episode 54 : newton paul
In this episode Miranda speaks with Newton Paul. Newton is a collector and researcher of African American and Cuban prints from both contemporary and historical artists. Print friends, get out your pen and paper out for this one, Newton is a fountain of knowledge and resources when it comes to these subjects and you’ll learn about incredible new printmakers. Newton shares with us how a chance encounter at the Harlem Fine Art Show started him on his journey into the world of printmaking, his t...
5 Aug 20201h 2min
episode 53 : satoru itazu
In this episode Miranda speaks with Satoru Itazu. Satoru has been a collaborative lithographer for over three decades running a compact studio on the outskirts of Tokyo where he produces meticulous, high-end editions. He is a generous teacher and his Instagram account is known for in depth instructional videos and collaborations with artists from around the world. In this episode we talk about how his study of lithography took him from Japan, to Washington State, to the Tamarind Institute, to...
28 Juli 202048min
episode 52 : karen oremus
In this episode Miranda speaks with Karen Oremus. Oremus worked for fifteen years as an Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Creative Enterprises at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, where she was responsible for the establishment and development of the first printmaking studio and printmaking discipline in the nation's capital on the Abu Dhabi. She is also an accomplished printmaker whose practice explores the unpredictability and fragility of life from both a universal...
21 Juli 20201h
episode 51 : brian robinson
In this episode Miranda speaks with Brian Robinson, a Torres Strait Islander printmaker who currently lives in Cairns, Queensland. Brian works in large scale relief prints, on average measuring one by two meters and each centimetre is filled with a dense iconography of colonial history, pop culture, and traditional Torres Strait Islander motifs. So in other words, he works big and thinks big, all with a playful lightness of being. We talk about his practice of interweaving images of pop cultu...
15 Juli 202055min
episode 50 : the dox thrash house
In this episode Miranda speaks with Maya Thomas and Chris Mulford about their project to save the Dox Thrash House. Dox (1893-1965) was the co-inventory of the mezzotint carborundum process, the first African American to be hired at the Fine Print Shop of Philadelphia, and a pillar of the arts community. His house is located in the historic Sharswood neighbourhood in Philadelphia but now sits vacant. Maya and Chris are looking to change that through an ambitious crowdfunding campaign to raise...
7 Juli 202042min
episode 49 : MIRIAM
In this episode Miranda speaks with MIRIAM. She is a Spanish artist who, through her study of textiles, received an invitation to visit India and learn traditional woodblock carving from artists who have been practicing the craft going back generations. She now travels the world with her woodblocks, using them as stencils for her hand-poked tattoo practice as well as her textile arts. We’ll talk about travel, adornment, the similarities between fabric and skin, the surprising historical and c...
30 Juni 202057min
episode 48 : ryan o'malley
In this episode Miranda speaks with Ryan O’Malley. Ryan joined me from his studio in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he is currently the Associate Professor of Printmaking and Graduate Coordinator at Texas A&M University. He went to the University of South Dakota to study art on a track scholarship, where he was, as you’ll hear, cruelly tricked into studying printmaking but he has never looked back. We had a wonderful chat about printmaking, teaching, Ryan breaking his neck, and getting...
23 Juni 202055min
episode 47 : ellen heck
In this episode Miranda speaks with Ellen Heck. Ellen is an artist whose brain is matched by her artistic brawn. Her prints are beautiful, contemplative portraits of women as well as abstracted colour field studies she creates using a technique of woodcut and drypoint. She is someone who thinks deeply about her process and product and, just like your humble host, received her BA in philosophy so we get into the nature of identity and how it relates to printmaking and do a deep dive into some ...
16 Juni 202057min
