North House Folk School

Erica Spitzer Rasmussen is an artist who creates handmade paper and small editions of hand-bound books. She’s an advocate of old-world techniques, including the gathering of botanical matter to produce paper fibers, natural dyes, and inks. Her current work explores issues of identity and family stories. Rasmussen is a recipient of the 2018 Minnesota Book Artist Award and various grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Other professional highlights include a papermaking residency in Vienna, Austria, a solo exhibition in Mexico City, Mexico and bookbinding residencies in Venice, Italy. Her work has been featured in such magazines as American Craft and Hand Papermaking. Rasmussen is a professor emeritus at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her work is exhibited and collected internationally.

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