RISOGRAD Workshop 7.12.2024
Printing of Christmas Card
I was about to go to the RISOGRAD open workshop with little time to prepare something to print. So as usual, I reached for what was already prepared. In this case, it was a Christmas card I have created for FH Joanneum x Infinitive Factory x INTOUCH – XMAS Card Design Award. It has won third place, yay.
Well, it was prepared for letterpress printing and postprocessing, so, it worked in layers. Very doable in riso too. The design is simplistic, in mind with the letterpress process, it was supposed to have the outline graphic in red metallic foil and blind embossing. For riso, it doesn’t have quite the same charm. None other risograph specialty was utilize, except for using color outside of CMYC spectrum. But in any case, I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to print the design, so I went for it. And it turned out great.
I came to RISOGRAD early, however it is first come first serve type of situation. There were other people before me to print their artworks, so I had to wait. It was a nice waiting. I talked to few people around, god a friend out of it, seen others work. Looked through archives. Learned some things new to me. Fixed my graphic, and went on to print on Saturday eve.
Printing was done on MZ790 risograph machine, which has two drums. I used bright red and aqua ink. For the paper, I went with BIOTOP 200g, A4 format, which was handcut and little unprecise – therefore I printed my A5 card on the A4 with cutmarks to get the right format after.
First, we made a few copies running only the blue layer first, and second layer after, as you would do with one drum risograph. After, we printed them both in one run, utilizing the double-drummness of the machine. By “we”, I mean me and the responsible RISOGRAD person, Chris.
Results had more precise layering with the second method.
And to wrap it up, some fun pictures:
