Untitled I - Ramon Keimig

Title: Untitled I

Author: Ramon Keimig

Print: Riso

Colors: black, black fading to navy blue

Format: A3 (420/297mm)

Paper: Munken Pure 240g

Circulation: 100 copies.

1st Edition

Signed on the reverse with 3 stamps: "printed on Riso by Oficyna Peryferie", numbering X/100 with the designation "1st edition" and a stamp with information about the author and title.

My printer's comment: This is the first Ramon piece I've printed. I had some leftover black ink, and after a few uses, Riso informed me that without a new tube of ink, they wouldn't continue printing. A quick glance at the shelf—all the colors were there, but no spare black! What should I do? Order and wait? Maybe I'll do some tinkering.

Before I met Riso, I worked extensively with screen printing. One of the typical working methods for this technique involves pouring ink onto a screen, creating improvised gradients of different colors that blend in more or less unpredictable ways.

I decided to draw on this method and experiment with a Riso. I loaded a black cylinder with navy blue paint. Start. Copy after copy, the remnants of black disappeared from the matrix, and more and more navy blue appeared. Because the rollers inside the cylinder spread the paint unevenly, stripes of varying intensity appeared on the design, creating a sense of space and uneven lighting. (Michał Chojecki, September 28, 2020)

This work was published as part of the PosteRiso project – every 3-4 months, I invite various artists to create graphics specifically for the Oficyna and for RISO printing. I carefully select cartoonists, designers, and illustrators whose work inspires me and whose work I want to promote. As the project's curator and printer, I pour my heart and soul into each print and invite you to join me in discovering and collecting RISO graphics!

Graphics are available individually, in sets and by subscription.