What Ali Norman has said about Intaglio printmaking
4 quotes · 1 episode · May 30, 2025
Ali Norman, American printmaker, adjunct professor at the University of Tampa, chaos magic and Vajrayana Buddhism practitioner, has been quoted on Intaglio printmaking 4 times in 1 episode of Seekers of the Eternal, most recently on May 30, 2025. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Norman says she recognized etching as her medium the first time she tried it as an elective.
“And like the first time I ever did it, I was like, this is it. This is the thing I've been looking for”
Seekers of the Eternal: Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!" (May 30, 2025) · Listen from 3:02
Norman says she values etching's unpredictability, describing it as a collaboration requiring surrender of control.
“I like that little bit of element of, chaos or unpredictability and surprise. It's almost like a collaboration where you have to surrender a little bit of control to do it, which I like”
Seekers of the Eternal: Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!" (May 30, 2025) · Listen from 4:38
Norman explains that in etching, line weight is determined by time in the acid rather than by drawing.
“So the longer that it's in the acid, the more bold your lines will be. So you don't really draw like bold lines”
Seekers of the Eternal: Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!" (May 30, 2025) · Listen from 6:54
Norman says she no longer needs an audience or success for her art to be valid, and that fear or scarcity taints the work.
“The real good art is tainted if you have that fear or scarcity or that just like gets in the way of you being your authentic channel”
Seekers of the Eternal: Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!" (May 30, 2025) · Listen from 35:16
Episodes
Ep 65 - Ali Norman - "I Was a Backyard Wrestler!"Seekers of the Eternal · May 30, 2025 · 1 h 44 min
Printmaker Ali Norman discusses etching, a studio fire, chaos magic, kayfabe and egregores, and Vajrayana practice with the host of Seekers of the Eternal.