Frank was born in Maryville, Tennessee, in the foothills of the Great Smokey Mountains, and currently lives near Dillsboro, North Carolina. He is a 2005 graduate of the M.F.A. in the Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama and is proprietor of SpeakEasy Press. He previously studied Physics (M.S., 1991 and B.S., Phi Beta Kappa, 1987) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The limited edition, letterpress books that Frank produces are held in several special collections libraries in the United States and England as well as with private collectors. His most recent monograph focuses upon research into the Cherokee Phoenix newspaper of northern Georgia, 1828-1834. In 2008 Frank was lead letterpress printer for the Penland School of Crafts Winter Residency in Letterpress.

For more information on Frank visit his website: www.speakeasypress.com

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Heather Hietala (formerly Allen-Swarttouw) is a studio artist creating with cloth, ceramic and mixed media. She received her BFA in painting and sculpture from the University of New Hampshire and her MFA in textiles from the University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth. She exhibited and taught throughout the United States, Canada, Japan, Nepal, Thailand and Singapore. Creating a personal reference library of creative journals has given her insights and propelled her in her current creative explorations. She wrote “Journaling and My Creative Process” that appeared in the Summer 2003 issue of Surface Design Journal.

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