History of Tullis Studio

Garner Tullis; my father, started Experimental Impressions Graphic Workshop in Philadelphia, Pa during the early sixties. His vision was to collaborate with artists to push the boundaries of paper, paper making  and fine art printing by using experimental techniques not embraced by the establishment of the time. His efforts to break printmaking norms of his time garnered him a Fulbright scholarship in sculpture for his monumental embossed paper works. He headed to Florence Italy to learn bronze casting. After his studies in Florence foundries it was a journey to the west coast of America to pursue graduate studies at Stanford University. During these years  opened a bronze foundry with skills he learned in Florence Italy. In the early seventies Garner opened the International Institute of Experimental Printmaking in Santa Cruz, California. I was eleven when I got my first job after school at the IIEP, I learned the art of hand paper making, etching and monoprinting after school and on weekends.