If you’ve taken the Introduction to Risograph class and are looking to rent the Riso machine independently, this is the next step.
The Risograph Certification class will reinforce proper usage and care of the machine through two projects. We’ll reacquaint ourselves with the machine and troubleshoot when printing our first project from the glass. Then we will take a look at Spectrolite software, which can be used to prep digital files before printing or review files in desired color combinations. We will use Spectrolite to send files directly to the Riso for the second project.
Each student will be required to switch drums, confidential a master and execute other basic functions.
Upon satisfactory completion of the Risograph Certification class, you will be able to rent the Riso at SFCB to work independently on your posters, zines, or other printed matter!
Materials to Bring
Students will complete two separate projects, two colors each. Come prepared with designs ready to print. Both projects will be printed on 11” x 17” paper, they must have margins and not be larger than 10” x 16”.
One project should be ready to print from the glass of the machine (remember that two colors means two separate layers!). The second project should be digital files on a thumb drive, or digital storage that can be accessed from a shared laptop. The second project is a great time to explore printing a photograph in duotone. The studio will supply paper for printing.
About the Instructor
Meri Brin (she/her) has been teaching Printmaking around the Bay Area since 2007. Besides teaching at SFCB, she has taught Silkscreen at Mission Grafica, and was full-time faculty at Academy of Art University for a decade. Her prints have been exhibited in local, as well as national shows. She has a print in the Library of Congress, and also exhibits as Fixated Press at San Francisco Zine Fest. Her artwork examines the complexity and visual noise of the everyday world, or she just wants to show you some cats.
Meri is a member of the California Society of Printmakers, and is the Printmedia Studio Manager at California College of the Arts.
Location
San Francisco Center for the Book
375 Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Registration Policies
Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class. Registration will close approximately three days prior to the start date of the workshop to allow the instructor time to prep materials for class. We recommend you not wait to register, as workshops that don't meet our minimum enrollment will be canceled, sometimes as much as a week in advance.
Workshop fee
(includes materials fee):
$220
Prerequisite:
Introduction to the Risograph or previous Riso printing experience.
Class session:
Sunday, June 1, 2025
10 am-4:30 pm
If this workshop is full, please click this link to add your name to the waitlist. If a seat becomes available, we will contact you.