Simon J. Blattner

Simon Blattner is a managing partner at SF Bay LTD and the owner and publisher of Eastside Editions, a fine arts print studio and publisher, which he established in 2000. Eastside Editions specializes in etchings printed on both handmade and mouldmade paper. He was a visiting scholar at the American Academy in Rome, where he researched the history of paper. While in Rome, he taught papermaking at Temple University. Blattner apprenticed in handmade papermaking at Magnolia Editions in Oakland from 1985 to 1990. He dedicates much of his time to his Eastside Editions studios, where he’s published several handmade books now in the rare-book collections of Stanford University, St. Mary’s College, and several major private book collections. Blattner made the paper used for these small editions. For 25 years, Blattner was CEO of Rittenhouse Paper Company prior to its sale to Nashua Corporation, where he continued as a consultant until 2006.

In 1999, Blattner received the Northwestern Alumni Association Award of Merit. He’s a director emeritus of Sonoma Valley Museum of Art and sits on the advisory boards of Hand Papermaking and La Luz. Additionally, he’s a member of the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA). Blattner earned his bachelor of arts in political science from Northwestern University.