Hand Lettering & Sign Painting Techniques for Riso!

Join us in a hand-lettering workshop where you'll learn some time-honored sign painting techniques to use in your riso printing practice!

In this workshop, we will explore hand-lettering & techniques used by sign painters to make letters POP! We will touch on the basics of outlines, shades & shadows, decorative and beveled letters, and how we can translate these into risograph prints! We will give a nod to some of the rules of lettering and look at different examples for inspiration—but most of all we will focus on having fun and experimenting with hand drawn lettering and riso! This class culminates in us hand lettering a word or phrase to turn into a 2-color print!

At the end of the workshop, you'll walk away with your very own print edition, a collection of the prints made by fellow workshop attendees, a guide on all the lettering techniques referenced in class, and lots more tips and tricks on how to merge your lettering and riso practice!

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Participants must have taken the Riso Basics Workshop at Outlet to qualify for this workshop. If you have risograph experience or a special circumstance and would like to be considered for this advanced workshop please contact us!

Some risograph experience; no hand lettering or sign painting experience necessary!

The workshop fee is a suggested donation of $250 (the ticket is donation, so please input your price at check out). Price includes all printing and paper for the workshop, compensation for the instructor(s), an edition of 25 2-color prints, a few takeaways and goodies, digital downloads, and lots of hand lettering resources.

We're still requiring masks during classes and events to keep our most vulnerable community members safe. There will be no more than 10 attendees total, plus the instructor(s). We'll be taking precautions by opening our space (weather permitting), sanitizing surfaces, and maintaining as much distance as we can.

Kirsten Bauer is a multidisciplinary artist and sign-painter based in Portland, OR. With a background in Art History & English, she previously worked for several arts organizations in both educational and curatorial departments where she developed her eye for design, color, understanding of visual forms, and ability to pull from a vast inner library of aesthetic references. 

Kirsten is a graduate of the Los Angeles Trade-Tech Sign Graphics program, the only formal sign-painting training program still offered in the US. Her studies prioritized letterforms, layout & design, and color. To her, sign painting is the act of beautifying our commercial landscape; a way to organize our world and permeate our everyday lives with handmade acts of artistry.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Outlet, 2500 NE Sandy, Portland, United States