Platemark episodes and shorts on YouTube

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

A short clip from Platemark s3e48 in which guest Deb Chaney talks about why color lithography inks are superior to all others. Find out why.

A short clip from Platemark s3e48 in which guest Deb Chaney talks about how hard it is to price prints she publishes because the price points are so different in France cersus the United States.

Leading off 2024’s series three episodes is s3e47 in which Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Adam McCoy, Senior Specialist in Fine Art, Rago Auctions. Adam has worked in various auction houses for many years, including Christies and Artsy. Ann relished the chance to pepper Adam with questions. In the…

A short clip from Platemark s3e47 in which guest Adam McCoy talks about what happens when the reserve price of a work is not met at auction.

A short clip from Platemark s3e47 in which Adam McCoy talks about what happens when a work fails to sell at auction.

A short clip from Platemark s3e47 in which Adam McCoy talks about inspecting auction lots on a sunny hill.

In s3e46, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Reinis Gailitis, an engraver from Riga, Latvia. The magic of the internet is fully on display today. Without it, finding Reinis's work would have been challenging. But his self-portrait in the style of Claude Mellan's Holy Face, the one with a single…

A short clip from Platemark s3e46 in which Reinis Gailitis talks about the beauty of an engraved line.

A short clip from Platemark s3e46 in which Reinis Gailitis talks about line quality and the simplicity of the craft: it's you, the tool, and the copper plate.

A short clip from Platemark s3e46 in which Reinis Gailitis talks about layers and transitions in printmaking, an added aspect that brings a whole level of richness to the craft.

A short clip from Platemark s3e46 in which Reinis Gailitis talks about engraving's steep learning curve and Hokusai and his statement about getting better with age.

A short clip from Platemark s3e45 in which Bob Schneider talks about the act of creation, taking the idea out of his subconscious and letting it play out like a math equation or crossword puzzle. When the answer comes, it's magic.

A short clip from Platemark s3e45 in which Bob Schneider talks about how harvesting ideas from the subconscious can produce magic.

A short clip from Platemark s3e45 in which Bob Schneider talks about how similar the functioning of AI is to his subconscious mind.