We are pleased to announce the award from Awagami Factory. The annual SGCI Awagami Paper Award is awarded to an outstanding printmaking student who best considers paper as an integral part of their printed works. The award of 100 sheets of ‘Awagami Editioning’ papers will be shipped directly to the student by Awagami Papermill in Japan.

EMMETT MERRILL

Emmett Merrill received his BFA in Printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute. Upon graduation, he moved to Saint Louis to spend the next two years working as a press assistant and crew member at Tom Huck’s Evil Prints. He currently resides in Knoxville, TN where he is wrapping up his first year of Graduate school at the university of Tennessee, Knoxville.