DAN WOOD is the founder and driving force (for better or worse!) at the shop.   After a brief stint studying history at McGill University in Montreal, he received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1994, and was soon off and running in the printing world. He has continued his education in print by learning the crafts of offset lithographic and letterpress printing in commercial print shops from Washington, D.C. to Providence, Rhode Island.  His own artwork has been shown nationally and internationally, and is represented in many private and public collections, including the print collections of Wheaton College, the New York Public Library, RISD Museum of Art, and soon to be at the Iraqi National Library.  He is an adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of design, and his own work can be found here!

LOIS HARADA joined DWRI in 2011, just a year after graduating from RISD with a BFA in Printmaking. Lois is the Social Stationery Manager at the shop and can guide you through all your print needs from save the dates to invites to thank you cards and more. She currently serves as Board Chair at New Urban Arts, a nonprofit offering free, after school art programming to high school age students.

She exhibits her own work locally and nationally. Prints and projects can be seen on her website or on Instagram.

HOPE ANDERSON came to DWRI in 2013 after grauating from RISD in 2013.  She is the main production force on the C and P, Vandercook, Foil Stamper, Linotype, Ludlow, Stitcher, and many other machines too numerous and heavy to mention.  HOPE is a printmaker and animator, and her own work can be seen at www.hope-anderson.com.

TOM SPRENKLE has been at DWRI since 2018, after having studying graphic design and working in letterpress for a dozen or so years on the West Coast. Sometimes known as Production Coordinator (or something similar) he can be found working on price quotes, sweeping the floor, moving heavy machines, ordering and then cutting paper, prepping digital artwork for film output, making plates, wrapping and packing finished jobs, stacking and re-stacking the shipping boxes, occasionally even printing, etc., all in an attempt to nudge production along and forestall shop inertia.