Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Chip Schilling | Indulgence Press

Only 3 more days until the book fair!!!!!!

Time is running short and I am glued to the election results on tv so I thank Chip for his wonderful bio (see below) and I will see you all in a few days!



Wilber “Chip” Schilling owns and operates Indulgence Press, since 1992, a letterpress studio specializing in the design and production of limited edition books and prints. Chip earned a BA from Clark University and an MFA from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Working as both a fine artist and a commercial artist, he has exhibited and been collected nationally and internationally. Collections include: Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Walker Art Center, The Getty Center, New York Public Library, Library of Congress, The British Library and, the Whitney Museum of American Art Library. Chip has served as the president of the Ampersand Club (founded in 1930 to foster an appreciation of the historic and artistic importance of the printed book) and has been a member of the Artist Advisory Committee at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and a faculty member of the College of Visual Arts. For more than a decade, he has taught workshops in letterpress printing, bookbinding and photography throughout the United States.

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