Intaglio printmaking

Ali NormanAmerican printmaker, adjunct professor at the University of Tampa, chaos magic and Vajrayana Buddhism practitioner

• 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

• 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”

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• 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”

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• 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”

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