Design, print and finish your own 2027 RISO calendar with North or Nowt in the ESA Riso Room.
If you’re like me, you might struggle to remember what day it is, sometimes what month it is, or perhaps even what year it is.
Hi, I’m North or Nowt. You might remember me from ESA RISO Room classes such as ‘Cut. Paste. Destroy. Create.’ and ‘Have a f#!?ing Xmas’. Today we bring you a revolutionary idea in RISO form, the calendar. An artefact which allows you to track the passage of time from day to day during the Earth’s rotation of the celestial body the sun, over a period of time now commonly referred to as a year.
During this workshop, you will learn about RISO print and how to design and print using the process. You will design a 1-2 colour artwork around a pre-made date template for each of the 12 months of 2027, each month at approximately A6. You will design, print and finish a small edition of copies.
You can work with any analogue media you like. Collage, mark making and illustration would work really well. Materials will be provided, but feel free to bring along anything specific you’d like to work with.
This session is perfect for both RISO beginners and pros alike, and could be a perfect gift or experience to give to another.
The workshop takes place in the Riso Room at Convention House, St Mary’s Lane, Leeds, LS9 7EH, on Thursday 3 December, 6 to 8.30pm. Tickets are £35 plus booking fee per ticket.
About North or Nowt
North or Nowt is the imprint name of printer, graphic designer, illustrator and print educator Mike Ainsworth. Based in Leeds, Mike specialises in designing and creating screen printed gig posters and merchandise and has previously worked with artists like Protomartyr, Gorilla Biscuits, Sunn O))))), Shonen Knife, Admiral Fallow and Laura Jane Grace, amongst many others. Mike has worked as a graphic designer for clients such as Vantage Books and M.W.Craven, as well as having 10 years’ experience working as a print educator in higher education and as an industrial printer. Although North or Nowt predominantly specialise in design and print for screen print, RISO and letterpress, Mike is knowledgeable across a broad range of other print processes such as lino print, drypoint, etching and monoprint. Mike is a member of Letterpress Workers (LPW) and a contributor and attendee at the Letterpress Workers Summit in Milan, Italy. Mike also works for People Powered Press (Saltaire) and Thin Ice Press (York) as a printmaker and technician and as a tutor at Leeds Print Workshop and West Yorkshire Print Workshop.
