Roslyn Moresh

Roslyn Moresh grew up in Brooklyn New York and attended The School of Visual Arts as a painting major.  Upon graduating she moved to San Francisco and fulfilled a National Endowment of the Arts grant in puppetry. Soon after, she moved to Hawaii and continued painting and teaching watercolor workshops. While completing a degree in agriculture at the University of Hawaii she took a papermaking class for a semester. She began making books with her handmade paper.  Upon graduation from UH she worked in an archaeology lab while working on a teaching credential at the university.  She was placed on Molokai for her first teaching assignment with the Hawaii Department of Education.  During her time on Molokai she taught papermaking as well as book arts in addition to her regular teaching assignment. She was able to volunteer with the archaeologist at Kalaupapa  Historical National Park. Upon moving back to the Big Island of Hawaii she eventually created a farm, growing fruits, flowers, vegetables and wauke. Roslyn has just finished building a papermaking studio that includes an artist’s residence and hopes to have teachers from all over use the space.