Brianna Tosswill

Brianna Tosswill is an artist who expresses herself and others in print and book format. Under the name Penrose Press she collaborates with various creatives in Canada to present storytelling in beautiful, physical detail, and to amplify marginalized voices and perspectives. She explores the limits and unique opportunities of letterpress printmaking in her work and is preoccupied with geometry and mathematics. She obtained her BFA in Printmaking with distinction from OCAD University in 2017, and spent two years as an active member at Open Studio in Toronto. She is currently working out of SNAP Printshop in Edmonton, Alberta.

www.penrosepress.ca | @penrosepress

Instructing: 

• One of SNAP’s Intricate Linocut Carving Instructors
• Tailored Printmaking Program areas of expertise include:
  • Reduction linocut, intricate carving techniques, letterpress printing and superfine registration, multi-block printing
  • Basic bookbinding structures (not hardcover or leather binding) and planning book projects from start to finish.