Pattern, Grid & Colour Workshop with Marina Willer → Sat 18 Apr

You’ll start with a short intro to Marina’s sticker-led approach to composition and building graphic rhythm, alongside a brief intro to Risograph printing and how colour layering works, including translucency and happy accidents. From there you’ll move into fast, grid-led composition exercises using stickers, tracing paper overlays, and found materials, learning how to use tracing paper to plan layers and simulate colour overlay before printing. You’ll choose one composition to refine for print, prepare the artwork for riso by thinking in layers, then print your final poster as a 4-colour result through layered passes.

This is an analogue-first workshop designed around pace, play, and strong composition. In the morning you’ll work through a series of quick exercises using grids and a shared inventory of stickers and materials, building multiple compositions rather than getting stuck perfecting one. Before lunch, you’ll choose your strongest direction and map your layers using tracing paper. In the afternoon, we shift into production and refinement: we’ll prepare your final artwork for riso and print it through layered passes for a 4-colour outcome. You’ll be supported throughout by the RISOTTO team so the printing stays smooth and you leave with finished work.

You don’t need to bring anything for making: we’ll provide a full sticker inventory, grid templates, tracing paper, and all materials.

Wear something you don’t mind getting a wee bit inky.

We’ll take a lunch break between 13:00–14:00. Bring lunch, or pop out locally.

This workshop is ideal for designers, illustrators, artists, and curious beginners. No prior Risograph experience is needed. If you love bold composition, colour, pattern, and working with playful constraints, you’ll have a great time.

Each participant will produce 40 prints in total, split into two A4 poster editions (20 + 20).

Your final outcome will be printed as a 4-colour result through layered passes, exploring how colour, paper, and composition shift in riso.

Because it’s a rare chance to spend a full day making with Marina Willer. Her work is iconic: bold, clever, and unapologetically graphic. You’ll learn directly from her sticker-led process, moving fast through structured exercises, then translating one strong composition into two fluorescent, layered riso editions. Expect big energy, sharp decisions, and a stack of prints you’ll actually want to keep.

RISOTTO Studio, The Glue Factory, 22 Farnell Street, Glasgow, G4 9SE, Scotland.
Step-free access is available via ramp. If you have any access questions, feel free to get in touch before booking.

Tickets are non-refundable up to 30 days before the workshop. After that, we can offer a transfer to another person, but we can’t guarantee refunds. We will have a wait list open. Email us at workshops@risottostudio.com to join the list and include your name + phone number and we’ll contact you if a space opens up.