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In this episode Miranda speaks with Aaron Coleman about his first exposure to visual culture as a graffiti writing teen outside of Indianapolis, his graduate school experience of being tricked into loving litho, and his current role as Professor of Art at the University of Arizona. The hip hop community was the first place Coleman really felt at home and the formative practice he experienced in th...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Jenny Robinson about her childhood growing up in Borneo and when the colours and warmth of the equator came to an abrupt end after she was shipped off to a Catholic boarding school in England. While that displacement may have been the greatest culture shock of her life, globe-trotting remains a big part of who she is. She spent years in her twenties traveling ar...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Craig Anczelowitz from Awagami Factory, a paper mill that has been making washing by hand for eight generations. Awagami is located in Yoshinogawa Village on Shikoku island, the smallest of the big islands which make up Japan. Craig has incredible information to share about what they’re up to over at Awagami. They have artist residencies, a paper lab, an onsite...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Patrick Wagner of Black Heart Press. Patrick is a lithographer, teacher, and sauna enthusiast from Germany living in Stockholm. We talk about his early days learning lithography from Alois Senefelder's treatise while at a small art school in Romania and the guerrilla litho teaching group it spawned which eventually got him kicked out of school. As well as t...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Wendy Orville, a monotype artist who creates breathtaking prints which capture the drama and tension of where the sky meets the earth. They are mysterious and alive compositions unlike anything else out there today. Orville talks about her process-driven practice and seeing failures in the studio as just more information. She also discusses how becoming a mother...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Ali Norman --printmaker, adjunct professor, boss lady-- and things get a little witchy. Ali talks about the ritual magic of printmaking, its connection to alchemy and imbuing her plates with intention and the light of the full moon. Through the physicality of her print practice she feels a connection to the earth from which the copper was pulled and those printm...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Shayla Alarie print gallerist extraordinaire. Alarie offers a comprehensive account of the commercial side of the print world —both primary and secondary markets. We talk about the reselling of artists’ works within their life time, fake and forgeries, signatures, editioning, print fairs and so much more. Alarie also answers your questions submitted via Instagra...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Keith Secola a Northern Ute/Anishiaabe printmaker currently based in the Bay Area. Secola’s printmaking practice is critique of text, images, and persuasion as it relates to history. He screenprints large-scale photographs from his family’s archive onto covers from publications of romanticised tales of early America often with wrapped views on the indigenous pop...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Mehdi Darvishi, a mezzotint artist from Dorud, Iran, about growing in a small town discovering art through textbooks and teaching himself the mezzotint technique from YouTube videos. As well as how death is omnipresent in his work and in his lived philosophy and how this affects his attitudes towards life, travel, and taking chances as a working artist.[notes]In...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Ben Beres: etcher, teacher, and son of a preacher. Beres speaks of his own artistic practice, his early influences growing up in the church, his passion for community building around a greater good, and adapting to the changing dynamics within the art world.[notes]Ben Beres:www.benberes.comSuttonBeresCuller:http://suttonberesculler.com/SuttonBeresCuller at Greg...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Deborah Maris Lader, founder and director of the world renowned Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, about her journey founding this canonical institution. Lader is a force to be reckoned with, as a mother, director, musician, and artist she is a steadfast inspiration for anyone in the print world dreaming of building something. More information:www.chicagoprintma...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Myles Calvert, visiting professor of Expanded Media at Alfred University, about the craft of printmaking, the craft of career, and the craft of teaching. He’s easy to talk to, intelligent, and a delightful mix of classic Canadian nice with unexpected lashes of some of the best dry wit west of Manhattan. More information: Calvert's website: http://www.squirr...

In this episode Miranda speaks with Karl Davis, executive director of Crow’s Shadow, about the history of the institute’s print residency program, the challenges and joys of having a fine art centre in a rural setting, and its commitment to serving the community of the Umatilla Indian Reservation.[Image: Wendy red star]More information:http://crowsshadow.org/The book:http://willamette.edu/arts/hfm...

In this episode of pine|copper|lime Miranda speaks with Nathan Meltz about his founding of the Screenprint Biennial, his time in the music industry, early anarchist publications, and robot porn. More information about Meltz:https://nathanmeltz.comhttps://www.instagram.com/meltznathan/The Screenprint Biennial:http://screenprintbiennial.org/Rocky Mountain Print Alliance:https://www.rockymountainprin...

In this episode of pine|copper|lime Miranda speaks with Wuon-Gean Ho about growing up in a vet practice in Oxford, her first prints, and how an unforeseeable turn of events within her family has changed her printmaking.|notes|Blog: https://www.wuongean.com/Film: https://vimeo.com/170349107Website: https://www.instagram.com/wuongean#diaryofaprintmakerShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBE...

An introduction to the podcast, back when it was called Pine Copper Lime. Hosted by Miranda Metcalf featuring clips from interviews with Ben Beres, Myles Calvert, Karl Davis, Wuon Gean Ho, Deborah Maris Lader and Nathan Meltz. This podcast is a production of pine|copper|lime a website dedicated to all things contemporary printmaking. It can be found at:http://helloprintfriend.com