Riso, Music, Pattern and Colour

Peacock is proud to present a collaborative Risograph workshop with artist and musician Tommy Perman and Peacock print technician Neil Corall. Based on the process Tommy used to create the visuals for his live shows with Andrew Wasylyk, he will lead a workshop introducing Riso printing. Participants will create colourful pattern-based prints in response to music. Here’s a little video that shows how Tommy made the visuals: https://vimeo.com/tommyperman/the-making-of

The workshop will begin with participants creating bold black and white patterns using various tools. We’ll provide simple pre-made halftone patterns marker pens crayons black card and more.

Next, participants will photograph their patterns using a variety of unusual camera lenses including kaleidoscopes prisms and playful toy lenses. They’ll experiment with how these lenses distort their patterns and produce unexpected results.

We will print the photographs of the distorted patterns and use them to make Riso stencils. We will then begin layering prints using different patterns and making creative choices and developing compositions in response to what emerges from the printer. The workshop will be infused with the spirit of music improvisation and play.

After the workshop, the prints will be collated into a wire-bound book which each participant can collect the following week. There will also likely be extra prints for participants to take away at the end of the workshop.

We’re running two workshops: a morning session and an afternoon one. To ensure a diverse range of participants, we kindly request that tickets be booked for only one session and not both.

About Tommy Perman:
Tommy Perman is an artist, designer and musician who loves to blur the boundaries between these disciplines through collaboration. His visual design work has been seen across numerous high-profile books, websites, record sleeves, and even projected on the Sydney Opera House. Tommy has been collaborating with musician Andrew Wasylyk since 2018. Their first album ‘Ash Grey and the Gull Glides On’ was released in 2024 via London-based label Clay Pipe Music. The duo are set to release new music in 2026.

www.surfacepressure.net

About peacock: a workshop for art
• peacock: a workshop for art is located at 21 Castle Gate, Aberdeen, AB11 5BQ.
• Our workshop space is open Tuesday - Saturday at 9:30 - 5:30pm.

Access:
• peacock: a workshop for art is split across two floors but the Risograph workshop and toilets are on the ground floor.
• Accessible toilet.

Travel:
• Public transport is regularly available via train or bus. More information can be found here.
• For drivers with a blue badge, you will find a list of car parks with blue badge spaces here.
• Please be aware we are located in the LEZ (Low Emissions Zone) and restrictions will apply. More information on parking can be found here.

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