Platemark episodes and shorts on YouTube

Karen Kunc's work is all nature-based lyrical abstraction.

In s3e56, Platemark host Ann Shafer introduces a five-part miniseries with the artists in 5X5, an exhibition that was part of PrintAustin 2024. First up is Briar Craig, one of five artists selected for inclusion in 5X5 by juror J. Myszka Lewis, curator at Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Briar…

In s3e55, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Miguel A. Aragón, artist and professor at the City University of New York, Staten Island. They talk about CNC routers, drills as woodcutting tools, growing up in Juarez, Mexico, and that city’s war on drugs as a subject in his art. He…

In s3e54, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Andrew Raftery, artist, professor, scholar, and wallpaper designer. Andrew works in several modes, most notably in engraving. The through line in the work is domesticity. An early print featured a young man suit shopping. Next was a portfolio of engravings detailing rooms…

On this short video from Platemark s3e55, artist Miguel A. Aragón talks about not defining works of art by their technique or media. It's a work of art, not a painting or a print or a sculpture.

Miguel A. Aragón talks about the importance of having the means of making contribute to the work's meaning.

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…

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

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.

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.

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

@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.

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

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