{"id":5316,"date":"2011-09-15T11:54:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T16:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artorg.info\/?page_id=5316"},"modified":"2014-03-12T09:59:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T14:59:06","slug":"poska","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/?page_id=5316","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c1\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/poska-sentinels-480.jpg\" alt=\"poska sentinels 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"291\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/poska-sentinels-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/poska-sentinels-480-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/poska-sentinels-480-247x150.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roland Poska is an artist, papermaker, fine-art printer and publisher. Examples of his influence are seen in his own sculptural and two-dimensional paper pulp work which can be seen on his website.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Roland&#8217;s influence can also be seen in the great tradition of collaborating printmaking in such tour de force projects with artist John Doyle and their Great Human Race series with comprised some seventy editions representing great people in human history. One becomes even more struck to realize that each of these seventy many-color editions on white paper also had a monochrome edition pulled on Poska&#8217;s own handmade tinted paper stock.<br \/>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157641078054315_9412\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-gallery sf-lightbox\"><ul><li class=\"active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7445\/12573222405_276c985519.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7445\/12573222405_276c985519_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland with some friends.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3724\/12573222745_175d272434.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3724\/12573222745_175d272434_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland with some friends.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3768\/12573327613_a2e4a91055.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3768\/12573327613_a2e4a91055_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland holding the frontispiece to the &amp;quot;Genetic Messages&amp;quot; print suite in from of Rockford's Ziock Building.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7303\/12573327863_6c20941387.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7303\/12573327863_6c20941387_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland holding the frontispiece to the &amp;quot;Genetic Messages&amp;quot; print suite in from of Rockford's Ziock Building.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3771\/12573672894_809293d412.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/3771\/12573672894_809293d412_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland with one of his paper pulp of a &amp;quot;sunspot&amp;quot;, the edge of the &amp;quot;Ziock Project&amp;quot; and the Ziock Building itself.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2817\/12573328843_45a086df50.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2817\/12573328843_45a086df50_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland with one of his paper pulp of a &amp;quot;sunspot&amp;quot;, the edge of the &amp;quot;Ziock Project&amp;quot; and the Ziock Building itself.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2866\/12573224845_3939860e92.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2866\/12573224845_3939860e92_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Photo with a Poska Sunspot.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7309\/12573260385_27c4654849.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7309\/12573260385_27c4654849_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland with his print &amp;quot;An Educated Pig&amp;quot; pulled with ancient Fuchs &amp;amp; Lang purple ink.\" title=\"Roland Poska\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6059\/5909710163_38f93398dd.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6059\/5909710163_38f93398dd_s.jpg\"  alt=\"On the way home a giant Fishy Whale appeared in the sky!\" title=\"Giant Fishy Whale in the Sky\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6011\/5910267216_f5e88ed6a9.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6011\/5910267216_f5e88ed6a9_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland Poska organizing the photo at the crossroads of State and Main.\" title=\"4th of July Rockford\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8159\/7515802286_051f8a7de9.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8159\/7515802286_051f8a7de9_s.jpg\"  alt=\"'Nuff said.\" title=\"Capri Pizza\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8444\/7939033320_85878fddd1.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8444\/7939033320_85878fddd1_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland Poska held a signing event at the Minnesota State Fair in 2012.\" title=\"Poska at State Fair\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2889\/9303151269_e663cc06af.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2889\/9303151269_e663cc06af_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland Poska at the corner of State and Main with an early form of the &amp;quot;Ziock Project&amp;quot;.\" title=\"Ziock\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8815\/17071502647_bbd541cb94.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8815\/17071502647_bbd541cb94_s.jpg\"   title=\"Rockford CGTN LIon Show\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8747\/17090507560_156691aca1.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8747\/17090507560_156691aca1_s.jpg\"  alt=\"Roland Poska regularly speaks at the open mic of the Rockford, Illinois City Council, and this day he gave a couple of minutes to ArtOrg ED Dave Machacek to talk about the Children's Gift to Norway.\" title=\"Rockford CGTN Lion Show\" \/><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8781\/17277542831_b100eb2c37.jpg\"  ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8781\/17277542831_b100eb2c37_s.jpg\"   title=\"Rockford CGTN Lion Show\" \/><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157641078054315_9412\").data(\"options\",{\"caption\":true,\"desc\":true,\"auto\":true,\"pause\":5000,\"speed\":500,\"mode\":\"fade\",\"dynamic\":true,\"dynamicEl\":[{\"thumb\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/7445\\\/12573222405_276c985519_s.jpg\",\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/7445\\\/12573222405_276c985519.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Roland Poska\",\"desc\":\"Roland with some friends.\"},{\"thumb\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/3724\\\/12573222745_175d272434_s.jpg\",\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/3724\\\/12573222745_175d272434.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Roland Poska\",\"desc\":\"Roland with some friends.\"},{\"thumb\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/3768\\\/12573327613_a2e4a91055_s.jpg\",\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/live.staticflickr.com\\\/3768\\\/12573327613_a2e4a91055.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Roland Poska\",\"desc\":\"Roland holding the frontispiece to the &quot;Genetic Messages&quot; 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