Riso Pop is a small risograph studio in Amsterdam run by Aafke Mertens.
Let’s explore Amsterdam through another lens and print your findings with riso! Join us on this Saturday, where armed with a custom "Field Kit," you’ll hunt for unique architectural details, botanical patterns, and snapshots which you will develop into exciting riso prints!
All levels welcome!
Come during this Thursday evening to have a drink, have a laugh drawing and then bring your creations to life with risograph printing! A fun event meant to get to know not only this printing technique, but also new people.
All levels welcome
Learn how to set up digital files for Riso printing and create a cool A3 print. In this edition of our Riso-Ready workshop, you’ll explore file prep, colour separations, and layer setup before printing your design in up to three colours. Leave with a stack of prints, ready to share! Photoshop & Procreate welcome!
Sep 8th / Oct 13th Do you want to learn how to make your own zines? Do you have lots of stories to tell? Push your creativity with a course here at Riso Pop! For those who’d like to dive deeper into Risograph printing and zine making, this 6 week course is for you.
Join us on Tuesday evenings to experiment, learn to prepare files, print and bind your zines. Click through to read more about what these 6 weeks entail.
Would you like to learn how riso printing works in a short but sweet session? Join our popular Mini Taster and get the year started with a pop of colour! You will be working on A4 format and creating a print or a set of cards to take home.
All levels welcome
Discover the colours hidden in your local landscape.
Join artist and researcher Lucila Kenny for a two-day workshop where we’ll forage plants in our neighbourhood and transform them into natural inks through hands-on experimentation. Learn about dye chemistry, plant behaviour, and colour modification techniques.
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A special weekend with April from WIRWIR Publishes, joining us all the way from Berlin!
Over two days, we’ll experiment, collaborate and create a collective risograph zine while exploring what a recipe can be, and how this familiar format can be reinterpreted through image, text and print.
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On this extensive edition of our popular CMYK workshop, you will have two days of riso experimentation!
This course is aimed at those who would like to transform their photographs into riso prints. You will learn how to work on your files to make them ready for print as well as an introduction to raster options that the risograph provides.
Advanced - Participants should have a laptop with Photoshop installed.
Level up your Risograph skills in this two evening analogue course. Explore the scanner and hands-on processes, experiment with textures, master complex layering, and refine your visual storytelling. You’ll learn to make thoughtful printing decisions, harness colour mixing, and produce vibrant A3 prints in three Riso colours.
Create a map unlike any other in this 4-hour Risograph workshop! From favourite neighbourhoods and travel memories to entirely fictional worlds, you'll learn how to translate a meaningful place into a striking two-colour Risograph print using spot-colour techniques.
Whether you work digitally on an iPad/laptop or love physical ink, collage, and paper cut-outs, we’ll guide you from initial idea to finished print edition! Book now!
Join us for a playful workshop where you’ll design and create your very own folded zine! A mini-publication made from a single sheet of paper. We’ll guide you through simple folding techniques, creative layouts, and the vibrant world of Risograph printing.
You’ll leave with a stack of your own Riso-printed zines to share, swap, or keep as tiny treasures.
No experience needed!
Join our popular intro to riso workshop on this Saturday afternoon! Learn how risograph printing works using drawing or collage, and take a series of prints and/or cards home .
All levels welcome - 8 spots available.
Join our Masterclass in Monochrome Riso Printing: a two-part evening workshop dedicated entirely to texture, depth, and gorgeous, grainy halftones. Whether you prefer working with messy charcoal or clean digital pixels, you’ll learn how to master grayscale values and walk away with your very own limited-edition, 8-page zine.
Slow down, look closely, and turn drawings into prints. In this workshop, we’ll combine still life drawing with Risograph printing, using pencils, crayons, and paper cut-outs to create bold, textured images.
Great for beginners & Intro to riso printing - No drawing skills needed!
A great introduction to printing photographs with riso. Learn how to prepare duotone images in Photoshop for two-colour Riso printing and explore how layers and colours interact. This hands-on workshop focuses on experimentation, gradients and exciting colour combinations.
Advanced - Participants should have knowledge and access of digital software such as Photoshop
Join our popular intro to riso workshop on this Saturday morning! Learn how risograph printing works using drawing or collage, and take a series of prints and/or cards home .
All levels welcome - 8 spots available.
Come play with our selection of collage materials, learn about composition and covert your collages into fun riso prints! A fun workshop to explore risograph printing without having to draw.
All levels welcome
Would you like to learn how riso printing works in a short but sweet session? Join our popular Mini Taster and get the year started with a pop of colour! You will be working on A4 format and creating a print or a set of cards to take home.
All levels welcome
Come during this Friday evening to have a drink, have a laugh drawing and then bring your creations to life with risograph printing! A fun event meant to get to know not only this printing technique, but also new people!
All levels welcome
Join and learn how to print and make riso animations. In this workshop, you’ll get to take a Video or Gif of your choosing and learn how to make it into a 2-color riso print. Once printed, you’ll get to make a digital gif + mp4 as well as a physical flipbook to take home!
Prior animation experience, isn't required!
Slow down, look closely, and turn drawings into prints. In this workshop, we’ll combine still life drawing with Risograph printing, using pencils, crayons, and paper cut-outs to create bold, textured images. You’ll learn how to prepare your drawings for Riso and print a colourful edition to take home.
Great for beginners & Intro to riso printing - No drawing skills needed!
Join illustrator Eva Pola for a playful two-day workshop combining cyanotype sun printing with Riso. Explore natural shapes, textures, and layering; starting with handmade blue prints and transforming them into bold, colourful Riso artworks. No experience needed!
All levels welcome! Click through to read more
Come during this Friday evening to have a drink, have a laugh drawing and then bring your creations to life with risograph printing! A fun event meant to get to know not only this printing technique, but also new people.
All levels welcome
Join us for a playful workshop where you’ll design and create your very own folded zine! A mini-publication made from a single sheet of paper. We’ll guide you through simple folding techniques, creative layouts, and the vibrant world of Risograph printing.
You’ll leave with a stack of your own Riso-printed zines to share, swap, or keep as tiny treasures.
No experience needed!
Join our popular intro to riso workshop on this Saturday afternoon! Learn how risograph printing works using drawing or collage, and take a series of prints and/or cards home .
All levels welcome - 8 spots available.
Come during this Friday evening to have a drink, have a laugh drawing and then bring your creations to life with risograph printing! A fun event meant to get to know not only this printing technique, but also new people.
All levels welcome
Guest Workshop!
What would your pet say if it could talk? Join comic artist and former City Illustrator of Amsterdam Maia Matches for a playful workshop where you’ll create a short comic strip starring your own pet.
No drawing experience needed, just bring your love for pets!
Join our popular intro to riso workshop on this Saturday afternoon! Learn how risograph printing works using drawing or collage, and take a series of prints and/or cards home .
All levels welcome - 8 spots available.
Discover the colours hidden in your local landscape.
Join artist and researcher Lucila Kenny for a two-day workshop where we’ll forage plants in our neighbourhood and transform them into natural inks through hands-on experimentation. Learn about dye chemistry, plant behaviour, and colour modification techniques.
Click through to read more
Come play with our selection of collage materials, learn about composition and covert your collages into fun riso prints! A fun workshop to explore risograph printing without having to draw.
All levels welcome
Join us for a playful workshop where you’ll design and create your very own folded zine! A mini-publication made from a single sheet of paper. We’ll guide you through simple folding techniques, creative layouts, and the vibrant world of Risograph printing.
You’ll leave with a stack of your own Riso-printed zines to share, swap, or keep as tiny treasures.
No experience needed!
Join our popular intro to riso workshop on this Saturday afternoon! Learn how risograph printing works using drawing or collage, and take a series of prints and/or cards home .
All levels welcome - 8 spots available.
Learn how to set up digital files for Riso printing and create a cool A3 print. In this edition of our Riso-Ready workshop, you’ll explore file prep, colour separations, and layer setup before printing your design in up to three colours. Leave with a stack of prints, ready to share! Photoshop & Procreate welcome!
On this extensive edition of our popular CMYK workshop, you will have two days of riso experimentation!
This course is aimed at those who would like to transform their photographs into riso prints. You will learn how to work on your files to make them ready for print as well as an introduction to raster options that the risograph provides.
Advanced - Participants should have a laptop with Photoshop installed.
Guest Workshop!
Discover the world of Gel Plate printing with our guest teacher: Amanda Barrow
In this workshop you will get to to explore gel plate printing using bright colours, creating textures and exciting prints! Bring a friend and have fun getting inky - All levels welcome
All levels welcome! Click through to read more
Guest Workshop!
Discover the world of Gel Plate printing with our guest teacher: Amanda Barrow
In this workshop you will get to to explore gel plate printing using bright colours, creating textures and exciting prints! Bring a friend and have fun getting inky - All levels welcome
All levels welcome! Click through to read more
Come and have a creative inky evening at the studio! We will be playing with black ink to create fun designs to scan and print with Riso into a colourful result! A fun workshop that combines traditional, liquid black ink, with risograph printing.
Great for beginners & Intro to riso printing - No drawing skills needed!
Always wanted to make your own riso zine? Learn zine-making and Risograph printing in this hands-on 4-week course taking place on Tuesday evenings. A great way to dive into self-publication & riso!
