Specialty Workshops
Join us for one of our many fun specialty workshops, exploring specific approaches to riso printing!
Drawing With the Riso -
With Photo Center NW
DATE
Saturday, March 29th
10:00am - 4:00pm
Join us for an immersive one-day workshop on risograph printing, tailored for drawing enthusiasts. This hands-on session will introduce participants to the unique aesthetic and versatile capabilities of risograph printing. You'll learn how to prepare your drawings for the risograph process, exploring techniques such as mark making, color separation, and layering to create vibrant, multi-dimensional prints. You will experiment with different inks and paper types, translating your original artwork into stunning risograph prints. By the end of the workshop, you'll have a collection of your own prints and a solid understanding of how to incorporate risograph printing into your artistic practice.
Riso Flipbook Workshop with Zine Hug
DATE
Sunday, April 6th
11:00am - 3:00pm
This 4-hour workshop will start with an introductory primer on risograph printing before attendees work on an 8-frame looping animation using tracing paper and light tables. We'll print the animations in 2-colors and assemble them into animated flipbooks! This workshop is for animators who want to learn about risograph printing or beginners who want to try their hand at both.
Collage Poetry for Riso with Mita Mahato
DATE
Saturday, April 26th
10:00am - 3:00pm
Collage is a form that depends upon rupture and reimagining—cutting and layering text in order to question the limits of how our realities are represented. Riso also operates using layers, reproducing content in ways that ask us to bend our sense of what a “copy” should do. In this 5-hour workshop, we will bring these two modes together, experimenting with collage technique to create erasure and found poems for the riso that will frustrate, surprise, corrupt, and delight. The workshop involves both collaborative and independent work that will emphasize slow wonder and experimentation. All experience levels welcome.
