About
Mandolin Brassaw
Letterpress Printer
Mandolin Brassaw grew up in Oregon’s Willamette Valley and moved up the I-5 corridor to Seattle in 2010. She began to explore letterpress printing and book arts in 2005 while working on her dissertation–using it as a way to get out of her head and make something with her hands–and she has been printing in one way or another ever since. She earned a PhD in American Literature from the University of Oregon and taught at Seattle University for a number of years before leaving academia and opening Grapheme’s retail doors in 2015. Mandolin’s intention with Grapheme, and printmaking in general, is to encourage others towards greater creativity, purposefulness, and a love of learning.
Claire Jauregui
WordPress Muddler
Claire Jauregui was born in Chico, California, and has called Seattle home since 2004. Claire started Orange Twist, a line of eco-friendly goods in 2008 as a way to foster connections between people while injecting humor and handcrafted design into everyday life. In 2017 Claire began organizing Screenprinting Work Parties to foster creativity and political engagement and furthered this work with co-applicant Mandolin Brassaw; in 2017, 2018 and 2020, respectively, they designed and created several postcard series available free to the public with the intention to increase voter turnout.
www.screenprintingworkparty.com
www.clairejauregui.com
www.orangetwistcards.com