Bill Ritchie Work in Washington State
in the
Mark & Bridget Nowlin Collection
No image of was made of No. 29 at the time
it was made, therefore a substitute image is used
until such time as Mark's press is photographed
.
Legacy Mini Halfwood Press No. 29
About Mark Nowlin: Mark is an award-winning illustrator for the Seattle Times, also a wood carver and designer. His a Web site at http://www.marknowlin.com/index.html, features examples of his news illustration and individualized creations, photographed by Bridget, who is the Visual Arts Librarian at Cornish College of the Arts and Registrar at the Monsen Collection, Seattle.
Specifications: Made in 2007. Legacy Mini Halfwood Press. Serial No. 60029. Black walnut, ipe, steel, plastic, brass.
Comment: The Nowlins, Bridget and Mark, saw Bill demonstrating at the 2007 Seattle Print Fair, and they posed for the Web picture, below. She and other family members pooled their resources to get Mark his Mini for his birthday later that year.
Above: In 2016,
the two created an edition of 100 Halloween cards, printed on their Legacy Halfwood Press.
At the
2007 Seattle Print FairBridget and Mark watched the Mini Halfwood in action.
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