INVENTOR & PRINTMAKER, CONE EDITIONS PRESS
Development lead: PiezoDN Dig Negs, Direct to Plate Photogravure, Piezography Pro Ink, Piezography Ink (reformulation), UltraHD MK Ink, Calibration/Linearization Teaching: Workshops in digital printmaking: gravure, platinum/palladium, piezography Printmaking: for artists world-wide. Orders at VPI: Inventory lifecycle management and production at Vermont Photo Inkjet. Sales/Purchases: Sales and POs at Vermont Photo Inkjet
LAB COORDINATOR, LIGHT WORK
Coordination: Rebuilt Classes and Curriculum, Lab Coordinator (Budgeting, Hiring, Community Relations, Management), Rebuilt Lab Website, Gutted and Renovated the Labs and Production Facilities Invention: Invented the inverted curve concept for Piezography digital negatives (later developed into PiezoDN) Printmaking: for artists world-wide and artists-in-residence
LEAD FOUNDER, LATITUDE CHICAGO: 501c3 Community Digital Lab
Equipment: Donated $60,000->$120,000 in seed equipment to the lab. Lease: Paid the lease on a 3500 sq ft studio for one year during Latitude’s startup phase from profits as a printmaker in the space. Community: Helped foster a community of 100+ lab-members, co-founders, volunteers. Teaching: Drum scanning, inkjet printing, Piezography printing, also taught a post-production class at SAIC. Invention: Overglossed Color Inkjet printing Printmaking: for artists world-wide
FOUNDER, BLACK POINT EDITIONS
Printmaking: digital printmaking for artists world-wide specifically with Piezography. Black Point Editions was pivotal in transitioning many of the top artists in the Chicago region from traditional photographic workflows to mixed digital/analogue or entirely digital all with the finest-quality print being the end-goal. Two pillars of the Chicago art community sprang out of Black Point Editions: Latitude Chicago (a non-profit digital lab) and Document (a production studio and gallery).
