Risography and Collage

with Madeleine Aguilar

Saturday–Sunday, August 3–4, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Tuition: $215

This workshop includes lunch at 1 p.m. on Saturday and brunch at noon on Sunday.

Risography is a print process that can be described as "digital screen printing". It's an accessible form of duplication through which translucent inks combine to create a palette of vibrant and fluorescent colors. Come learn the fundamentals of Risography while working with hand-cut collage methods and drawing to generate imagery and produce a suite of editioned prints. We will learn to work improvisationally between analog and digital processes and experiment with color mixing. We will cover basic printmaking techniques such as layering and registration, while being open to the imperfect and serendipitous qualities of RISO. We will utilize the RISO scan bed to print & reproduce hand cut collages and drawings. Materials will be provided.

Madeleine Aguilar tells stories, builds archives, maps spaces, constructs furniture, records histories, organizes data, catalogs objects, prints publications, creates frameworks, collects imagery, acquires trades, ties knots, re-purposes materials, imitates structures, utilizes chance, plays instruments, follows intuition, prompts participation, guides observation, leaves evidence, develops routines, takes walks, breaks habits, and makes lists. Using the archive as form, she acknowledges the passing of time by cataloging lived spaces, collected objects, familial histories, personal relationships, natural phenomena, mundane routines, and ephemeral moments. She runs bench press, a collaborative Risograph press based in Chicago, and is currently Print & New Media Studio Manager at Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency.

Madeleine Aguilar & bex ya yolk, Prototypes for Compatibility (1 of 3), 2023, Paper, PVA, and sandstone. Images courtesy of the artist.