A special workshop with Johanna Maierski of Colorama, a project space in Berlin that has been creating and building community through books since 2015. Johanna will be in London for a joint Colorama & Terry Bleu exhibition at the LCBA gallery in May – more on that soon! 

The Riso (Ri-sō), or Risograph Duplicator, is a low cost and environmentally friendly printing process that can produce results that are rich in colour and texture and a bit analogue due to its unique mechanics. A printing process particularly suited for fliers, posters, comics and zines.

Learn how to print a Riso-reproduction of your photograph or artwork in the Faux-CMYK technique. You will get an introduction into color-separation, learn basics of riso-printing, halftones, angles and how inks mix together.

Suitable for beginners. Participants are asked to bring along a laptop with Photoshop and an image that they want to separate during the workshop.

On completion of the workshop participants will take home 10 A4 prints and have the opportunity to become Studio Pass holders to work independently, with occasional guidance, on their own projects using the Riso along with other tools and equipment at the LCBA studio. 

Images:

1. COLORAMA CALENDAR 2021 (Malwine Stauss)

2. TOGETHER by Melek Zertal

3. IN THE STUDIO: JOHANNA MAIERSKI, Art21, photo by Nadine Fraczkowski

4. 4 COLOUR RISOPRINT by Malwine Stauss

5. THE LIMERENCE by Liva Kandevica

6. IN THE STUDIO: JOHANNA MAIERSKI, Art21, photo by Nadine Fraczkowski

London Centre for Book Arts is a recognised artist-run, open-access studio with a focus on books and publications. Since 2012, LCBA has been at the forefront of teaching and promoting the heritage craft of bookbinding in the UK. Based on our popular workshops, Making Books: a guide to creating hand-crafted books by the London Centre for Book Arts was published in 2017 and has since been published in seven different languages.

Workshop participants receive 10% discount on purchases made in-person from the LCBA Shop on the day of the workshop.

Cancellation Policy


If you are unable to make a workshop, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can re-list your place. We are a very small organisation and proceeds from each ticket goes towards crucial overheads. Cancellations made after 21 days before the start date of the workshop are not refundable or transferable.

Waitlist

If a workshop you wish to join is fully booked, please email us to be put on the waitlist in the event of any cancellations

We run bespoke workshops & experiences for individuals and groups  – for more information please email hello@londonbookarts.org

Accessibility
LCBA is wheelchair accessible and barrier free.
There are accessible, gender neutral toilets.
Public transport options to LCBA can be seen under Find Us, but the routes from stations to LCBA has uneven pavements that are narrow. There are two disabled parking spaces just across the road from the entrance to LCBA. For more information on access please email hello@londonbookarts.org