Welcome to the Riso Pop
Zine Making Course!
Join me in this 6 week course, where we will meet on Tuesday evenings to deep dive into the world of riso and zine making. Learn in depth about this printing technique while making exciting prints and printed products!
This course is for those who want to do more than a one-off workshop and want to have the time to develop this technique into their work.
When and Where?
The course will start on Tuesday the 5th of November, and the last evening will be the 17th of December- (week of 3rd is for you to work on your final zine) - just before Sinterklaas!
The course will be from 7pm to 9:30pm.
What to expect?
During these evenings you will how to approach this printing technique from different points of view. The main goals of this course is to give you an introduction to riso printing for publications:
We will build your zine making skills by introducing a new zine template on a weekly basis.
You will get Tips and Tricks on storytelling - how to use the templates to your advantage.
We will look at design and composition of book pages.
How to prepare files to print with riso and print planning.
Printing with riso - making you feel comfortable around the machine.
How to collate a booklet or zine.
Book binding techniques.
How is the course set up?
For each evening you will get an assignment, these assignments will help to explain an area of the printing process as well as book making. You will get to print each evening a new type of zine (from folded, to leporello and booklets.)
>>Take into consideration you will also be asked to prepare some of the assignments at home in order to make the most of the time at the studio for printing.
Do you need a laptop (or iPad)? Not necessary but recommended.
What will we be covering?
We will of course cover the machine in detail, from technical aspects to efficient and good printing practices.
The assignments per week will be covering different areas of riso printing and zine making.
Here’s an overview of what you can expect:
Collage and analogue techniques (Using the riso scanner)
Riso colours & colour mixing.
Textures, gradients and other riso effects.
Digital media (how to use digital software to help)
Zine making such as: folded zines, leporello and booklets.
Binding techniques such as Japanese Binding, Stitch Binding and Glue binding.
By the end of this course, you will have had extensive experience in printing with riso, together with at collection of (at least) 4 zines made by you!
Also good to know, with your experience at this course, you can book a printing session here at the studio, or at any other riso location and print your work with confidence!
Are you ready to jump in?!
Why this course?
Riso Pop is know for its one-off workshops, which are a great way to start learn about risograph printing.
By organizing a longer course, I want to offer not only more time to work with this incredible machine, but to be able to offer a more intimate and hand-on approach to the printing experience.
By coming back on a weekly basis, I hope participants will get into their creative zones and feel less pressure than in a regular workshop where time is of the essence.
This is also why this will be a small course with max 5 participants.
What are the costs?
The costs for this course are:
€ 300
6 evenings from 7pm to 10pm.
(payment possible in two instalments - please mail: hello@risopop.com)
Dates: Start Nov 5th - Ends on the 17th of December -
Nov 5, 12, 19, 26 + Dec 10, 17, (week of Dec 3rd is for you to work on your final zine)
At Riso Pop studio, Krugersrtaat 36h, Amsterdam.
This price includes:
Handout, mails and prep work for assignments,
All materials,
Personal feedback,
High quality printing paper,
Unlimited printing (within the motto of no unnecessary printing)
Full studio use,
Drinks & snacks.
Max amount of participants: 5
Course goes through with 3.