Ray Tomasso's studio is a 15-minute drive from the Rocky Mountains on Highway 285 and a five-minute walk to public transportation to downtown Denver.
Inter-Ocean Curiosity Studio
In 1975 Ray Tomasso founded the Inter-Ocean Curiosity Studio in an industrial loft above the Zimmer Printing Company at 1218 Harney Street in the Old Market district in Omaha. The demolition of the building by Omaha's urban renewal program prompted Tomasso’s relocation to Colorado in 1977.
Since 1980 the Inter-Ocean Curiosity Studio has been located in Englewood, just south of Denver, Colorado. It offers custom handmade paper and pulp, and workshops, apprenticeships and internships in papermaking and letterpress printing. The studio also includes tools and equipment for bookbinding, woodworking, metalworking, ceramics and glass.
An extensive library of books, periodicals and ephemera associated with papermaking, printing, printmaking, book arts, graphic design, sculpture, fine art and related topics of interest are located on-site.
The studio includes a 1917 house with 1920s corner store attached. The store was converted to a lunch room to serve workers at the General Iron Works, a huge industrial facility that once occupied the lot to the north. For more details, take our studio tour!