{"product_id":"risograph-print-small-press-edition","title":"Risograph Print — Small Press Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew:\u003c\/strong\u003e A risograph is a printing machine designed in the 1980s for cheap, high-volume office duplication. Somewhere along the way, artists and small publishers figured out that its limitations — the slightly off registration, the ink that sits on top of the paper instead of soaking in, the way two colours interact when they overlap — were actually the point. You can't fake what a riso print looks like. It's not a filter. It's a physical process, and you can feel it when you hold one. As an architect I spend a lot of time thinking about how things are made. This is one of those things where the how is inseparable from the what.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAshlyn:\u003c\/strong\u003e I didn't know what risograph was until about a year ago. Now I see it everywhere — zines, art prints, show posters, book covers. It has a look that's immediately recognizable once you know it. Warm, slightly imperfect, nothing like what comes out of a laser printer. I actually prefer it to a lot of \"proper\" printing. There's something about knowing it was made in a small run by someone who cared about every copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChloe:\u003c\/strong\u003e I do a lot of making and I've been into printmaking lately — linocuts, stamps, that kind of thing. Riso is the next level of that. The idea that the machine's imperfections are the whole point is something I get immediately. It's not a bug, it's the texture. I want to try printing on one. Dad says he'll find a studio. I'm holding him to that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted via risograph — ink sits on paper, not absorbed into it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlightly off-registration is intentional and part of the process\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall press runs — every copy is slightly different\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA few places to start: Perfectly Acceptable Press, Colour Code Printing (Toronto), your local zine fair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuy something small from someone you've never heard of. That's the whole point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Various Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49262083965176,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/8418\/0728\/files\/IMG_6840_2048x_3fdefb01-fa66-4a33-813e-57f8bbc45985.webp?v=1781879847","url":"https:\/\/craftedanalog.com\/products\/risograph-print-small-press-edition","provider":"Crafted Analog","version":"1.0","type":"link"}