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(Welcome Learners)

Spring Workshops
(at) TXTbooks HQ

Forthcoming

(Workshops On Offer)

Program #1 Title:

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Risograph Printing (But Were Afraid to Ask)

^Description:

Learn the basics of Risograph printing and file-prep in this hands-on two-color workshop, leave with an edition of 25 tabloid-sized prints.

6 people maximum.
October 5th, 12:30-3:30pm.
November 16th, 12:30-3:30pm.
$125 per person.

Includes:

•Group Instructional
•Riso Color Swatch Packet
•File Separation Packet
•Tabloid Print Edition of 25
•Snacks and Tea
•Maybe New Friends?

Program #2 Title:

Mechanical Reproduction In The Age of Risography: A 4-Color Riso Class with a Smart-Sounding Name

^Description:

Learn advanced and experimental risographic methods of image reproduction including 4-Color Faux-CMYK printing and channel-mixing. Receive a Riso print in an edition of 25 after the session.

4 people maximum.
October 16th, 12:30-4:30pm.
December 14th, 12:30-4:30pm.
$175

Includes:

•Group Instructional
•Riso Color Swatch Book
•CMYK Color Mixing Sheet
•CMYK Strategies Packet
•4-Color Edition Printing Credit
•Snacks and Tea
•Maybe New Friends?

Program #3 Title:

Books That Write Themselves: Humanist Algorithms in Self-Publishing

*A Zine-Making Class... With A Twist! (tm)*

^Description:

How much book does a book need to be a book? We will explore working backwards from titles and algorithmic ideation in self-publushing during this two-session workshop.

During Session 2 we will run your project with a Riso-printed cover and B/W Laser interior in an edition of 25-50 and participate in a zine-swap as a class.

6 people maximum.
October 12th & 19th, 12:30-3:30
$175

Includes:

•2 Group Instructional(s)
•Riso Color Swatch Pack
•Zine Planning Packet
•Zine Edition
•(5) additional zines from class members
•Snacks and Tea
•A bunch of new ideas you can take into other zines or forms down the road :D

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TXTbooks is not an accredited teaching institution. There are no diplomas involved here. All workshops are for the sake of knowledge, expanding access, making some cool shit, and snacking.

Feel free to email with any questions.