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Tom Bannister is the Executive Director of Hand
Papermaking. Following short stints as a tour guide, radio
announcer, and Jungle Cruise captain, Tom owned and managed a small graphics
firm throughout the 1980s. He studied book arts
at Oregon College of Art and Craft in the early 1990s. He
joined Hand Papermaking in 1995. Tom is also the owner
of Page Two, Inc., publisher of Book Arts
Classified and Book Arts Directory at
BookArts.com.
Mina Takahashi is the Editor of Hand
Papermaking.
Formerly Executive Director of Programs
at Dieu Donné Papermill in New York, she directed artist residencies and publishing
projects, curated exhibitions, and collaborated
with artists in the studio. Trained originally in Japanese
papermaking, she teaches and consults on the artistic and
craft applications of hand papermaking across the country
and internationally.
Shireen Holman edits the newsletter and manages the
office at Hand
Papermaking. She is also a printmaker and book artist whose
work is shown and collected nationally. She has received
awards and grants for her artists' books. Shireen has served
on the boards of Pyramid Atlantic and Maryland Printmakers,
and is a former editor of Maryland Printmakers' InPrint.
Deborah Selk is Hand Papermaking's portfolio
binder. She received training in book binding, book and
paper repair, and boxmaking while working in the
Preservation Department at Indiana University. She has also
studied fine binding at the American Academy of Bookbinding.
Currently she works as a binder at Book Arts, LLC here in
the DC area.
Mary Tasillo handles advertising and keeps our
newsletter event listings up-to-date. Mary is a prolific
artist, very active in the book and paper communities, with
an MFA from The University of the Arts.
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