Andrew Carnegie, 1904
835, Romford Road, E12 5JY
Rabbits Road Press is a colourful and welcoming community-focussed Risograph studio in Manor Park providing affordable print education and an alternative art space for all. Based in Old Manor Park Library, a beautiful grade II listed Carnegie library, visitors are welcome to tour the Risograph studio and take part in a recycled Riso activity.
Manor Park, Woodgrange Park
25, 425, 86
The tour of Rabbits Road Press will take place inside the studio once everyone has arrived
Visitors can expect a one-room tour of Rabbits Road Press' Risograph studio, a quiet event with limited spaces.
Guided tour
12:00–14:30
Tour our studio, learn about Risograph printing, browse our poster archive and local zine collection, and make your own Riso scrap badge
How to book
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Designed to be a high-volume, speedy and low cost photocopier, Riso machines use a stencil-based printing process and colourful inks to produce a result somewhere between silkscreen and offset lithography. Originally manufactured by the Japanese RISO Kagaku Corporation in 1986, Risos were popularly used by schools, prisons, churches, political and activist groups to mass produce posters, flyers, pamphlets and small books. The machine’s unique effects are great for both text and illustration, and with soy-based inks and masters made from banana paper great for the environment too.
Rabbits Road Press is a community-focussed Risograph studio and publishing press founded and run by OOMK Zine.
Founded in 2017 with the aim of providing an affordable space for alternative art and print education under austerity, the press runs workshops, schools, residencies and zine fairs for artists, activists and community groups in Newham and beyond.
Based in Old Manor Park Library, it aims to keep the public spirit of the old library alive through print.