Verge Center for the Arts

Take this Intro to Risograph Basics workshop and get certified to use our Risograph printer during open hours!

A risograph is a digital duplicator, similar to a copy machine. The process in using it is a little like screenprinting, in that each color is printed in separate layers—creating rich and dynamic print results. You can use it to create special editions of zines, books, cards, posters, photographs, and more! This unique and beginner-friendly printing process will lend your artwork gobs of hand-made goodness and vibrant color, and open up a world of publication possibilities.

In this workshop, you will get oriented to the machine, learn how it works, how to use it, and be guided through several creative approaches to designing for it, and printing with it. Participants will create a two-color print to take home or trade with others.

In addition to this workshop, your class fee will cover one session of “Office Hours” with LK (see scheduled hours). Bring a print project of your own or come work on something new, with LK’s support. Participating in Office Hours is not necessary to become certified, but it can be very helpful in gaining confidence while using this machine!

WHEN: January 16, 2026, 4-7PM

OFFICE HOURS (optional - one session included with your registration fee): Friday, January 30th 4:30-6:30 PM & Thursday February 5th 4:30-6:30 PM

WHERE: Verge Center for the Arts

About the Instructor 

LK James is an artist living in Colusa, CA. Her interest in drawing, materials, and language is expressed through the disciplines of printmaking and ceramics. Flora, fauna, and every-day objects are her main subject matter. She has instructed risograph workshops at Outlet PDX and in her own studio—this workshop was originally developed and funded for the Upstate California Creative Corps grant in 2023.

Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the San Francisco Center for the Book (CA), Tiny Town Gallery in Tuscan (AZ), Land Gallery in Portland (OR), and elsewhere. Her children’s picturebook, "The Full House and The Empty House," is published by Chicago Review Press. She collaborates with artists Gabe Babcock and Roberta Monte James at Salmon Bend Art Studios. She studied English literature at Portland State University (2010) and received an MFA in Applied Craft + Design from Pacific Northwest College of Art (2018).