Today I visited the Rizzeria to print my 2 colour limited edition zine Dorothy Dish and Edward Spoon's Photo Album. The Rizzeria is collectively owned and operated by a bunch of self publishers and print makers in Sydney, Australia, and currently has a residency at The Paper Mill in Angel Place Sydney.


I had a great time printing it on their Riso RP3700 machine, yep that's right its made by the same Japanese company that produced the Gocco. The machine prints one colour at a time from a selection of nine spot colours. The RP3700 prints via a stencil and as the Rizzeria describe it, "stencil printing has a unique and beautiful quality, it’s not screen printing or offset printing - it’s stencil printing and it prints with paints!" and soy based paints at that. I must thank Jo, a Rizzeria volunteer for her help to get me started on the Riso.