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Susan Lowdermilk

Eugene, Oregen

Susan Lowdermilk is a printmaker and book artists who teaches studio art and graphic design courses at Lane Community College. She became interested in artists¡¯ books while doing her MFA with Peggy Prentice in printmaking at the University of Oregon and was also influenced by Sandy Tilcock of Lone Goose Press with whom she has worked on a number of fine press projects. Her books have been collected by many museums and libraries, including the New York Public Library, the Getty Museum, the Library of Congress, the Portland Art Museum and the University of Oregon. She enjoys using traditional printmaking processes in her work but also uses computer technology and is influenced by contemporary graphics, typographic design and fine arts.

Secret
2005
Edition of 5
Cyanotype paper, rubberstamp text; housed in a burnt Altoids box.
Quote by Rumi.
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On What Might Have Been Our Anniversary

2005
Edition of 5
Woodcut monotype on Zerkal Frankfurt paper; printed on a Takach etching press with laserprinted text.
Poem by artist poet, Jeanine Hathaway.

Dreams
2005
Edition of 15
Multiple block woodcut on Masa paper with PVC pipe scroll ends; pillow box paper is Stonehenge black; printed on a Takach etching press.
Quote from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

Momento Mori
2005
Edition of 15
Multiple block woodcut on Stonehenge paper printed on a Takach etching press.
Quote by Shakespeare.