John Balkwill
John Balkwill is a book artist and printmaker residing in Santa Barbara, California, where he operates the Lumino Press, which is dedicated to producing handprinted and bound limited-edition books as well as prints. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Institute for the Book Arts at the University of Alabama, where he studied under the internationally-recognized private press printer, Gabriel Rummonds. He also studied at St. Mary's College in Rome. Balkwill learned the techniques of wood engraving from John DePol, the dean of American wood engravers, and studied Japanese woodblock printmaking with Akira Kurosaki,... [more]
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