About Peter and Donna Thomas

Peter and Donna Thomas are book artists: papermakers, letterpress printers, hand bookbinders and visual artists. They have created of over 150 fine press editions and artist books including:

To learn more about us and to see all the books we make check out our web site: http://members.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna

John Muir Together they enjoy camping, hiking and cross country skiing. Both of them have hiked the John Muir Trail (which runs from Yosemite to Mt. Whitney, about 211 miles) several times.

From 1975-1990 they worked at California's Renaissance Pleasure Faire and the Great Dickens Christmas Fair, where in period costumes and a setting to recreate another time, they sold their books and gave public demonstrations of the historic craft of hand papermaking.

They have written a bookbinding textbook titled "More Making Books By Hand" (Rockport/Quarry Books). They have taught book arts classes across the country and often give public lectures on the history and future of the book as art. Their work and a full CV can be found on their website.

 

 

News and Articles about the MRR

March/April 2018

This is the 150th anniversary of Muir's walk. Three articles came out:

Fine Books

The Sacramento Bee

California Sun

August 2016

Cindy Ross wrote an article for Adventure Cyclist in the August/September issue: Link to article

December 2014

BBC has published an article about the MRR packaged with a series called "Turning Points" about revolutionary moments in history: http://www.bbc.com/travel/feature/20150109-the-trip-that-changed-national-parks-forever

May 2013

The Santa Cruz Metro's front page story uses the term we coined "Urban Backpacking" as its title and includes interviews with us about the Muir Ramble Route. Click here to see it online:

October 2011

David Page has just followed the whole Muir Ramble Route on a bike, in seven days. He wrote an article about his trip that can be read in the October issue of Air Tran's Go inflight magazine. Click here to see it online. or here to hear an interview with David.

Magazine and newspaper articles about Peter and Donna Thomas's walks across California:
 (Sorry we got lazy and didn't record any published in 2009-2010.)

Article in the Union Democrat, Monday February 7. 2008

Front Page Article in the SF Chronicle, June 4, 2007

Article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, March 30, 2006

Article in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 2, 2006

The Chronicle article with more photos

Article in the Oakland Tribune, April 7, 2006

Article in the The Delhi Express, April, 2006

Article in the Modesto Bee, April 27, 2006

Article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday May 14, 2006

Article in the Gilroy Dispatch, April 21, 2007

Article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Monday June 4, 2007