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Tools For Artists
Recent years the artistic works created by “RISOGRAPH” printer has been expanding worldwide.
Many of creators and art designers are becoming interested in the idea of using “RISOGRAPH” of which are able to realize the “handmade quality” and create small quantity of printed products such as ZINE at minimized cost.
Therefore, why don’t you try “RISOGRAPH” for your art works?
As well as “RISOGRAPH”, we would like to introduce “GOCCOPRO” and “MiScreen a4” that can create printing on textiles so that your artistic works can be more creative.
We believe that these RISO products will be “Tools for artists”.
“RISO ART” means art works created using the RISO products collectively.
The website “RISO ART” introduces art works or other related information. The art works are created using the high-speed digital printer “RISOGRAPH” in which traditional stencil printing principles and original RISO technology are combined and the digital screen maker “GOCCOPRO”.
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Close Up RISO ART STUDIO “Corners” in KOREA
Let us introduce an art studio “Corners” in Seoul, Korea. The studio was opened in 2012 and run by Mr. Kim who owns 3 RISOGRAPHs and supports making art works from artists and creators. The video shows attractiveness of the RISOGRAPH and blueprint of the “RISO ART” scheme.
How to Print?
RISOGRAPH is the high-speed digital duplicator in which traditional stencil printing principles and original RISO technology are combined. The video shows steps to produce a work by using “RISO A2”.
Light&Easy Screen Maker MiScreen a4
It's easy to use, just press to burn image on screen. It's light and compact, just take it with you anywhere. It's so fun and easy to make hand-made good with silk screen printing. MiScreen a4 !! This is new way of enjoying screen printing in anywhere for anyone. This is new digital screen maker, RISO MiScreen a4.
Digital Screen Maker GOCCOPRO
RISO Dry Thermal Screen Making System is set to become the new screen printing standard. No emulsion, dark room or film positives required. There's no need, either, for light exposure processing or wash out. With its low power consumption and produsing no waste water.
Interview
Art University
“RISOGRAPH” new tools for your expression
Prof. Yasushi Nagahara
Dept. of Information Design, Tama Art University
RISOGRAPH as educational material
We offer a program called “Project Based Learning (PBL)” in Tama Art University. AS part of the program, we collaborate with private companies and studios to learn the process of personal publishing. Students exhibit their works which are made by RISOGRAPH in TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR at the end of the program.
Various expressive styles
To me, the RISOGRAPH has been familiar since I had mimeograph printing experience in my elementary school. My students also knew the products though they did not know the exact name “Risograph” and they longed for using them. Depend on how you manipulate the machine, you can produce art works which are close to fine lithograph or old-school style mimeograph printing. Though we prefer high resolution in many aspects, it does not matter when it comes to “expression”. By using one’s ingenuity, possibility of expression increases drastically. Laying over a color on another is one example. The point is, I would like the others to know the RISOGRAPH has such potentials.
ZINEs made by students. Each one of them had individuality.
RISO ART STUDIO in Japan
Reproduce of ZINEs
Mr. Shinsuke Kanno, Hand Saw Press
Hand Saw Press is a RISOGRAPH&DIY Studio located in Musashi-koyama, Tokyo. Mr. Kanno was in charge of reproducing ZINEs “100PAGES/5ZINES” which were created in the TOKYO ART BOOK FAIR (2009). It was a tough job to reproduce the works which were created ten years ago because I had to consider the machine settings such as print mode, density, halftone dot and many like. Sometimes discontinued inks were used, so I struggled to reproduce them by laying over inks. It was a really good opportunity to think about what does reproduce mean.
100 PAGES/ 5ZINES
User’s Voice
Knust press (Netherland)
Astrid Florentinus
I love making books with the RISOGRAPH because I can actually feel the art piece by turning pages. I want to try to make more new colors by laying over colors.
Lucky risograph (U.S.A.)
Joe Hirsch
Limited kind of ink colors is the key. Since there are needs to think design and things out, we can produce nice pieces of art works. In addition, easy operated machine helps us a lot.
KNOCKLE & NOTCH (Singapore)
Joe Hirsch
I really like RISO vegetable inks in terms of both brightness and eco-friendliness.
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