Tomas Lasansky
"Coming from a family of printmakers, French Tool has consistently provided customized etching presses that have met each of our specific needs. I began printing on my father's French Tool when I was a teenager, ordered my first press in 1979, and ordered a second smaller press in 2010. Over the years, more than 25 fellow printmakers have also ordered their own custom French Tool presses after using mine. Today, 7 of my family members, over 3 generations, are printing on French Tools because no other press can satisfy their unique demands within the intaglio medium. I personally feel French Tools are the best intaglio presses being made today and highly recommend them. "
Artist/ Printmaker
Lasansky Studios
Bio
Tomas Lasansky
-B.F.A. University of Iowa, 1979
-M.A. University of Iowa, 1983
-M.F.A. University of Iowa, 1984
Tomas Lasansky has lived and worked in Iowa City, IA since he was born in 1957. He is the owner and director of the Lasansky Gallery & Studio where he shows his work and that of other Iowa artists, and runs an active print shop which includes 2 American French Tool etching presses. Since 1980, Tomas Lasansky's work has been included in more than 120 exhibitions, including 30 one-man shows and has been extensively collected both publically and privately. A catalogue raisonne of his work, Tomas Lasansky: Icons and Muses, was published in 2010. His work can be seen by appointment at his Iowa City gallery or at his website www.LasanskyStudio.com.
