Friday, October 3rd
5:00-7:30pm
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Ever wish you could be in the driver's seat when printing on a Risograph Digital Duplicator? This hands-on class is for you!
This introductory class will familiarize students with the process of printing with a Riso machine. Students will work together to practice the core functionality of a Risograph, including making a scannable collage, changing ink drums, and scanning their image to make a “master” stencil to print. After these practice exercises, students will create designs with pens, markers, cut paper, and collage to play with the values and textures that are unique to Riso. After one student prints multiple copies of their design in one color, another participant will scan their image and print over top in a complementary color. This exercise will demonstrate the unique transparencies of Risograph ink. Each student will leave with a stack of collaborative, 2-color prints to trade and an understanding of the medium.
All workshop materials are provided.
What’s Riso Printing? For those not familiar with “Riso,” it refers to prints made with a Risograph digital duplicator machine. A Risograph is like a cross between screen printing and using a photocopier. Like screen printing, colors are printed through a stencil, one at a time. Each color has its own drum, which is loaded into the machine before printing. An image can either be scanned or sent digitally to a Riso, which processes it into a “master.” This means that the design is burned into the thin, waxy paper that wraps around the drum, creating a stencil that ink is pushed out of. When it’s time to print, the Riso pulls paper out of the feeding tray and into the machine, where the drum rolls over it, transferring the ink through the stencil and onto the paper.
Instructor: Sam Raduns (Misfit Press)
Sam is a just a dude that loves Risograph digital duplicators. He’s worked on and/or owned series including the GR 3770, MZ 790, RZ 990, and SF 9450. He works collaboratively with illustrators, graphic designers, and commercial clients to highlight the unique textures, colors, and tactility of Risograph printing.
Sam is a native Floridian and received his MFA in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his BA in Professional & Technical Writing from the University of South Florida.
He’s currently evading “The Man” in Northern Liberties Philadelphia and working on starting his own press, Misfit Press
