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What is risography and how does riso printing work
Risography step by step: how a risograph prints through a master and a drum, why riso inks glow, and how riso differs from screen and digital printing.
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How I print riso posters: from drawing to finished print
Notes from my studio in Vršovice, Prague: how a drawing becomes a riso poster, what my risograph can do and how I layer the inks. For anyone curious about risography up close.
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How I test what the inks do over each other
Riso inks are translucent and make new shades over each other. How I print overprint charts and gradients before choosing the inks for a new poster.
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Tulips and daffodils: three colours on one sheet
How the tulip and daffodil riso posters were made: drawing on the iPad, three colour layers, changing drums, registration and cutting two posters from one sheet.
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Leopard with bananas: how a two-colour riso poster is made
Step by step, how I print the leopard and bananas riso poster: colour separation, fluorescent yellow, drying, black on top, registration and trimming.
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Riso EZ 571: how my risograph works
How the Riso EZ 571 risograph in my Prague studio works: the master, ink drums, changing colours and printing riso posters step by step.
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Civets on a top: Riso MiScreen A4
How I print on fabric with the Riso MiScreen A4: a stencil from my drawing, hand-mixed ink, two layers through the screen and a sewn top with civets.
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A polka-dot top: Riso MiScreen A4
Big soft dots on a linen top: shapes from a drawing, a stencil from the Riso MiScreen, hand-mixed ink and two versions, grey and salmon.
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A scarf with a civet and a genet: painted by hand
A scarf with no machine and no stencil: a hem from the sewing machine, a shade mixed from RISOAQUA inks and a civet and a genet painted with a brush.
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A Christmas civet: Riso MiScreen A4
A Christmas card with a civet and a tree: two stencils from the Riso MiScreen, hand-mixed shades and two inks that make three colours.
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