Deep Wood Press, Proprietor  (Established 1992)
Publisher of limited edition, hand-bound, ?ne art books.  Letterpress printed, composed in handset types and illuminated by original intaglio, wood engraving and linocut prints on hand made papers. The press focuses on the works of past and contemporary artists and writers in original book designs utilizing traditional and modern binding styles.  Other services offered include: type setting, design, and restoration and repair of books.

Workshop Facilitator
Instruction in the art of printmaking and handmade books in classes and seminars offered at Deep Wood Press, regional art councils, private organizations, universities, schools and galleries.

Selected Exhibitions:

World Printmakers , - A web based gallery run by Mike Booth in Spain.  There are many excellent print related links at this site as well as information about fine art prints, the use of proper documentation and a FAQ regarding the different processes used in printmaking.

Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo, MI  49009 
Solo Exhibition.  11/01 - 12/01

Exhibition of Prints from the Wood Engravers Network
Booth Library of Davis & Elkins College, WV; University of Wisconsin at Stout, WI; Northampton Art Center, MA; Seattle Book Arts Guild, WA; Jordan River Art Center, MI

Dennos Museum, Traverse City, MI  49686
"Landscapes of Community" group exhibit. 10/01

Bier Art Gallery & Pottery Studio, 17026 Beck Rd., Charlevoix, MI  49720
6/98 - 3/2000

Center Gallery, Lake Street Studios, Glen Arbor, MI 49636
Solo Exhibition.  8/99 - 9/99

Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI  49401
Calder Gallery, Alumni Printmaking Invitational.  2/97 - 3/97

The Ark Gallery, 6248 Blue Star Highway, Saugatuck, MI  49453
5/95 - present.  Solo Exhibitions, 5/95 & 8/96,

Muskegon Museum of Art, 296 W. Webster Ave., Muskegon, MI  49440
Piece (two in 97) accepted for regional juried competition.  7/89, 6/91, 7/97

Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL  60603
“Caxton Club 1895 ? 1995; Celebrating a Century of the Book in Chicago”
Show continued on U.S. tour including Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and many
other venues.  9/95 - 10/95

Mindscape Gallery, 1506 Sherman Ave., Evanston, IL  60201.  2/95 - 2/98

Books as Art Exhibition
In conjunction with the Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts
“Contemporary Children’s Book Illustration Exhibition.”
Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI  49009.  9/94
 

Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Princeton University Graphic Arts Library, Princeton, NJ

Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI

Rockefeller Library, Brown University, Providence, RI

Newberry Library, 60 West Walton, Chicago, IL

Grove Park Inn Resort, Asheville, NC

Zumberge Library, Grand Valley State University, Alendale, MI  49401

Miscellaneous: 
 

Published.  Collaborative print with Glenn Wolff in the book The Moon Pulled Up an   Acre of Bass by Peter Kaminsky.  Hyperion Press, NY. ISBN: 0-7868-6769-8, 2001

Recipient of 1998 & 1999 MCACA (Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural    Affairs) grant to create a deluxe edition of ten books for the 1998 & 99 edition of 
the Dunes Review: Poetry and Creative Non?ction of Northwest Lower Michigan.
Anne-Marie Oomen, Dunes Review Writing Project
P.O. Box 185, Empire, MI 49630. 

National Public Radio, All Things Considered (via The Great Lakes Radio Consortium}
Radio interview, highlight on the book arts and the history of print.
Michelle Corum, Interlochen Public Radio
One Lyon Street, PO Box 199, Interlochen, MI  49643.  10/96

1995 Printers Row Book Fair
Explanation and demonstration of intaglio and Relief print techniques - Copper 
Engraving, Mezzotint, and Wood Engraving  in ?ne art and books past and present.
1727 S. Indiana # 104, Chicago, IL  60616.  6/95

Published in Chicago magazine.  January, 1995

Video Documentary - Deep Wood Studio & Press
VHS tape for education purposes and university archives.
Direct Encounter with the Arts, Professor Terry Nihart, Western Michigan University
8400 Stadium Road, Kalamazoo, MI  49009.  8/94