We print zines, posters and small books on a 1998 riso that smells faintly of soy ink and ambition. Every sheet comes out a little different. That’s the good bit.
The stickers peel off. Drag them.
What happens to your file
- 1
We split it by colour
One greyscale layer for each ink. Pink here, blue there. Where they overlap, you get a purple nobody can quite reproduce.
- 2
We burn a master
A thermal head punches thousands of tiny holes into a stencil. It sounds like a very polite dentist.
- 3
One colour goes down
The drum spins at up to 130 sheets a minute. Then we swap drums, feed the stack back in and pray to the gods of registration.
- 4
Then the second
A millimetre of drift between layers is normal. We call it character. You’ll call it the reason you can’t stop looking.
Pass 1 of 2: pinkA3, edition of 60
The shelf
Zines we printed for people who had something to say and not much budget to say it with. Titles and editions are fictional, for this concept.
Get ink on your hands
- Sat 14 Nov
Zine in a day
Write it, lay it out, print 30 copies, fold them badly. 10:00 to 16:00, £65, lunch included.
- Thu 19 Nov
Two-colour posters
Learn to separate layers and plan overlaps. Evening class, 18:30 to 21:00, £40.
- Sat 5 Dec
Riso for illustrators
Bring three drawings. Leave with a print run and a better understanding of halftones. £75.
Concept demo: nothing is booked or charged.
Bring us your weird.
Send a PDF, a sketch on a napkin or just the idea. We’ll reply with a price, a paper sample and an honest opinion about your font choices.
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