Inge Bruggeman has been making and publishing fine press artist's books under her imprint INK-A! Press since 1992. In addition you will find related art work by Inge including prints, print-objects and other mixed media works.
You can read articles about my work on Betty Bright's blog (just scroll to 6/17/09) AND in Fine Books Magazine. Please inquire about an on-line catalog for Fresh Impressions, an exhibition on contemporary letterpress printing that I organized and co-curated at the Hoffman Gallery in 2008. Special announcement! I am teaching for the 2011/2012 academic year in the Graduate Program for Book & Paper Arts in the Interdisciplinary Arts Department at Columbia College Chicago. I am on leave from my regular institution, the Oregon College of Art & Craft .Here are a few pictures from a recent solo exhibition in the Collins Gallery at the downtown library in Portland.
BOOKS
BROADSIDES
Linotype
Days
Write-Out
First Black Quartet: Via Tasso
7 Haiku on Death
The Death of Vishnu
Stanza 9
Oxygen Man
MIXED MEDIA
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Separated #1-11
Red
El Lissitzky
Eat My Words
PRINTS
Ineffable
Blue
Statements
Scrabrrrrraanng
Vibrrrrrare
Now I'm Jumping
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Owned and operated by Inge Bruggeman since January, 2000, Textura specializes in commission collaborations with artists, designers, publishers and individual letterpress enthusiasts. Textura is a master letterpress and book arts studio focusing on artist books, limited editions, and unique design projects.
Interested in learning about letterpress printing? I offer private workshops in my studio, catered to fit your specific interests (beg. to adv., designers, artists, calligraphers, etc.), email/call for more info. Visit www.ingesclasses.blogspot.com to see student work from OCAC and various workshops. I travel regularly to lecture and give workshops. I recently worked with the graduate students at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and will be visiting The Center for Book Arts in NY in the Spring to teach a photopolymer intaglio workshop. Special announcement! Business operations will be on hold during the Spring of 2011 as I will be in Marseille, France at the Atelier Vis-a-Vis as artist-in-residence. BOOKS
UNIQUE DESIGN PROJECTS
Mickey Mantle Koan
POSTERS
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
WINE LABELS
Big Table Farm
Abbot's Table
Black Cap
Bergstrom