Platemark Episodes
s3e73 seeking a higher meaning in art with artist-activist Art Hazelw…
In this Platemark interview, artist-activist Art Hazelwood discusses his journey as a printmaker, starting with his experience moving to San Francisco in the early 90s, where he engaged in political art through the Street Sheet newspaper. He...
s3e72 on color and abstraction with Jonathan Higgins, owner of Mannek…
In this episode of Platemark, Jonathan Higgins discusses his journey as the owner and master printer of Manneken Press, established in 2000 in Bloomington, Illinois. We talk about his early life in Berkeley, California, his initial interest in art and...
s3e71 double-drop printing with artist Art Werger
In this episode of Platemark, I interview Art Werger, a renowned printmaker and retired professor from Ohio University. We discuss Art’s extensive experience and techniques in printmaking, focusing on his work in etching and mezzotint. Art shares...
s3e70 deep deep dive on screenprinting with Leslie Diuguid
In this episode Platemark, I talk with Leslie Diuguid, owner and founder of Do-Good Press in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. Leslie shares her journey as a screenprinter and discusses the intricacies of screenprinting, including processes, challenges, and the...
s3e69 on establishing non-and for-profit printmaking workshops with C…
In this episode of Platemark, I interview Cole Rogers, a master printmaker who recently co-founded C&C Editions after his long tenure at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis. Cole talks about his journey into printmaking, his approach...
s2e34 History of Prints William Hogarth (part two)
In this History of Prints (HoP) episode, Tru and I finish talking about the life and work of William Hogarth, the father of Western sequential art. We look at and pick apart three series: Industry and Idleness, The Four Stages …
s3e68 on editioning digital embroidery with printer Judith Solodkin
In this episode of Platemark, I talk with Judith Solodkin, a renowned master printer and founder of SOLO Impression. Judith shares her extensive experience, from being the first woman to graduate from the Tamarind Master Printer program to her unique...
s3e67 on being artist and curator with Amy N. Worthen
In s3e67 of Platemark, I talk with Amy Namowitz Worthen, a distinguished engraver and curator, about her lifelong journey in printmaking. Influenced early by her artist mother, she pursued art education at Smith College and the University of Iowa,...
s3e66 Contact: Art and the Pull of Print with Jennifer Roberts
In s3e66 of Platemark, host Ann Shafer talks with Jennifer Roberts, an art historian and professor at Harvard, about her latest book, Contact: Art and the Pull of Print, which explores the intersection of intellectual and technical richness in print....
s3e65 behind the scenes with conservator Alison Luxner
In this episode, go behind the scenes at the museum with Alison Luxner, a paper conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Alison shares her journey to becoming a conservator, the lengthy education and training process, and her …
s3e64 starting a printshop with Jenny Robinson
In this episode of Platemark, host Ann Shafer talks with renowned printmaker Jenny Robinson who recently opened up her eponymous print shop in Sydney, Australia. Jenny shares her experiences moving from America to Slovenia during the Trump era,...
s3e63 multi-plate color etching with printer Peter Pettengill
In s3e63 of Platemark, podcast host Ann Shafer talks with collaborative printer Peter Pettengill. Peter founded Wingate Studio in 1985 on his family’s dairy farm in Hinsdale, NH. Originally trained at Crown Point Press, Peter specializes in...
s3e62 artist Teresa Cole on the humanness of pattern
In this five-part mini-series, Ann is talking to five artists who were selected to be included in an exhibition called 5X5, that was part of Print Austin's winter festival this year in 2024. The juror of the show is Mysczka …
s3e61 artist Annalise Gratovich on chine collé
Wondering how far you can take chine collé in a project? Listen in as Annalise Gratovich tells us all about this method of adding thin pieces of hand-dyed papers to giant woodcuts. In s3e61 of Platemark, podcast host Ann Shafer …
s3e60 deep dive on Dox Thrash with dealer Ron Rumford
African-American artist Dox Thrash is in the spotlight on s3e60 of Platemark. Podcast host Ann Shafer speaks with Ron Rumford, director of Dolan/Maxwell, a private gallery in Philadelphia, which has a particular specialty in the prints of Stanley...