Instructors

Michele Brown is currently Book Conservator at Cornell University, and spent 6 years as Bookbinder-In-Residence at Wells College Book Arts Center.  She has taught many workshops in Japanese and western bookbinding techniques.

Sarah Bryant is currently the Victor Hammer Fellow at Wells College. She earned her B.A. from Vasser College and her M.F.A. from the University of Alabama.

Pamela Drix is one of the Shop's founders and serves on The Ink Shop Board of Directors. She earned a BA in printmaking from Kalamazoo College and an M.A. in Art from SUNY Oswego. Her original design work can be found on CDs with Vector Art Technologies in Horseheads, NY.   Pamela also teaches printmaking at Ithaca College's Art Department. See her website at www.pameladrix.com/

Rebecca Godin has an MA, four NYS teaching certifications, and has received numerous grants and awards.  She exhibits and curates extensively, especially thematic, multimedia and feminist shows. See her website at www.rebeccagodin.com

Dorothee Goldman holds a BFA in graphic and paper design from Alfred University and a BA in biology from the University of Oregon.  She has taught elementary school science, holds two patents for estrogen-evaluating processes, and is the founder and president of Oratel Corporation, which performs research on saliva diagnostics.  She spent a total of six years in Nepal working with USAID and the Peace Corps.

Joe Lamarre  obtained his BFA in Communication Design from Metropolitan State College of Denver. His letterpress work has been published several times since he was first introduced to the craft back in the late 90’s by Tom Parson (Now It’s Up To You Publications) and Rick Griffith (MATTER, a Denver design studio). Presently, Joe divides his design time between his collaborative work with ART & ANTHROPOLOGY and his own letterpress studio, SAID Press.

Craig Mains is a BFA graduate of Cleveland Institute of Art and studied printmaking at Cornell.  He currently serves on our Board of Directors as Vice President, and shares his design and computer graphic skills in all areas of our shop. 

Tim Merrick is a graduate of Rhode Island School Of Design. He received the commission to design sculptural elements for the Route 96 bridge project in Ithaca. He was the 1996 Ithaca festival artist. He has participated in the Sculpture Space Residency program in Utica, NY and was an Associate Artist at the Contemporary Artist Center in North Adams, MA. Merrick’s work has been included in the Art In Embassy Program and has been reviewed in Art NewEngland and Sculpture. He exhibits regularly in New York State and the North East.  See his website at www.timmerrick.com

Kadie Salfi was thet 2009-2010 Kahn Family Fellow at The Ink Shop.  She comes from California, where she worked at Gemini and Crown Point Press.  See her website at www.kadiesalfi.com/

Caleb Russell Thomas is a local artist and the Ink Shop’s 2007-2008 HPK Fellow. His series Balancing On Rooftops acts as a metaphor for climbing out of daily routine.

Christa Wolf has an MFA in printmaking from Cornell University.  She has taught art and printmaking at Cornell University, Syracuse University, The Johnson Museum of Art, and in Berlin, Germany.  She is one of the shop’s founders, and serves on the Board of Directors.  She is a master printer and has worked closely with Kumi Korf in this capacity.