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This week Miranda speaks with Elizabeth Williams de Garcia, an artist whose intricate copper line etchings bring together memory, domestic space, nostalgia, and the strange emotional lives of the objects.Elizabeth grew up in Louisiana and Texas and discovered printmaking while studying at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Since then, her life and practice have taken her from the United States to Guatemala, the Netherlands, and back again, with each move requiring her to rebuild not only a home and studio practice, but a relationship to place and community.Her work is extraordinarily rich in texture and detail: patterned fabrics, birds, bodies, flowers, furniture, household objects, and fragments of interiors accumulate into images that feel like memories caught somewhere between the familiar and the uncanny. Working exclusively in copper line etching, Elizabeth builds tone and atmosphere through painstaking networks of drawn lines, often spending months developing a single plate.In their conversation, they talk about the pleasures of slow processes, why she returned to etching after years of painting, the relationship between moving and memory, and what happens when the aesthetics of your childhood begin to disappear. They also talk about the experience of repeatedly being an outsider, the surprising culture shock of returning to the United States, and the way printmaking studios can provide an almost instant point of connection when you arrive somewhere new.They also get into Southern interiors, maximalism, crows bearing less-than-glamorous gifts, and why Elizabeth hopes looking at her prints can simply be, in her words, “a party for your eyes.”Elizabeth's WebsiteElizabeth's InstagramPrint Austin 5 x 5The World's Largest WoodcutHello, Print FriendHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This episode is part of our ongoing collaboration with PrintAustin and its 2026 5 × 5 Exhibition. This week Miranda speaks with Andi Newberry, an interdisciplinary artist, printmaker, writer, and educator originally from North Texas.Andi’s work tangles memory, storytelling, and imagination through screenprint, lithography, monotype, collage, textiles, and writing. In their conversation, they talk about the ways both prints and memories are transformed through translation and retelling; how photographs, cinema, dreams, and family stories shape our sense of self; and why a good title can offer another doorway into an artwork.They also discuss the badass women printmakers who inspired Andi’s path, the relationship between teaching and maintaining a creative practice, and her wonderfully inventive Do Not Disturb print exchange, which uses the familiar form of the hotel door hanger to explore privacy, surveillance, security, isolation, and community.Andi's WebsiteAndi's InstagramPrint Austin 5 x 5The World's Largest WoodcutHello, Print FriendHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with artist, educator, and all-around print friend Vanessa Jo Bahr.Vanessa is the founder of Scavenger Studios in Ashland, Oregon, where she runs a community print studio and artist residency, alongside teaching printmaking at Southern Oregon University and maintaining her own incredibly rich studio practice.Vanessa is a scavenger in a very real sense of the word. She collects objects from the natural world, works with reclaimed copper plates, makes inks and pigments from plants and other materials, makes paper from studio scraps, tans hides, and follows materials all the way back to their origins. Her work asks what happens when, instead of constantly looking for something new, we pay close attention to what is already around us.They talk about running artist residencies, the particular magic of spending long days in the studio with other printmakers, and why sometimes the best work happens when it’s late, you’re running on fumes, something has gone completely wrong, and you just have to figure out what to do next.This is a conversation about printmaking, but it’s also about curiosity, resourcefulness, and finding ways to live a little closer to the materials and landscapes that make our work possible.Vanessa's WebsiteVanessa on InstagramThe World's Largest WoodcutHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with journalist and author Holly E. J. Black to talk about her wonderful new book, The Story of Printmaking: A Global History of Art.If you've ever wished there were a single book that told the story of printmaking, from its origins in East Asia to the contemporary artists pushing the medium forward today, this is that book. Holly manages to tell thousands of years of history without losing sight of what makes printmaking so compelling in the first place: the people, the processes, and the stories behind the prints.Holly isn't just an art historian or an author. She trained as a printmaker herself, and that practical knowledge comes through on every page. They talk about why printmaking is so difficult to define, the forgotten printers and publishers who shaped art history, Renaissance lawsuits over copied prints, propaganda, politics, Paula Rego, Robert Blackburn, Atelier 17, and why understanding how a print is made is often just as important as understanding why it was made.They also end up taking a detour into AI, journalism, and why there's something deeply satisfying about reading a book written by someone who clearly spent years in libraries, archives, and print studios rather than asking a chatbot to summarize the internet.Holly's SubstackHolly's WebsiteHolly's InstagramBuy The Story of PrintmakingThe World's Largest WoodcutHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with artist, educator, community-builder, and all-around creative force Ben Beres.Ben first joined the podcast way back on episode six of Hello, Print Friend (née Pine | Copper | Lime), and in this episode sits down face-to-face in Chiang Mai, Thailand with Miranda while he was here for a residency at Hello Print Friend Studios.A lot has happened since 2019. A global pandemic, major shifts in the art world, the loss of loved ones, new creative obsessions, and the inevitable perspective that comes with getting older and staying committed to a life in the arts.They discuss growing up as the son of a pastor, building community through art, teaching the next generation of artists, and what it means to keep making work when art is no longer just something you do, but something that has become the fabric of your life. They dive into his recent fascination with paper marbling and vitreography, the evolution of his practice over the last several years, and the role that travel, experimentation, and collaboration continue to play in his creative life.They also talk about his time in Thailand, the prints he created during his residency, finding inspiration in unfamiliar places, and the ways different cultures can challenge our assumptions about how life is supposed to be lived.This is a conversation about art, grief, curiosity, aging, friendship, and the strange privilege of getting to spend decades doing the thing you love.Ben Beres' WebsiteBen Beres' InstagramThe World's Largest WoodcutHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Elizabeth Hawley, owner and director of Gallery No. 85 in Seattle, Washington.Gallery No. 85 now occupies the historic home of Davidson Galleries, one of the most influential print-focused galleries in North America. After fifty years under the stewardship of founder Sam Davidson, the gallery has entered a new chapter, and Elizabeth is the person carrying that legacy forward while building a vision entirely her own.Elizabeth's path into the print world is anything but conventional. Trained as an art historian and working professionally as an attorney, she brings a deep appreciation for the stories that surround works of art: their creation, collection, preservation, and eventual place in history. In this conversation they discuss everything from her graduate research on world’s fairs and to art law, estate collections, and the emotional relationships people form with the objects they live alongside.They also talk about the unique challenges and joys of selling contemporary prints, the educational role galleries play, and what it means to inherit a respected institution while trying to build something new. Throughout the conversation, Elizabeth returns to a simple but powerful idea: that art is ultimately about connection: between artists and audiences, objects and histories, and people and one another.Gallery No. 85 WebsiteGallery No. 85 InstagramThe World's Largest WoodcutHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with David Barker of the Muban Education Trust, an organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, researching, and exhibiting contemporary Chinese woodblock prints.David is a researcher, writer, former professor of printmaking, and one of the leading English-language scholars working on Chinese printmaking today, having contributed to a number of books published by The British Library, The British Museum and The China National Academy of Fine Arts contributing regularly to the journal Printmaking Today. He joins the podcast today in his role as the Senior Research Fellow at the Muban Educational Trust weeks before the trust was to show at the London Original Print Fair. In this conversation, they discuss the history of the Trust, how a small London-based institution became one of the most important collections of contemporary Chinese woodblock prints outside of China, and the relationships they’ve built with artists and academies across the country over the last three decades.They talk about the continuing importance of woodblock printing in China, the role of institutions like the Central Academy and Hangzhou Academy in preserving traditional techniques while fostering contemporary experimentation, and why woodblock remains such a vital and evolving medium for young artists today. David also reflects on the educational mission of the Trust, the challenges of collecting and exhibiting contemporary Chinese prints internationally, and the fascinating lineage that connects today’s artists back to some of the earliest print traditions in the world.The Muban Education TrustLondon Original Print FairHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda coming to you from El Barrio Artsspace in New York City, where we recently screened Impresiones de Resistencia: Printmaking in Puerto Rico at the Rafael Tufiño Printmaking Workshop.This conversation was recorded on-site, and Miranda was joined by artist Oliver Rios, a printmaker and filmmaker who documents the stories of the Puerto Rican diaspora in the city. He helped guide this interview, so a big thank you to Oliver for being part of this moment.Our guest is Nitza Tufiño, an artist, educator, and one of the key figures behind the workshop itself. As the daughter of legendary printmaker Rafael Tufiño, her life and work are deeply rooted in the history of Puerto Rican printmaking and the cultural movement of El Barrio.In this conversation, Nitza shares what it means to build and sustain a collective space for artists: one grounded in community, education, and cultural memory. We talk about the role of printmaking as a tool for connection and resistance, the importance of creating spaces where people can see themselves reflected, and the responsibility artists have to carry history forward.This episode is about more than printmaking. It’s about community, resilience, and the power of art to bring people together.Nitza's WebsiteRafael Tufiño Printmaking WorkshopHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Shivangi Ladha and Asha Vaidyanath to talk about Moments of Being, an upcoming exhibition presented by India Printmaker House at the London Original Print Fair.Together, they share the story behind this year-long curatorial process, one rooted in studio visits, artist-to-artist dialogue, and a deep commitment to supporting emerging voices in contemporary printmaking. We talk about what it means to curate as artists rather than gatekeepers, how intuition and vulnerability shaped the exhibition, and why they chose to move beyond identity as the primary framework for bringing artists together.This conversation offers a thoughtful look at collaboration, materiality, and the evolving role of printmaking in a global context. It is also a reminder that some of the most compelling exhibitions don’t start with a fixed idea, but with curiosity, trust, and a willingness to listen.India Printmaker House InstagramIndia Printmaker House WebsiteLondon Original Print FairHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Heather Muise—a Canadian printmaker living and working in Greenville, North Carolina, where she’s a teaching professor at East Carolina University. Heather has taught printmaking across continents, including seven years in Dubai, and their conversation moves through all of those layers: place, language, culture, and how those experiences shape what we make.They talk about Heather’s evolution from being a diehard lithographer—fast, loose, printing full editions in a single day—to falling deeply in love with the slower, more patient demands of etching. We get into her approach to color etching using a CMYK process on a single plate, and how that method connects back to her lithography brain in a way that just clicks.But the heart of this episode is symbols—how they travel, how they hide meaning in plain sight, and how they can guide a viewer without spelling everything out. Heather shares how growing up bilingual, living abroad, and even experiencing functional illiteracy in a new writing system pushed her deeper into thinking about coded visual language—everything from carpets and borders-within-borders, to tattoo iconography, to dream logic.Heather received first place in the SGCI Juried Members Exhibition, which is on view February 6 through March 28, 2026, at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts in Lubbock, Texas. If you’re anywhere near there, go see the show.Heather's WebsiteHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Christie Tirado, a first-generation Mexican American artist, educator, and third-year MFA candidate at UW–Madison.They talk about leaving a stable teaching career to go back to grad school, building community wherever you land, and how labor, in the field, in the kitchen, and in the studio, becomes an archive. Plus: the print gods, when to walk away after two messed-up prints, and why you should absolutely pair printmaking with salsa dancing whenever possible.Christie's WebsiteChristie's InstagramHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

We are delighted to kick off our eighth season of the Hello, Print Friend podcast!This week Miranda speaks with Shanna Strauss, a Tanzanian American mixed media artist and printmaker based in Oakland, California, and a faculty member at California College of the Arts. They talk about the winding road that led her back to art and how printmaking became not just a medium, but a community, a lineage, and a way of carrying history forward. They get into Strauss' early inspiration from Charlotte O’Neal’s studio in Tanzania, what she learned from organizing and social justice work in Quebec, and how mentorship connects her to a larger printmaking family tree, all the way back through traditions of resistance print. As well as Beekeeping. Ancestors. And a new body of work Shauna’s beginning around Tanzanian kanga cloth.Shanna Strauss's websiteShanna Strauss instagramHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week’s episode is one I’ve been looking forward to for a long time, and if you are someone trying to make a life in the arts right now this is going to be required listening.My guest is Justin Anthony, co-founder of Artwork Archive – the platform so many of you already use to track your work, your collectors, your exhibitions, and the business side of your practice. And we’re having this conversation now because, let’s be honest, the art market feels… chilly. A little frigid, even. Many artists who were used to regular sales are seeing things slow down. Institutions with “arts” in their name are watching their budgets get slashed. Long-standing galleries are closing their doors. It can start to feel like the walls are closing in.But this is not an hour of doom and gloom. This conversation is about what you can do right now – this week, this month, over the next year – to support your career so when the market does bounce back you’re going to be even better off than before.Justin shares what he’s hearing from art consultants around the world – the people who quietly place art in some of the largest public and private collection. We get into how they actually find artists, what makes them choose to work with someone again and again, and why professionalism, clear communication, and a cohesive story around your work are just as important as the work itself.We also talk about relationships in the broadest sense: not just customer-relationship management, but relationship management. Your peers, your local art organizations, the artist who recommended you for that show, the collector who bought that small print five years ago and still thinks about it every morning when they walk past it on the way to make coffee.There’s so much in here and I know you’re going to get a lot of out of it. So give it a listen and share it with a print friend.Artwork ArchiveArtwork Archive on InstagramHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Tom Murphy the founder of Make-Ready, the largest fine-art screenprinting operation in the world.Tom grew up in Suffolk with pound-shop sketchbooks, bootleg band tees, and a fascination with how things are made. From a garage start nine years ago to collaborating with artists like Alex Katz, Ai Wei Wei, and Anish Kapoor, his path runs through open-access studios, industrial screen tech, and a deep respect for legendary shops like Brand X and Two Palms. It’s a conversation about craft, problem-solving, and that human impulse to leave a mark.Hello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Mary Farrell, a printmaker based in Spokane, Washington. They talk about how Mary’s upbringing (with her father’s work in tuberculosis research and her mother’s near-miss with a life in a convent) created a childhood that shaped her perspective as an artist. We explore her long love affair with the human figure, her fascination with the parallels between the body and the natural world, and how she uses printmaking processes like mezzotint to pull light from darkness—literally and metaphorically.It’s a conversation about labor, love, and the lifelong unfolding of artistic voice, a reminder that, as Mary says, our best work is always still ahead of us.Mary's WebsiteMary's InstagramHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with artist and collaborative printer Nathan Catlin—Master Printer at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University—whose practice spans relief, screenprint, mosaic, stained glass, and an ever-growing love affair with clay. We get into Nathan’s origin story (the heartbreak + linocut era), why the physicality of carving still feels like home, and how he keeps his own narrative prints clean and focused while helping other artists make wildly ambitious editions. We talk shop about trust in collaboration, the perils of pedantry, and projects that push the edge of “what counts” as print—from boomboxes packed with ephemera to playable records in thrift-store suitcases. We also talk about teaching at Columbia (and previously RISD and City), why prints remain the most democratic corner of the art world, and the quiet power of everyday moments—like a COVID-era bathroom haircut—pressed into permanence.Nathan's WebsiteNathan's InstagramHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Jessica Sabogal an artist whose work lives at the intersection of public space, portraiture, and collective care. Raised in a Colombian immigrant household in the Bay Area, Jess took a winding road from pre-med to political science to the studio and the street, scaling early stencil experiments into landmark murals and all rooted in print.They talk about her journey to finding her visual voice of bold portraiture rooted in intimacy, interview, and symbolism. As well as her ongoing collaborative practice with partner and printmaker Shauna Strauss and their multi-year project “This Woman’s Work,” honoring the often-invisible labor of women, femmes, and nonbinary folks through layered processes like photopolymer, screenprint, and chine collé. And so much more!Jess's WebsiteJess on InstagramTaller SanaaHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Patrick Miller and Patrick McNeil—better known together as FAILE.Since meeting on the very first day of high school, the two have been creating art side by side for over twenty-six years. What began with trading sketchbooks in Arizona grew into a wide-ranging practice rooted in printmaking—particularly silkscreen and stenciling—and expanded into painting, sculpture, large-scale public installations, and even immersive nightclubs.In their conversation, they trace FAILE’s evolution: from cutting stencils in garages and late-night sessions in college print labs, to bringing their layered, frenetic aesthetic from the streets of Brooklyn all the way to Lincoln Center and Times Square. Along the way, they talk about the push and pull between street and studio, the role of music and photocopy culture in their work, and how parenthood and time have reshaped their creative lens.Whether it’s a 40-foot tower at the New York City Ballet, a nightclub floor covered in hand-pulled prints, or a massive tiled facade soon to be unveiled in Manhattan—FAILE continues to expand what printmaking can be while staying true to the collaborative spirit that started it all.FAILE's WebsiteFAILE on InstagramHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week we’re coming to you from Miranda’s living room sofa in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Our guest is the brilliant Onnie O’Leary, a tattooer and visual artist from Sydney, Australia, who has just wrapped up a three-week guest residency at Hello, Print Friend Studios.Onnie and Miranda dive into what it’s been like living and working together under one roof, how tattooing and printmaking share a surprising number of parallels, and the magic that happens when creative collaboration is allowed to bloom. They talk about ghosts, guts, glowing girls, and the deep human connection found in making art side-by-side.It’s a warm, funny, and heartfelt conversation about inspiration, pressure, and why sometimes the final artwork is just the byproduct of something even more beautiful.Onnie's WebsiteOnnie's InstagramOnnie's Published Prints at Hello, Print Friend StudiosHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Javier Moreno, a San Juan–based artist, printmaker, and art educator whose work explores the social and political complexities of Puerto Rican identity with bold, graphic clarity.From his early days sketching graffiti to discovering printmaking in college, Javier shares how his artistic voice developed alongside a deepening awareness of colonial histories, community struggles, and the power of collective action. They talk about skeletons, socialism, and what it means to make beautiful images that still pack a political punch.Javier's InstagramHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with Rob Swainston and Zorawar Sidhu just after their powerful exhibition Flashpoint closed at Petzel Gallery in New York.In this conversation, they talk about the complex relationship between image-making and meaning in an age of media saturation—from their early collaborative experiments to the deeply layered woodcuts responding to climate change, civil unrest, and political anxiety. They explore what it means to "think like a printmaker," the emotional weight of working with tragic imagery, and how labor itself can be a form of staying present amidst the chaos.Their process is as layered as their prints—technically rigorous, conceptually rich, and unapologetically political. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the flood of images on your phone, this conversation offers a powerful counterpoint: one of deep looking, slow making, and artistic resistance.Rob Swainston and Zorawar Sidhu at Petzel GalleryZorawar Sidhu's WebsiteZorawar's InstagramRob Swainston's WebsiteRob's InstagramHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week Miranda speaks with artist and printmaker Aristotle Forrester, whose journey from skateboarding the streets of South Side Chicago to Columbia University’s MFA program is as rich and layered as his artwork. We talk about how printmaking keeps him grounded in the chaos of the studio, the spiritual and ancestral power of abstraction, and what the press bed has to do with decolonization. Aristotle shares stories of growing up with a powerhouse artist mother, how a Joan Mitchell painting cracked open his sense of what painting could be, and why print shops remind him of monasteries and skate parks. From Frantz Fanon to Dragon Ball Z, from late-night resistance prints to 16th-century engravings, this episode is a passionate ride through history, identity, and the revolutionary magic of ink on paper.Aristotle Forester's WebsiteAristotle Forester's InstagramHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Phinney Brown, Executive Director of Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts. They discuss how Crow’s Shadow’s printmaking residencies invite Indigenous artists from a range of disciplines—often new to printmaking—to explore the medium. The conversation also highlights the significance of the institute’s location on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, and looks ahead as Phinney shares plans to expand their printmaking program while remaining deeply rooted in their community-based mission.Crow's Shadow Institute of the ArtsHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

In this episode Miranda speaks Peregrine Honig. Peregrine is a multidisciplinary artist whose themes include pop culture, sexuality and consumerism and whose work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney, the Chicago Art Institute and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. They talk about the arc of an artist’s life—how identity, sensuality, gender, and power all come into play in her work and her business. As well as her early influences growing up in San Francisco of the 1970s and the search for the perfect line.Cover photo by Paul AndrewsPeregrine's WebsitePeregrine's InstagramBirdies LingerieHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Pavel Acevedo. They talk about themes of oral traditions and community through his storytelling incorporating indigenous knowledge, anarchist communal values, and the interconnectedness between humans and nature. As well as his experience working with Maestro Shinzaburo Takeda and community-based Art Projects such as developing large collaborative print projects.Pavel's websitePavel's InstagramHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Mariana Ramos Ortiz, an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the structural and temporal qualities of sand in relation to themes of occupation, self-determination, permanence, and protection— within the context of Puerto Rico’s ongoing colonial realities.In our conversation, we discuss how they uses play and community as tactics of protest and healing, the role of ephemerality and material experimentation in printmaking, and how their practice engages with landscape, memory, and resistance as acts of reflection and reclamation.Mariana's WebsiteMariana's InstagramHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Claudia Wilburn and Joseph Velasquez about the Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI)—the largest and oldest professional print organization in the United States. They discuss what makes printmakers so eager to organize and celebrate their shared passion for the medium, the 50+ year history of SGCI, and what attendees can look forward to at the upcoming SGCI conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, happening April 2–5, 2025.Learn more about the conference or registerFundraiser for our Puerto Rican documentaryView our Oaxaca Printmaking DocumentaryPassword is "mezcal"Hello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Eliza Lutz (they/them)—a musician, printmaker, and PhD student in linguistics based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Eliza is also the recipient of Print Austin’s Best in Show award for their work in The Contemporary Print, an exhibition on view through March 20th.They discuss Eliza’s journey from running a record label in a streaming-dominated world and working the DIY screen-printing scene to becoming a fine printmaker, the complexities of the American healthcare system, and how printmaking serves as an extension of their disabled body.Eliza's InstagramEliza's WebsiteFundraiser for our Puerto Rican documentaryView our Oaxaca Printmaking DocumentaryPassword is "mezcal"Hello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Neil Daigle-Orians. They talk about being haunted, literally and metaphorically, internet horror, and how print is not dead. It’s undead.Neil's WebsiteNeil's InstagramLuscinia Historical SocietyFundraiser for our Puerto Rican documentaryView our Oaxaca Printmaking DocumentaryPassword is "mezcal"Hello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Fraixa Albizu Rodriguez, a talented printmaker and educator based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In this episode, they dive into her artistic practice, exploring how childhood experiences shape her work, her role in founding Ciclos Gráficos—a nonprofit dedicated to printmaking portfolios—and the rich history of printmaking in Puerto Rico.Fraixa is also collaborating with Reinaldo and Miranda on an upcoming documentary about printmaking in Puerto Rico, which will start filming next month during the SGCI conference in San Juan. You’ll hear more about this project in their conversation, and if you’d like to support it, visit helloprintfriend.com/pr2025. We’re currently fundraising, and as a thank-you, we’re offering limited-edition prints starting at just $35.Fraixa's websitehttps://www.thelastprintstudio.com/Fraixa's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/thelastprint/Fundraiser for our Puerto Rican documentary:helloprintfriend.com/pr2025View the documentary:vimeo.com/1012105638?share=copyPassword is "mezcal"YOUTUBEwww.youtube.com/channel/UCOMIT3guY5PjHj1M7GApouwMERCHwww.teepublic.com/user/helloprintfriendWEBSITEwww.helloprintfriend.comInstagramwww.instagram.com/helloprintfriend✨patreon✨www.patreon.com/helloprintfriendSPONSORSLegion Paperwww.legionpaper.com/

This week, Miranda speaks with Ann Shafer and Luther Davis to talk about the Brooklyn Fine Print Fair, which will be having its inaugural event in March of 2025. They talk about why art fairs are important, the culture of buying and selling prints, the programming the fair has to offer, and what artists can get out of attending a fair even if they’re not showing.The Fair's WebsiteHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

Print Friends, this is a very special episode. Last May, Reinaldo and Miranda along with Christian Riquelme traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico to create a documentary about the history of printmaking in the region. The following is a conversation about the process of making the documentary, what it is like to tell such a complex story, our adventures trying to get face time with Shinzaburo Takeda, and what makes Oaxaca so special and a printmaking paradise known the world over. Hello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

Hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Memo Orduña (@guillermorduna). Maestro impresor y artist gráfico originario de Oaxaca y jefe de edición del taller la Buena Impresión (@labuenaimpresion) . Memo comenzó su carrera inspirado por el trabajo artístico de sus familiares y a su temprana edad se convirtió en la cabecera de la impresión en este prestigioso taller dedicado a la litografía.

This week Miranda speaks with Catherine Ade and Stephanie Turnbull from The Lemonade Press an independent lithography studio in Bristol, England, offering lithographic printmaking, residencies, plate graining, and courses in lithography and monotype. They talk about building this now thriving press during the start of the pandemic, working together through changing life circumstances, and what the future holds. Catherine Ade and Stephanie Turnbull also wrote a book about lithography! Lithography: An Artist’s Guide and published by Crowood Press in September 2023. It’s a step-by-step guide to demystifying the mercurial process.The Lemonade Press WebsiteThe Lemonade Press Lithography BookHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Lisa Bulawsky and Tom Reed from Island Press at Washington University in Saint Louis. They talk about the history of this iconic publishing institution, the ambitious projects they take on, and the importance of having the freedom to take bold artistic chances.Cover Photo: Tom Reed working on a plate by Diane VictorIsland Press on InstagramPress WebsiteHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Daniel Chiaccio. They discuss starting First Proof, a community-access printmaking studio in Brattleboro, VT, in March 2020; how a stage 4 Hodgkin's Lymphoma diagnosis changed his life and artistic journey; and building the community you want to see in the world.First Proof on InstagramHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

Hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Gabriela Morac (@moracgabriela) artista mexicana produciendo obra desde la meca del grabado latinoamericano: Oaxaca Mexico. Conversaremos por segunda ocasión, esta vez sobre el Espacio Panoplia, el miedo de dedicarse a las artes a tiempo completo, la creciente grafica femenina y la realidad detrás de las figuras historicas que crearon los fundamentos para el crecimiento de la gráfica en la ciudad como un referente internacional.Website: https://panopliagrafica.wixsite.com/gabrielamoracPodcast Website: https://helloprintfriend.com/Sponsor: https://www.speedballart.com/

This week, Miranda speaks with Anthony Huang, a Taiwanese-American artist with a background in journalism, theater design, and professional ballroom dance. We talk about coming to art making from a prominent acting family, moving from figurative to abstract art, and how Taoism helped him through a profound loss during the pandemic.Anthony's websiteAnthony on InstagramHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Alyssa Ebinger. They talk about how she found her way to lithography coming from a musical family, going to the Tamarind Institute during the deep, dark heart of the pandemic, lakes of lithotine tears, and the future of collaborative printmaking.Alyssa Ebinger WebsiteAlyssa on InstagramHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

This week, Miranda speaks with Chris Fritton. Chris is a poet, printer, and fine artist with over two decades of experience in writing, printing, and book arts. They talk about his ambitious project, The Itinerant Printer, through which he visited over 200 letterpress print shops throughout North America in ten years, covering over 150,000 miles and making over 50,000 prints. They also discuss life on the other side of the road, refinding your footing and continuing his practice in Buffalo, NY.Chris Fritton WebsiteChris Fritton InstagramHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

Hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) conversando con Fraixa Albizu Rodriguez (@thelastprint) artista grafica puertorriqueña y fundadora de la organizacion "Ciclos Graficos". Fraixa es una energia inagotable y un entusiasmo contagioso que impregna a su comunidad con su amor por la difusión de la gráfica en la isla. Conversaremos sobre el renacer de la impresión en Puerto Rico, los muchos proyectos colaborativos y la organización de la venidera Southern Graphic International Conference en San Juan Puerto Rico el proximo Abril.Fraixa pagina web: https://tallermalaquita.com/fraixa-albizu-rodrguezHello Print Friend: https://helloprintfriend.com/Speedball: https://www.speedballart.com/

This week, Miranda speaks with Jake Ingram of Jackalope Editions. They talk about his road from the New York Academy of Art to starting his own studio in Dolly Parton’s backyard, creating a printmaking banjo, breaking vegetarianism at the Tamarind Institute, and learning what a jackalope even is.Jackalope EditionsJackalope Editions on InstagramHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

Hoy estaré conversando con Alan Altamirano major conocido como MK Kabrito @grafica_mk_kabrito. El es un artísta gráfico de Oaxaca especialista del relieve y fundador del Taller La Chicharra. Conversaremos sobre sus inicios, la experience bajo el tutelaje del maestro Takeda, el Desarrollo de obras a taco perdido con más de cien colores y el “por qué” Oaxaca es considerada la meca del grabado Latinoamericano.MK Kabrito pagina web: https://alanaltamirano.com.mx/Hello print friend: https://helloprintfriend.comSpeedball: https://www.speedballart.com/

This week, Miranda speaks with Rebecca Olsen. Rebecca is the president and CEO of SRISA, an institution that has been teaching art classes in the heart of Florence for over 50 years. They talk about her extraordinary childhood growing up around SRISA, the experiences artists and students have when they travel outside of their country of origin, AI in the arts, and much more.SRISA WebsiteSRISA on InstagramHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando el artista gráfico, tatuador y emprendedor mexicano, Carlos Bautistab (@carlosbautistab). Carlos ha construido junto a su familia un santuario autosustentable en las montañas adentrándose en un viaje de autoconocimiento interior desarrollando una vida en balance con la naturaleza usando el arte como núcleo principal. Hablaremos sobre la importancia de la reflexión, la realidad de los espacios que promueven el arte y el valor de la intuición como herramienta primordial para hacer nuestro propio camino a la libertad.YOUTUBEwww.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

This week, Miranda speaks with Cary Ocon, the General Manager and youngest son in the intergenerational Aardvark Letterpress of Los Angeles, California. They talk about his father purchasing the shop right before the digital printing revolution, how the business survived through letter press’ evolution from necessity to luxury, collaborating with some of LA’s top artists, and quitting practicing law to do it all.Aardvark Letterpress InstagramAardvark WebsiteHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@RGZprints) estará revisitando una conversación con Favian Villa desde el taller La linterna en Cali, Colombia. La Linterna (@lalinternacali) es un taller de impresión tipográfica dedicado a la impresión de carteles artesanales desde 1934. Luego de sufrir una fuerte crisis económica, lo que supuso un inminente cierre del taller, esta institución renace gracias a una pareja de gestores culturales elevando el taller a un nuevo estatus de institución histórica y de destino cultural de reconocimiento internacional. Los maestros Jaime Enrique Garcia, Hector Otalvaro y Olmedo Franco Romero son parte de la generación que niega la muerte de este espacio y brinda una nueva integración con la transmisión de conocimiento para que la luz de la “linterna” nunca cese de brillarTaller La linterna Website:https://lalinternacali.com/nosotros-2/Documental:YOUTUBEwww.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

This week, Miranda speaks with Javier Flores, a multidisciplinary artist and educator working in Denver, Colorado. They talk about the importance of community in the arts when we face setbacks, our print world heroes, making the most of graduate school, and the structural organization of wolf packs.Javier's WebsiteJavier on InstagramHello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper

En el programa de hoy Reinaldo (@rgzprints) estará conversando con Javier Flores (@lenguajevulgar). Javier es un artista multidisciplinario y profesor de arte desarrollando trabajo grafico influenciado por el grafiti y el anime. Hablaremos sobre la importancia de la salud mental en la comunidad hispana y la resiliencia como herramienta primordial al momento de enfrentar adversidades en nuestra vida. YOUTUBEwww.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

This week, Miranda speaks with Tony Clough. Tony is an artist, collaborative printer, and founder of Serio Press in Los Angeles, California. We talk about his winding road to printmaking and print publishing, his fascinating fractal compositions, the art of collaboration, and so much more.Tony's WebsiteSerio Press' Website Hello, Print Friend DocumentariesHello, Print Friend Residency in Chiang Mai, ThailandHello, Print Friend YOUTUBEHello, Print Friend MERCHHello, Print Friend WEBSITEHello, Print Friend INSTAGRAMHello,Print Friend PATREONHello, Print Friend SPONSORSLegion Paper