The risograph is a Japanese printer-duplicator that is seeing a resurgence in popularity, due to its affordability and unique quality of prints. In this workshop participants will try their hand at creating their own two-color, trading card zine book for Riso. We will cover different printing techniques such as mark-making, knockouts, and overprinting, while using various resources from the Printing Museum’s diverse letterpress type collection.
Registration Fee: $120 including materials. Members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today!
Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
RISO INKS:
Location: The Printing Museum, 1324 W Clay St. Houston, TX 77019.
This workshop is in-person at The Printing Museum. We look forward to welcoming you back and are taking recommended safety precautions regarding COVID-19. The class size will also be limited, so sign up early!
Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.
Get creative with wood type in this special workshop with visiting book artists Peter and Donna Thomas, who will explore various ways of using wood type to create illustrations. Each participant will use letters to create shapes or graphic images or use letters and words to create abstract designs. They will then print the type using multiple color runs, using a split fountain, learning how to change the value and tone of the color during the various press runs without having to wash up in-between. Each participant will make enough copies to share with the other classmates. We will end the workshop by creating a non-adhesive folder binding to hold the prints.
Peter and Donna Thomas are book artists from Santa Cruz, California. They make paper, print and bind books. They make both edition and one-of-a-kind books. Their books combine the precision of the fine press aesthetic with the structural creativity found in contemporary artists’ books. Current books available are shown on their website: http://www2.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna/. They are celebrating 40 years of making books and traveling cross country as “Wandering Book Artists” to visit the libraries that are hosting shows of their work.
Registration: $150 including materials; members receive a 10% discount. Become a member today! Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.
Join us for a cyanotype demo/workshop with our Fall 2020 Artist-In-Residence Caroline Roberts. Learn from home how to make photographs without a camera, using the water-based cyanotype process and sunshine! We will learn about using objects, transparencies, and digital negatives to create images.
A materials list (below) is provided before the workshop for those who want to work alongside the instructor, (sunshine permitting, wherever you are Zooming from!)
Location: Online via Zoom. We are planning to make a recording of the program available to everyone who has registered for several weeks afterwards, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live.
Members must log in to activate the discount. If you don’t have a login, please contact us at info[at]printingmuseum.org.Cancellations and refund requests must be made a minimum of three days (72 hours) prior to the first class date, by calling (713) 522-4652.
Materials & supplies if you’d like to follow-along (not required):
Hake or other wide, soft brush (watercolor brushes work well!)
A board and sheet of glass/plexiglass larger than your paper (NB: be careful that the glass/plexi do not have a UV filter coating!)
Transparencies, objects, plants for creating prints. Feathers, fabrics and lace work really well! Flat objects make the sharpest outlines but 3D objects will cast interesting shadows in bright sunlight.
A container larger than your paper that you can fill with water (shallow is preferable but deep will work)
Somewhere to lay your pieces to dry – can be as simple as kitchen towel or cloths on a table
Kitchen towel to mop up spills and messes! Also useful to put under your paper to catch drips as you coat!
Join us for a cyanotype demo/workshop with our Fall 2020 Artist-In-Residence Caroline Roberts. Learn to make photographs without a camera, using the water-based cyanotype process and sunshine! We will learn about using objects, transparencies, and digital negatives to create images.
A materials list (with suggested sources) will be provided before the workshop for those who want to work alongside (sunshine permitting!)
Materials & supplies:
Cyanotype solutions A&B: Photographer’s Formulary http://stores.photoformulary.com/cyanotypes-liquid-original/ (also available at Adorama and B&H for the same price) or Jacquard https://www.amazon.com/Jacquard-JCY1100-Cyanotype-Set/dp/B010MN312S/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=cyanotype&qid=1619561355&sr=8-3 – also often available in art supply stores! Paper sturdy enough to stand up to soaking in water. Good quality cotton rag papers work well in general.
Or: Sunprint paper – https://www.amazon.com/SunPrint-07990001235-Paper-Kit/dp/B073C9QYDG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=sunprint&qid=1619561620&sr=8-3 – again also available in art/craft supply stores!
Hake or other wide, soft brush (watercolor brushes work well!)
A board and sheet of glass/plexiglass larger than your paper (NB: be careful that the glass/plexi do not have a UV filter coating!)
Transparencies, objects, plants for creating prints. Feathers, fabrics and lace work really well! Flat objects make the sharpest outlines but 3D objects will cast interesting shadows in bright sunlight.
A container larger than your paper that you can fill with water (shallow is preferable but deep will work)
Somewhere to lay your pieces to dry – can be as simple as kitchen towel or cloths on a table
Kitchen towel to mop up spills and messes! Also useful to put under your paper to catch drips as you coat!
Location: Online via Zoom. We are planning to make a recording of the program available to everyone who has registered, so you will be able to watch the entire program at your convenience even if you can’t join us live.
