Based in Stockport, a large town in Northern England, Heather Chambers is an illustrator and muralist. It is her hometown that is one of the biggest influences on Heather’s creative output; “I grew up quite working class. My background never fails to keep on impacting how I think about my…
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Corner Bodega Publishing is an indie publisher curating work from up-and-coming artists with a focus on illustration and photography. Together with artists they put together limited runs of publications, prints, and other fun stuff to sell in shops across the country and online. Corner Bodega Publishing…
Hosted by Pen Gallery, in Poole’s (Dorset, UK) newly regenerated Kingland Crescent, Windrush Echoes features works by Arts University Bournemouth Alumni, graphic designer Kemba Earle and multimedia artist Daisy Jones. The exhibition, which opened on the 22 June – National Windrush Day is, a visual exploration into experiences of the…
Aqui Thami is a Janajati artist from the Himalayas, currently living and working in Bombay. She uses social exchanges and develops safe spaces to position art as a medium of healing in community, self-funding her work and realising it through collaboration. Aqui has a masters in Dalit and Tribal Studies…
VrijFormaat (FreeFormat) is collaboration between Dutch graphic designers Joke van de Fliert and Esther van de Visch. The duo’s first contact was made at the Utrecht School of the Arts, where by chance their easels were standing side by side at a painting seminar. They soon discovered they had more…
Lou Rowland is an Irish illustrator, printmaker, and musician based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her work imbues bright colours, patterns, and playful compositions. Lou is a graduate of NCAD, Dublin, where she received a 1:1 in Visual Communication in 2016 before completing her Masters in Illustration at the Glasgow School of…
Lettering artist and illustrator Ollie Cooper’s work is bold and playful, providing commentary on subjects such as language, social, and environmental issues. Combining his branding background with his love of typography, his signature style fuses together language with bespoke lettering to create tongue-in-cheek, impactful pieces. His projects range from identity…
Rotterdam-based creative Michael van Kekem’s practice covers a diverse range of fields including Illustration, graphic design, and printmaking. One of his latest projects is a Risograph printed zine that is inspired by some of the poetic texts he has written over the past year and a half. “I decided to…
Vanessa and Valentin are the faces behind the agency, Atelier Hourra. They are two French creatives creating from and living in rural South of France. The duo work as graphic designers for local brands and companies, as well as printing their own illustrations. Besides their clients projects, they also carve…
Čierne Diery (The Black Holes) is a creative project that for the past six years has been engaging and connecting dozens of people and initiatives in Slovakia. As a result, Risograph prints created in collaboration with Slovak visual artists, illustrators, and graphic designers (to date more than 66 authors and…
Hamburg-based illustrator, designer, and art director, Sebastian König was recently commissioned by Wildbloei Kombucha (a locally brewed kombucha tea company from the Netherlands) to develop the branding and label design for the organic drink from Nijmegen. As part of the project, Sebastian created a series of Risograph business cards, printed…
Based in Dundee, Scotland, Katie Ravenscraig is a printmaker and illustrator working at Dundee Contemporary Arts’ (DCA) print workshop. Katie conducts a wide variety of projects, including zines, Riso printed stationery, and silkscreen prints. Her practice also explores the blend between digital and traditional techniques. Her printed goods explore themes…
Austrian-born and Cape Town-based graphic designer Julia Schimautz’s latest works are an exploration of optical illusion and animation through the medium of Riso printing. Julia is currently part of the team at Riso studio Dream Press, where her work is guided by her love for “the beauty in imperfection and…
For a little joy and colour in a world that can, at this point, feel relentlessly gloomy and grey, you could do far worse than to cast your eyes over Jumbo Press’s website. The press, which specialises in riso-printing, began life in Deptford, south east London, and has since moved…
Abi Fairhurst is a Printmaker based in Manchester, UK. She has been creating and producing designs under her label, Abi Prints, over the past year. Her work embraces a wide range of styles and influences, from minimalistic vector art as seen in her Risograph pieces, to excessive, neon-drenched, screen printed…
It’s hard not to love Rosa Kusabbi’s work, and her attitude: first, we were taken with the cursor on her website (just go there if you haven’t already, and point at things); then, we were even more taken by the fact her dissertation pieces were animations of a duo of…
Aiming to shine a light on issues around belonging, identity and inequality in the publishing industry, the The Tilt is a new illustrated Riso-printed publication “designed to question traditional forms.” Comprising a collection of new writing that centres around these issues, the all-female publishing, editorial and design team for The…
Risograph printing, with its unique aesthetic and vibrant colours, is an environmentally friendly and affordable way of printmaking that uses soy-based inks. The Risograph is a stencil duplicator, and can be seen as a cross between screen printing and a photo copy. The machine produces unique outcomes by printing one…
Concrete Nature is a creative studio based in Glasgow and run by Clementine Carriere. The studio collaborates with individuals, galleries, institutions, and organisations to bring projects to life across print, digital, and space. Taking a “holistic” approach to what they do, and a desire to “positively impact the planet”, Clementine…
Wild Press is a new Risograph print studio run by illustrator and printmaker Lou Rowland, based at Wild & Kind Studios in Glasgow. Wild and Kind are an ethical print and embroidery social enterprise that use 100% of its profits to tackle loneliness and isolation. They strive to make Riso…