episode 22 : gregory santos

In this episode Miranda speaks with Gregory Santos, Instagram lithographer extraordinaire. Santos builds and tends to an expansive online community based on being open about the trials and tribulations of printmaking’s most mercurial medium. We talk about the need for honesty in social media, and to move away from the shiny perfection on social media which is so often touted real life. As well as Santos’ ambitious print exchange Mixed Grit, for which he mails four small lithography stones to printmakers around the country, who draw on them, and then mail them back. Santos documents all of this with transparency, humour, and an eye toward digital community building on a global scale.[more information]gregory santos on instagramwww.instagram.com/nycgpsmixed grit on instagramwww.instagram.com/mixedgritShop Talkwww.patreon.com/helloprintfriendYOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.cominstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriendprint galleryhelloprintfriend.com/print-gallery✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendOur sponsor Speedballwww.speedballart.com