Cyanotype and Risograph Workshop — with Jess Crisp
Join us for a hands-on creative lab where Risograph printing meets cyanotype!
In this collaborative session, you’ll explore two analogue processes with hosts Alice and special guest Jess Crisp.
We’ll begin by making one-colour Risograph prints to build a folded zine together, with everyone contributing pages to a shared publication. Once the prints are off the press, Jess will guide you in coating, exposing and layering cyanotype chemistry over the Risograph surfaces.
As part of the process, we’ll take a short, gentle foraging walk around the building to collect natural materials such as leaves, grasses and textures to use in the cyanotype stage. These found elements, along with optional acetate drawings, will be layered onto the prints and exposed to light, creating unique marks where ink and chemistry interact in unexpected ways.
No experience necessary. Whether you’re curious about photo-chemistry, printmaking, or just want to play with process, this workshop blends experimentation with making tangible printed work.
Who’s Running This?
🌿 Jessica Crisp is a printmaker, educator and master of process-based work. She’s spent years in studios like Edinburgh Printmakers making experimental techniques accessible and joyful.
🌀 Alice Prentice runs Isle of Riso, a print and design studio in Inverness specialising in community-rooted, eco-friendly Risograph printing. If you’ve been to our workshops before, you know the vibe.
Who’s It For?
This session is open to all, artists, hobbyists, first-time print dabblers, and creative wanderers. No age limit and no pressure. Just come ready to try something new with great people in a laid-back setting.