About

I started making Letterbugs in 1999 as a part of Saint Paul’s annual Art Crawl. While walking my dog Sal down the alley behind my house, I pondered the not-so-lowly ants that were going about their business. Art that crawls…bugs made of type…it was a match made on blacktop. At least that’s how I recall it.

I’m a third-generation letterpress printer based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. My Letterbugs are printed on 140-year-old presses with type designed in 19th-century. They have a sturdy, “I’m going to be here long after you” attitude, just like insects.

 Exhibitions

Since 2002, I’ve exhibited my Letterbugs throughout the United States and Europe.

March 2023: University of Udine and Trieste, Italy

2021, Tipoteca Italiana. Cornuda, Italy.

2015, Haley Gallery at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Nashville, Tennessee.

2011, Gutenberg Museum. Mainz, Germany.

2010, Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum. Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

 Press

Termites Are Not the Only Bugs to Feast on Wood by Steven Heller. Print Magazine, February 2021.

We’re Just Making It Up with Emma Dalenberg. August 2021.

Tangents with Cory Loven. February 2018.