Risograph Work
An overview of my work with Risograph Duplicators, from my own artwork, to the workshops I have led.
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Description
The first time I ever got to use a Riso machine was in my senior year of high school, when I met my future mentor, Max Stadnik. I was planning to do an internship with him during the second semester of my senior year, but since that year was 2020, it didn’t end up happening. Instead, I did the internship the next summer, and it was one of the best work experiences I’ve ever had. I learned so much about the practical process of commercial printing and the what goes into preparing content for print. As a budding print designer, I was very interested to learn about the process to find out how I could design better for riso work, but as I fell more and more in love with the process, my work began to be influenced more initially by the process, rather than conforming to the process later on. I think that this is one of the most important jobs that a designer has with any media, to understand the particularities of the materials they use, especially so with design for print.
All the images I have included were both designed and printed by myself. Some of them were made as teaching aids for my riso workshops, another essential part of my riso expertise. Others are my own explorations, or commissioned work.
