Riso Print Courses
Riso Print Courses
Beginners/Refresher Riso Poster Workshop
Our playful Beginners/Refresher Riso course is designed for people who have little or no experience in Risograph Printing. Over the course of the session we will introduce students to the history of the Risograph medium, the basics functions of the machine and explore a portfolio of examples and its range of printing techniques. We will teach you step by step the practical skills required to produce your own 2 colour A3 sized Riso print onto paper. By creating handmade stencils using experimental mark-making, text and collage techniques each person will generate a 10x A3 sized Riso prints onto 100% recycled paper.
Course Duration: 3hours
Fee: £60 per person (all materials included)
Beginners Risograph Zine Making Workshop
Zines (spelt like ZINE but pronounced like ZEEN taken from the word “magazine”) are self-published non-profit publications with a history rooted in DIY cultures.
Our Beginners Zine Making Workshop is designed for people who have little or no experience of Zine Making. If you have an interest in illustration, books, storytelling or journaling this workshop is for you. During this hands-on session we will introduce students to a short history of zine making whilst taking a look at various examples from our Goose Studio Zine Library.
Whether you have an idea in mind for creating your own zine or not we will assist you with a series of zine prompts to get you started. The workshop covers the basics of zine making including conception/design/printing & folding. We will be printing our zines on the Riso using 2 separate colours/layers. We will be creating handmade stencils using experimental mark-making, text and collage techniques*. The zine technique we will be doing is called the 8 fold zine (this Zine fold has many names including Beak Zine & 1 page Zine) each person will leave with an edition of 10 x 2x colour/layer A6 sized zines.
This workshop includes a short introduction to the Risograph printer!
*If you are competent using the Adobe suite (illustrator, indesign, photoshop) and would prefer to create your stencils digitally you can join this class - however there will be no teaching or assistance with creating your artwork digitally - we will just provide the spec to format your files ready for printing.
Course Duration: 3.5 hours
Fee: £70 per person (All materials included)
Intermediate Risograph Zine Making workshop in collaboration with Bindfulness Handmade Books
During this Intermediate Riso Zine Making workshop we will tackle a more complex zine technique producing a bound A5 sized Zine that will be 12 pages plus the cover.
We recommend that you have completed our Beginners Riso Poster Workshop OR our Beginners Riso Zine Making Workshop before taking this class. In this hands-on session we will introduce students to a short history of zine making whilst taking a look at various examples from our Goose Studio Zine Library.
If you have an interest in illustration, books, storytelling or journaling this workshop is for you. Whether you have an idea in mind for creating your own zine or not we will assist you with a series of zine prompts to get you started.
The workshop covers the basics of zine making including conception/design/printing & binding. We will be printing our zines on the Risograph using 2 separate colours/layers. We will be creating handmade stencils using experimental mark-making, text and collage techniques* each person will leave with an edition of 10 x 2x colour/layer A5 size 12 page booklet zines.
We are very excited to team up with Faversham artisan bookbinder Hope Fitzgerald from Bindfulness Handmade Books in this Intermediate Riso Zine Making Workshop. Hope will share simple and effective bookbinding techniques to guide us through the folding, piercing & hand sewing of our 12 page Riso Printed Zine.
*If you are competent using the Adobe suite (illustrator, indesign,photoshop) and would prefer to create your stencils digitally you can join this class - however there will be no teaching or assistance with creating your artwork digitally - we will just provide the spec to format your files ready for printing.
Course duration: 5.5hours (plus 30minutes for lunch)
Fee: £95 per person (all materials included)
Risograph Greetings Card Workshop
Join our Riso Greetings Card Workshops at Goose Studio. This is a opportunity to create your very own set of greetings cards (the theme of your cards is up to you - be it for Birthdays, Thank yous, Christmas or any other religious holiday that you might celebrate)
We will be creating handmade stencils using experimental mark-making, text and collage techniques* Participants will create their own 2/3 colour/layer designs in an edition of 12x A6 sized cards. No experience in Risograph printing necessary - we will begin the class with an introduction to the process & a look at some Riso prints & card examples for inspiration and a better idea of what you can create.
This workshop includes 12x A6 Cards (300gsm recycled off white context birch paper) plus 10x envelopes. There is also the opportunity to print onto more cards at a further cost.
Spaces are limited and they will book up fast so book early to avoid disappointment :)
*If you are competent using the Adobe suite (illustrator, indesign,photoshop) and would prefer to create your stencils digitally you can join this class - however there will be no teaching or assistance with creating your artwork digitally - we will just provide the spec to format your files ready for printing.
Course duration: 4hours
Fee: £70 per person (all materials included
