Riso Printing Woven Accordions
Course Code: 26FRI001I
This two day, in-person workshop takes place at CBA on Saturday and Sunday, October 10th - 11th, from 11AM to 5PM
- Saturday, October 10th, from 11AM to 5PM ET
- Sunday, October 11th, from 11AM to 5PM ET
Please Note: Registration for this workshop closes on September 27 at 11:59 pm.
About the Workshop:
In this two-day intensive, participants will create Riso printed collages and bind them into the dynamic woven accordion structure. While experimenting with collage printing on the Riso we will learn the basics of Riso printing and manipulating prints on the glass, as well as explore the many ways to design printed material for a book. Students will create their own printed page and collaborate on the other printed book elements. We will then bind these prints into the collage-like structure of the woven accordion. Throughout the process we will explore the conceptual nature of the woven accordion, analyze the woven accordions of other artists, and experiment with the different ways to work with this structure and scale for future projects. By the end of the course you will have a small collection of Riso prints and a bound collaborative book for your own collection.
Required Materials:
- Collage materials for Riso printing (magazine cuttings, photographs, cut paper and other ephemera work particularly well).
All other materials will be provided by the Center for Book Arts at no additional cost.
About the Instructor
Becca Josephson is a Brooklyn based artist, printmaker, and bookbinder working around the form of the book. She often works with the risograph, letterpress, the manipulation of papercuts, and creating installation experiences for artist books. Becca teaches book art at various levels among other freelancing, commissions, book conservation and installation work. Becca completed a residency at InCahoots (Petaluma, CA) and has shown work at San Francisco Center for the Book, UC Berkeley, Mills College, and the Zuckerman Museum of Art. She received an MFA in Book Arts from Mills College and a BA from James Madison University. Becca’s work can be found in collection at Columbia University, VCU, and the UC Berkeley Environmental Design Library, among others.
All images courtesy of the instructor unless otherwise noted.