What’s in a face? Join this fun workshop where you will transform a portrait into a colourful riso collage!

During this course we will be exploring the possibilities of collage making with riso through the theme of ‘Portraits’. You don’t need to know how to draw! With the help of fun exercises, you get to transform portraits into colourful riso collages.In these two days you will not only learn about risograph printing, but also basic bookbinding as your piece will become part of a collaborative, handmade zine. Which you then get to take home!

In this course we will work fully analogue, so there’s no laptop/iPad or knowledge of photoshop needed. All levels welcome.

What will you learn in this 4 week course?

• Introduction to riso printing for publications,

• Guidance on collage for riso,

• Design and composition of book pages,

• Preparing analogue files to print with 2 colours

• How to collate a booklet or zine

• Preparing and planning the printing of a booklet or zine with riso

• Riso Printing process

• Hand stitch binding.

An overview of the 4 days:

Day 1 - Tue 3rd of May

On Day 1 you will get an introduction to riso printing, and we will look at the basics of creating a zine. We will do a first experiment with printing collage and give you tips & tricks of what to keep in mind during your the design of your pages.

You will also have time to brainstorm ideas and plan the content of your page.

Day 2 - Tue 10th of May

Day 2 will be our creation day! You will bring your reference images (photos, magazine, cut outs etc) and we will start with portrait making. We will have some fun exercises to get you going.

Day 3 - Tue 17th of May

On day 3 the plan is to start printing! Your collage should be finished in separate layers ready to get printed on our group zine!

Day 4 - Tue 24th of May

This last day is aimed at book binding! You will get a step-by-step guidance on how to hand stitch bind your zine, and you will get to put your new knowledge in action.

Home Prep (how much time do I need to set aside for this?)

Please take into consideration that you will need some extra time at home to develop your portrait, for example to work on your ideas between day 2 and 3.

The workshop costs: €180
Only 6 Spots available.

Includes:

• 4 evenings from 6:30 to 9pm

• Introduction to risograph printing,

• File preparation for collage prints,

• Personal guidance

• Zine making & handstitch binding,

• All materials included,

• Refreshments & snacks.

(would you like to join but your wallet would prefer to split this into 2 payments?
please get in touch to talk about possibilities- hello@risopop.com)