{"id":2831,"date":"2024-06-28T17:54:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T17:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/?post_type=stories&p=2831"},"modified":"2024-06-28T19:20:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:20:47","slug":"leaning-into-riso","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/news\/leaning-into-riso\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaning Into Riso"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new, old-school printer helps student artists, and visiting professionals, revel in the retro.<\/span><\/h5>\n

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E<\/span>astern\u2019s Risogra<\/span>ph copier, a \u201cdigital duplicator\u201d named Ferdinand, isn\u2019t old. But the art it produces \u2014\u00a0funky screen-prints created in layers of stenciled spot color \u2014 reproduce the retrograde vibe craved by today\u2019s creatives.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Riso print created by Eastern’s Department of Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Built by Japan\u2019s Riso Kagaku Corporation, EWU purchased its Risograph just over a year ago with the help of funding from Gemini, a company that specializes in made-to-order dimensional signage. Students have been testing Ferdinand\u2019s creative potential ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n

More recently, these Eagle artists have been joined by a rotating cohort of professionals who have been named to participate in month-long, Risograph-centered residencies each quarter through 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe had applicants from all across the country,\u201d says Jamin Kuhn, the EWU Design Department lecturer who manages the 4D Lab in the Catalyst building. \u201cIt kind of speaks toward the allure of the printer, and how popular it is among the print communities.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The four residents, selected by a jury for their skill sets and creative ideas, include two regional designers alongside one from Hawaii and another from Wisconsin. The first of these artists, Brianna Miller, completed her residency earlier this year. Miller, 31, grew up in Salem, Oregon, and studied at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland. She moved to Spokane about five years ago, and it didn’t take long before she had established herself as one of the city\u2019s most accomplished young artists. \u201cI love how similar the print production is to screen printing, with the color layers and separations,\u201d says Miller, a detail of whose work is shown alongside the previous column. \u201cI also admire how the Risograph\u2019s soy inks produce such vivid colors \u2014\u00a0 <\/span>specifically neon \u2014 that you can\u2019t achieve in most printing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A $10,000\u00a0Spokane Arts Grant Award\u00a0covered the cost of purchasing Riso-related materials to be used by the residents and students. In addition, each resident receives a $250 stipend and $250 for supplies. Miller made the most of these modest resources. \u201cThroughout the month,\u201d she says, \u201cI met EWU faculty and students through class visits, workshops and the [closing] show. I also presented a mini talk on my career, portfolio and education. It made me really appreciate the vibrancy of the local art community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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A new, old-school printer helps student artists, and visiting professionals, revel in the retro.   Eastern\u2019s Risograph copier, a \u201cdigital duplicator\u201d named Ferdinand, isn\u2019t old. But the art it produces \u2014\u00a0funky screen-prints created in layers of stenciled spot color \u2014 reproduce the retrograde vibe craved by today\u2019s creatives. Built by Japan\u2019s Riso Kagaku Corporation, EWU…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":484,"featured_media":2833,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2831","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-students","stories_tags-spring-summer-2024"],"acf":{"subheading":"","featured_image_format":"cover","display_featured_image":false,"display_byline":false,"display_date_published":false,"featured_video":"","Links":false,"Resources":false,"page_hide_sidebar":false,"page_enable_page_nav":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/2831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/2831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2835,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/2831\/revisions\/2835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}