Introduction to Riso

Introduction to Riso

• 2.5 hrs workshop
• Materials and light refreshments provided
• £40 plus booking fee

Riso is a unique form of printing that has similarities with both photocopying and screen printing. It uses a machine called a Risograph to make beautiful, layered images and graphics, using digital files and images.

In this group workshop you will learn how to create artwork for risograph printing, supported by an experienced artist riso print practitioner. The workshop is open to people with no prior experience of Riso, or people seeking a refresher.

We'll begin by exploring how the risograph printer works and looking at artworks and publications previously made using the machine.

Each person will then develop their own two-layered design using a mixture of drawing and collage. We'll run through how to print from both the scan-bed and from digital files on a computer including basic colour separation .

We'll finish with each person printing 10 copies of their design to create 10 x two-colour A3 or A4 prints to take home.

People completing the Riso Introduction workshop will be able to book an Open Access slot at the TACO! print studio to independently continue the development of their learning or projects.

What to bring and what is included

• Light refreshments are included and the Print Studio has a kitchen with microwave, kettle and toaster for preparing your own food should you need to.
• All materials are provided in the workshop.
• Please bring some ideas, images and text that you might want to use in your print. These can be digitised or physical material you might want to scan.

About the lead workshop artists

Chloe Cooper is an artist and educator living in Thamesmead. She makes zines and prints using her A4 inkjet printer and the risograph printer at the TACO! Print Studio, and has published and exhibited widely.

Tommy Brentnall is an artist, illustrator, book designer, and educator living in London. He runs the publishing imprint Physical Interface.

About TACO!

TACO! is an non for profit artist-led organisation supporting research, production, and exchange in Thamesmead and SE London. We understand artistic practice to be a social tool for making the world anew. We aim to foster artists and art practices as valued, vital and useful to creative communities, civil society, and the realisation of shared equitable futures.

TACO! is conceived as an ongoing artistic enquiry that is embedded, socially engaged, and explores what art can be and do. We centre artists and the creative agency of communities in the way we develop and grow. Our activities are experimental and collaborative, supporting learning and exchange between artists, audiences, community and place.

The TACO! Print Studio is a risographic print and publishing facility with workshop space and Artist Resource Library that can be accessed and used by artists, groups and communities for publishing and print based projects. It provides print and binding services, skills workshops, and facilities for creative production and research.

The Studio provides facilities for creative production and research and runs a programme of Riso-based workshops. It includes a kitchen, wifi, and a soft seating area.