Miranda Field-Martin is a graphic designer, printmaker, and book artist based in Portland, Oregon. In 2022, she graduated from Otis College of Art and Design with an BFA in Communication Arts emphasis Graphic Design, and a minor in Book Arts. She currently works at Outlet PDX as a studio assistant and freelances as a graphic designer. She is extremely passionate about independent publishing, and runs the one-woman micro-press Seltzer Press, which produces artists’ books, poetry, zines, and other printed ephemera for local artists and writers. You can find Miranda at selterpress on instagram and shop Seltzer Press’s offerings at seltzerpress.com.

Artist Statement

As a risograph printmaker, much of my work is steeped in the culture and community of independent publishing and zine-makers. I seek to present and preserve queer history by investing in the practices of archiving, collecting, and collaging– melding the old with the new. I am interested in using the large-scale capabilities of risograph printmaking to express tenderness and vulnerability, connect readers to their communities, and foster an affection for printed matter in the wider world. I am always looking to use my abilities as a designer and printmaker to forward a cause I believe in. Harnessing the power of the press for the greater good is part of the beautiful tradition of queer artists I hope to remember and emulate with my work.