing: I worked
as a typesetter in college using phototypesetting equipment, and continued as the industry transitioned to digital. As partner in
a graphic design firm we had the opportunity to get a Vandercook 3 for the price of moving the equipment. We began offering letterpress
printing as part of our services (though it required educating customers at that time). 10 years later I left the business, bought
my own #4 and started Springtide Press. Eventually I attended graduate school at Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts.
Presses
& Equipment: Vandercook #4, Universal 1, 8x12 C&P, tons of type, Rossback perforator.
Work History: I do a mix of commercial
jobs; make my own artists books, broadsides and ephemera; and teach letterpress printing at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma
and the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle.
Education: Macalester College, Columbia College Center for Book & Paper Arts
Other
Interests/Hobbies: Papermaking, Bookbinding, Travel, time with my husband, 10-year old son and dog Wrigley.
Group Memberships,
if any: Guild of Bookworkers, APA #738, Seattle Book Arts Guild, Seattle Center for the Book
