About EMprint Press

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ABOUT EMPRINT
EMprint Press was started in 2004 by Emily Johnson in Berkeley, California. In 2006 EMprint relocated to a cattle ranch in South Dakota, which has been in Emily's family for four generations. Then in the Fall of 2008, new presses were aquired to start a second studio in Portland, Oregon. The new shop is located within YU, a burgeoning contemporary art center. Emily now splits her time between the two locations. Julia Gfrörer joined EMprint in 2011, as a production assistant and wholesale manager. EMprint has always ventured to provide ecologically-responsible design and printing to anyone who values fine craftsmanship. We hold high standards for the work we create and love to take on 'impossible' challenges.

ABOUT EMILY
Emily has a degree in physics from Reed College. She likes to discover how things work and fix them when they are broken. She loves anything finely crafted by hand. Letterpress brings these two things together, with lots of hand washing in-between. Though mostly self-taught, Emily has always had an appreciation of and respect for the traditions of fine printing. While back on the ranch, Emily lends a hand, particularly when there are orphan baby calves to care for. She also keeps busy with the family business - George Paul Vinegars - making traditional-style gourmet vinegars. In 2008, she designed and helped build their 'vinegary' utilizing strawbale construction. While in Portland, Emily also assists with letterpress instruction at Reed College and prints with Veneer Magazine.

ABOUT JULIA
Julia is a comics artist and letterpress printer from Concord, New Hampshire. She earned a BFA in printmaking from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle, Washington in 2004, and moved to Portland in 2007. She was nominated for a 2010 Ignatz Award in the "Outstanding Comic" category and her work appears in 2011's Best American Comics anthology. A devotee of obsolete technology, in her spare time Julia enjoys reading medieval poetry and playing the theremin.