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Carrie Burckle
Carrie Burckle is a Los Angeles-based visual artist and educator whose work blends traditional fiber processes with sculptural form. Influenced by early experiences uncovering objects tied to her family’s roots in Kentucky, her work is layered, expressive, and contemplative. Carrie earned her BFA and MFA from California State University Long Beach, where she received the Distinguished Creative Achievement Award, and she completed postgraduate work at the Appalachian Center for Crafts. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles), Mingei Museum, and Collins Gallery, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. She has taught widely and has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Fiber Program at CSULB since 2002.
Dave Bow
David Bow is a Los Angeles-based printmaker and artist. As a co-founder of RISO Studio Arts and the DIY collective Non Plus Ultra, Dave has been an active member of the LA art scene for 14 years. Dave is passionate about expanding the creative possibilities of RISO and sharing this unique printing process with others. Explore the full creative range of the RISO Duplicator with Dave & Jun Ha.
Rebecca Chamlee
Rebecca Chamlee is a book artist, printer, writer, and bookbinder who has been publishing letterpress-printed artists books under the imprint of Pie In The Sky Press since 1986. Her work has been exhibited widely and is featured in prominent special and private collections. As a self-taught naturalist and citizen scientist, Rebecca’s books explore the intersection of her artistic and scientific interests, which include collecting and cataloging the natural world. For over 20 years Rebecca taught bookbinding, letterpress printing, and artists book-making classes at Otis College of Art and Design and headed the Book Arts minor program.
Ken & Shino Charlson
Ken and Shino Charlson, the creative duo behind Fugu Fugu Press, have owned and operated their letterpress greeting card studio since 2007. Shino, an ArtCenter graduate, has illustrated several children’s books and created editorial illustrations for newspapers and magazines. Ken is an accomplished musician who has toured nationally with his band, composed music for independent films, and plays piano at various Los Angeles venues. Known for their clean, whimsical aesthetic and their hands-on approach, they bring a thoughtful balance of artistry, craft, and joyful creativity to everything they do.
Wendy Emery
Printmaker Wendy Emery is the founder of Pup and Pony Press, a letterpress and linocut studio. In addition to teaching workshops, Wendy has been volunteering at the International Printing Museum for decades, because it is a fantastic way to share her passion for printmaking. With a Visual Communications degree from CSU Long Beach, her background in design informs her work, which has been featured in Graphis, How, Communication Arts, Letter Arts Review, and elsewhere. Wendy teaches Graphic Design at CSULB and is also an accomplished oil painter and part of the Southern California Plein Air Painters Association.
Jennifer Graves
Jennifer (Jenn) Graves is an educator, bookbinder, and letterpress printer based in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited widely in the US and internationally. Jenn teaches Book Projects at Otis College of Art and Design. She also offers bookmaking and letterpress printing workshops at various organizations and at her own studio, SCRAPScollective.
Jun Ha
Jun Ha is a Los Angeles-based visual designer, printmaker, and video artist with over six years of experience in RISO printing. They are a co-founder of RISO Studio Arts, which operates both as Jun’s personal visual art and design practice and as a creative service for other artists and designers. Jun graduated from ArtCenter College of Design in 2020 with a BFA in Illustration and has since worked as a co-founder and Resident Instructor at RISO Studio Arts. Explore the full creative range of the RISO Duplicator with Jun & Dave Bow.
Janet Kupchick
Janet fell in love with letterpress printing nearly two decades ago, when she handled wood and metal type for the very first time. She has taught traditional letterpress at Otis College of Art and Design and ArtCenter College of Design for years. Branching out into alternative printing methods (Pressure Printing) and Type as Image (using Letterforms to create characters and imagery) has kept her work fresh, as she continues to push the capabilities of this art form. She has collaborated on a few artist books that are in libraries and private collections, and she also produces her own line of greeting cards.
Glenn Laird
Glenn Laird is a life long aficionado of all things graphic, who has been working in the industry since he was a teenager. During his 39-year career a graphic arts instructor at Eagle Rock High, Glenn watched with great pride as his students won awards and moved into careers in the industry. Perhaps most notably, he mentored seven state-level Graphics champions who went on to compete at the national-level SkillsUSA competition. Glenn has a special passion for screen printing, especially on fabrics. Since his retirement, he indulges his graphic muse by teaching, volunteering, and watching students have those glowing moments when they print something they truly adore.
Graham Moore
Graham Moore is inspired by mid-century modern design, west coast jazz, and California Hard-Edge art. After studying in London, his design career has taken him to New York, Dallas, and eventually Los Angeles. Since 1991, he’s taught design and typography at several top institutions around the country. Along with James Wojtowicz, Graham is the co-found of Collage Garage, a workshop focused on mixed-media art. His work incorporates bold lines, organic shapes, and color, and he loved to inspire others through his workshops and teaching.
Selena Matranga
Selena Matranga is a Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist working in book arts, sculpture, video, and social practice. Her work explores cycles of waste and utility, drawing from emotionally charged, site-specific narratives to elevate overlooked materials and spaces. Through tactile processes and poetic inquiry, she investigates how memory, grief, and cultural value are embedded in everyday environments. She holds a degree in Book Arts from Mills College and has worked with institutions dedicated to print and publication.
Jocelyn Webb Pedersen
Jocelyn Webb Pedersen is an artist and fine press printer whose work explores the connections between poetry, place, and materiality. Since 1997, she has produced limited-edition books and prints under her imprint, Sierras Press, which are held in both institutional and private collections around the world. Jocelyn uses handmade inks, watercolors, and ceramic oxides created from foraged botanical and mineral materials—bringing place and material into direct conversation. “I believe all humans are creative and that being makers is our birthright… By making artwork with wild pigments and teaching others to do the same, we deepen our connection to the land on which we live.”
Heather Peters
Heather Peters is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles whose work explores the ideas of time, ecology, and materiality through an investigation into the historical, physical, and scientific nature of art materials, working with time-based materials such as hand-bound books, handmade paper, chromatography, video, and cyanotype. She studied illustration at Art Center College of Design, worked at Magnolia Editions, and received a dual-thesis masters in Creative Writing and Book Art from Mills College in Oakland, California, and has held teaching appointments at San Diego State University and Occidental College.
Erin Pieronek
Originally a theatre major in college, Erin Pieronek quickly changed her focus to the visual arts. Today, she is an accomplished marbling and letterpress artist based in the South Bay. When Erin started marbling more than a decade ago, she immediately became addicted to this artistic process. According to Erin, “Marbling is unpredictable and exciting, which makes teaching it a new adventure every time!”
Jane Shibata
Jane Shibata is a part-time professor in the art department at Santa Monica College in Santa Monica, California, and runs a design business specializing in the lettering arts in Los Angeles. She worked for the City of Los Angeles as a calligrapher and has done contract work for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Graphic Arts calligraphy division. Jane is a long-time Society for Calligraphy Southern California member who serves on the board, coordinates outreach events, and teaches many workshops for the SfC, other guilds in the U.S., and has taught at four international calligraphy conferences.
Judi Tentor
Judi Tentor lives near the ocean in San Diego, and her work resides at the intersection of art and environmental issues. She creates artist books, sculptures, and prints using multiple media, including historic photo processes, paper-making, ink, silkscreen, letterpress, gouache, assemblage, and found objects. Her strategy as an artist is to observe, research, and describe difficult problems we are facing. Her hope as a teacher is to draw students into the deep blue of cyanotype photographic prints, to help them create vibrant botanical prints, and to learn fundamental bookbinding techniques.
Lorna Turner
Lorna Turner wears many hats: educator, graphic designer, and practicing artist. She holds a Master’s degree in Visual Communication from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, UK, and a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. As an educator, Lorna teaches at ArtCenter College of Design’s Archetype Press, CSU Los Angeles, and Santa Monica College. Her courses span a variety of design-related subjects, including typography, graphic design, letterpress, book arts, and printmaking. An avid explorer and lifelong learner, Lorna’s curiosity has taken her across the globe, where she draws inspiration from diverse cultures—reflections of which are often seen in her work.
