Charles Criner is the kind of artist that likes to "exhaust" the medium. He "pulls" his prints in black and white, then in color, and on top of that he sometimes adds acrylic over the print to produce original paintings on paper.

He, however, is also parsimonious, or rather, enjoys the limitations of using only three colors and no more to make his prints. He is furthermore the kind of artist / craftsman that prizes the concrete relationship between himself and his work. Criner always pulls prints himself, never letting other professional printers do this for him.

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Todd Samuelson is a poet, letterpress printer, wood engraver, and bookbinder.  He seeks to combine these arts into a distinct and singular form.  His imprint, Fat Matter Press, specializes in letterpress-printed editions of poetry, both broadsides and bound chapbooks.  He has produced illustrated versions of his own work and of other notable poets, including Nobel Prize-winner Czeslaw Milosz.

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Working almost exclusively by hand using tools that date back to the nineteenth century, Myssie is keeping the ancient craft alive by producing & binding one of a kind leather books in the European tradition. Each piece is finely crafted using archival quality materials.

As a professional bookbinder, she specializes in custom leather-bound design bindings. Her work includes complete design & production of books, portfolios & boxes, all of which are one of a kind and small editions.

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Focusing on book repair, Lena Le Moal finds books in deteriorated form, and uses her bookbinding skills and tools to recondition them.

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