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Platemark: prints and the printmaking ecosystem

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March 26, 2024

Platemark s3e53 the print ecosystem: Carol Wax (part two)

In s3e53 of Platemark, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig conclude their conversation with Carol Wax, artist and author of The Mezzotint: History and Technique. In this second half, we talk about how all copper plates are not created equal, the intricacies of inking a mezzotint plate, the number of…

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March 12, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Andrew Raftery on the intimidation factor in prints

A clip from s3e54, in which @platemarkpodcast host Ann Shafer talks with Andrew Raftery about transfer dinnerware and hand-printed wallpapers.

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March 12, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Andrew Raftery on the beauty of engraving

A clip from s3e54, in which @platemarkpodcast host Ann Shafer talks with Andrew Raftery, artist, professor, scholar. Andrew works in several modes, most notably in engraving. Andrew reminisces about a history of prints class he took at Yale University with Richard Field.

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March 12, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Andrew Raftery on the beauty of engraving

A clip from s3e54, in which @platemarkpodcast host Ann Shafer talks with Andrew Raftery, artist, professor, scholar. Andrew works in several modes, most notably in engraving. In this clip Andrew talks about the beauty of engraving and why it's his favored technique.

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March 12, 2024

Platemark s3e52 the print ecosystem: Carol Wax (part one)

In s3e52 of Platemark, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig talk with Carol Wax, artist and author of The Mezzotint: History and Technique. Carol recently published the second edition of The Mezzotint, expanding greatly in every area from the 1990 first edition. As she tells us, there is a better…

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Feb. 28, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Carol Wax on when photography killed mezzotint

Platemark s3e52 guest Carol Wax talks about how the invention of photography in the mid 19th century killed the entire industry of reproductive mezzotints.

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Feb. 28, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Carol Wax on her disinterest in learning perspective

Platemark s3e52 guest Carol Wax talks about how she prefers looking at and drawing objects close-up rather than from a distance.

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Feb. 28, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Carol Wax on testing the sizing in paper

Platemark s3e52 guest Carol Wax talks about how she tests how much sizing is the paper she is about to print her mezzotints on.

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Feb. 28, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Carol Wax on rocking copper plates for mezzotint

Platemark s3e52 guest Carol Wax talks about whether it's possible to overrock a plate.

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Feb. 28, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Carol Wax on getting out of a creative dead end

Platemark s3e52 guest Carol Wax talks about how she unblocks herself when she is stuck creatively.

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Feb. 27, 2024

Platemark s3e51 the print ecosystem: Chris Santa Maria

In s3e51, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Chris Santa Maria, artist and gallery director at Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl. As director of the New York gallery, Chris is responsible for showcasing and selling the print output of the storied LA workshop to enable it to keep working…

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Feb. 21, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Chris Santa Maria on the differences in immediacy between painting and printmaking

@platemarkpodcast guest Chris Santa Maria talks about being a painter and enjoying the immediacy that technique affords him, rather than the slowed down process of printmaking.

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Feb. 21, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Chris Santa Maria on the social hierarchy in the art world

@platemarkpodcast guest Chris Santa Maria talks about navigating the social hierarchy in the art world.

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Feb. 21, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Chris Santa Maria on grad school versus work

@platemarkpodcast guest Chris Santa Maria talks about taking his position at Joni Weyl is his version of grad school.

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Feb. 21, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Chris Santa Maria on how much it takes to run the workshop

@platemarkpodcast guest Chris Santa Maria talks about how many prints he needs to sell to sustain the workshop.

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Feb. 21, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Chris Santa Maria on how art can change you

@platemarkpodcast guest Chris Santa Maria talks about how collectors tell him that the art they've collected has changed them.

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Feb. 13, 2024

Platemark s3e50 the print ecosystem: Allison Tolman

In s3e50, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Allison Tolman, a private dealer handling prints by contemporary Japanese artists. The Tolman Collection has branches in Tokyo and New York and works with a range of artists. Allison is a second-generation dealer—her father heads up the Tokyo branch while Allison is…

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Feb. 2, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Allison Tolman on helping figure out Japanese print inscriptions

@platemarkpodcast guest Allison Tolman talks about helping museum curators figure out their contemporary print collections.

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Feb. 2, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Allison Tolman on the mistake of dissolving museum print departments

@platemarkpodcast guest Allison Tolman talks about the problems with museum directors handing off prints to various subject specific curators.

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Feb. 2, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Allison Tolman on the need to see art in person #printmaking

@platemarkpodcast guest Allison Tolman is a dealer in contemporary Japanese prints.

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Jan. 30, 2024

Platemark s3e49 the print ecosystem: Valpuri Remling

In s3e49, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Valpuri Remling, collaborative printer and manager of the pro workshop at Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, which was established in 1960 by the legendary June Wayne in order to preserve and promote the art of lithography. Valpuri, a native of…

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Jan. 23, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Valpuri Remling on Tamarind contract printing services #printmakingpodcast

A clip from Platemark podcast's s3e49 in which Valpuri Remling talks about how artists can apply to have students execute an edition.

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Jan. 23, 2024

Platemark SHORTS: Valpuri Remling on being all in #printmakingpodcast #tamarindinstitute

Short from Platemark podcast's s3e49 in which Valpuri Remling talks about living and breathing and crossing oceans to work in lithography.

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Jan. 16, 2024

Platemark s3e48 the print ecosystem: Deb Chaney

In episode s3e48, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Deb Chaney, Tamarind-trained master printer specializing in lithography. She has an eponymous imprint, Deb Chaney Editions and has started a new venture with Stéphane Guilbaud—D&S Fine Art Editions—whom she recently married. They have studios in Upstate New York (studio to be…

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