A two week self-publishing festival of learning, riso-printing, design, illustration and book making.
Many Hands Make brings together artists, designers and publishers to share methods and insights into artistic design and print practices. Come learn new skills in print & digital design, illustration and print-production during hands-on artist-led workshops. Apply that knowledge during an open access week at the Colorama studio, where you can produce a print or publication project with our guidance!
Learn new skills, meet like-minded artists and make your art in a space that offers the freedom to experiment and the structure to finish.
Dates and workshops will be announced on 17. April 2026!
Artist-led Workshops
We’ve invited some of our favorite designers, artists and illustrators to teach you their personal techniques and methods during special artist-led workshops. These workshops will help you refine your artistic style in a variety of mediums.
5th – 17th July 2026
Open Access Studio
Realize your printed project during a week of open-access studio time! With guidance from the Colorama studio technicians, you can book time to riso-print, book-bind, and finish your very own posters, art-prints, or zines or the artworks you have created during the Artist-led workshops.
Production Workshops
A crash-course weekend of print- and book- production. Led by the print & bookbinding technicians at Colorama studio, these workshops will give you the necessary skills and knowledge to produce your own prints, zines, books or any papery object.
Booking
Early Bird Bundle
opens 17. April, 10 am
If you want to have first dibs or if you’re coming from abroad, plan your project in advance with an Early Bird Bundle! Build your own bundle with a minimum of 3 workshops or 2 workshops + Studio Time.
General Booking
opens 26. April, 10 am
Pick your favorites by booking individual workshops spots & studio access slots.
Transparency
Many Hands Make is self-organised and hosted without cultural funding. The program is priced on a sliding scale for financial accessibility.
Workshop price categories:
- low price-tier (30-65€*)
- mid price-tier (40-85€*)
- high price-tier (50-95€*)
Prices vary based on length of workshop and workshop leader.
Please reflect on your financial situation genuinely to ensure access for those in need and keep this festival sustainable for both the artists and organizers. Each workshop has an equal amount of spots in each price tier, so once all the low-price spots are taken, only med and high tier spots will be available to buy.
Featuring workshops by…
José Quintanar (Madrid, Spain) is an artist and researcher based in Amsterdam. His practice focuses on contemporary drawing and artists’ publications.
Studio Yukiko is a Berlin-based creative agency specialising in creative direction, art direction, brand strategy, concept generation and graphic design for commercial and cultural clients alike.
Melek Zertal is a French Algerian illustrator and comic artist, based between Paris and California. She likes to create contemplative, slow reading narratives, all put together by a thorough work of image curation and by washed out pastel colors.
SM Studio is the London-based collaborative design practice of Molly Cranston and Safiye Gray. They work across print, book design and intertwined image-text. Their approach is guided by deep friendship, intuitive making processes and expansive research.
Jonas von Lenthe works as archivist, publisher, and curator. He is the founder of the Berlin-based publishing house Wirklichkeit Books.
Florian ∞ Emden design posters, spaces, fonts, and books, influenced by the feelings they share in their friendship. Cradled between typography and writing they live, love, work, and laugh in Leipzig, Germany.
Small Editions is a design studio, publishing house, and educational space based in Brooklyn, New York that collaborates with early to mid-career artists to publish limited edition bookworks and artist books.
Malwine Strauss is an artist based in Leipzig. Her work moves between illustration, painting, ceramics and comics.
Līva Kandevica currently lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. She is mainly interested in clowns with anthropomorphized shoes and paints them and other similar everyday creatures using acrylics in earthy and grayish colors.
Charlotte Winkler is a visual artist whose work straddles the boundaries between illustration, graphic storytelling, and artist books. She loves soft textures and sharp figures, which have most recently found expression in the world of the garden.
Johanna Maierski is a publisher, printer and teacher. They founded the independent project initiative Colorama in 2015, which has published over 90 publications.
Lauria Joan is a Canadian bookbinder, writer and editor. She runs Pseudo Press, an independent bookbindery and art press.
Tabs Portch O’Neill is a multidisciplinary designer from England. She now lives in Berlin and works as a Riso printer, social media manager and workshop facilitator at Colorama.
Get in touch
workshop@colorama.space
@coloramaworkshop
Colorama
Drontheimer Straße 6
13359 Berlin
Credits
hosted by Colorama Workshop
Johanna Maierski, Lauria Joan, Tabs Portch O’Neill
Thanks to
Studio Yukiko, Jonas von Lenthe, José Quintanar, Melek Zertal, Hanako Emden, Sophie Florian, Malwine Stauss, Līva Kandevica, Safiye Gray, Molly Cranston, Charlotte Winkler, Hannah Yukiko Pierce, Isobel Chiang
Design
José Quintanar
A two week self-publishing festival of learning, riso-printing, design, illustration and book making.
5th – 17th July 2026
Many Hands Make brings together artists, designers and publishers to share methods and insights into artistic design and print practices. Come learn new skills in print & digital design, illustration and print-production during hands-on artist-led workshops. Apply that knowledge during an open access week at the Colorama studio, where you can produce a print or publication project with our guidance!
Learn new skills, meet like-minded artists and make your art in a space that offers the freedom to experiment and the structure to finish.
Dates and workshops will be announced on 8th of April 2026!
Artist-led Workshops
We’ve invited some of our favorite designers, artists and illustrators to teach you their personal techniques and methods during special artist-led workshops. These workshops will help you refine your artistic style in a variety of mediums.
Production Workshops
A crash-course weekend of print- and book- production. Led by the print & bookbinding technicians at Colorama studio, these workshops will give you the necessary skills and knowledge to produce your own prints, zines, books or any papery object.
Open Access Studio
Realize your printed project during a week of open-access studio time! With guidance from the Colorama studio technicians, you can book time to riso-print, book-bind, and finish your very own posters, art-prints, or zines or the artworks you have created during the Artist-led workshops.
Booking
Early Bird Bundle
opens 12. April, 10 pm
If you want to have first dibs or if you’re coming from abroad, plan your project in advance with an Early Bird Bundle! Build your own bundle with a minimum of 3 workshops or 2 workshops + Studio Time.
General Booking
opens 26. April, 10 am
Pick your favorites by booking individual workshops spots & studio access slots.
Transparency
Many Hands Make is self-organised and hosted without cultural funding. The program is priced on a sliding scale for financial accessibility.
Workshop price categories:
- low price-tier (25-60€*)
- mid price-tier (35-60€*)
- high price-tier (45-90€*)
Prices vary based on length of workshop and workshop leader.
Please reflect on your financial situation genuinely to ensure access for those in need and keep this festival sustainable for both the artists and organizers. Each workshop has an equal amount of spots in each price tier, so once all the low-price spots are taken, only med and high tier spots will be available to buy.
Featuring workshops by…
José Quintanar (Madrid, Spain) is an artist and researcher based in Amsterdam. His practice focuses on contemporary drawing and artists’ publications.
Studio Yukiko is a Berlin-based creative agency specialising in creative direction, art direction, brand strategy, concept generation and graphic design for commercial and cultural clients alike.
Melek Zertal is a French Algerian illustrator and comic artist, based between Paris and California. She likes to create contemplative, slow reading narratives, all put together by a thorough work of image curation and by washed out pastel colors.
SM Studio is the London-based collaborative design practice of Molly Cranston and Safiye Gray. They work across print, book design and intertwined image-text. Their approach is guided by deep friendship, intuitive making processes and expansive research.
Jonas von Lenthe works as archivist, publisher, and curator. He is the founder of the Berlin-based publishing house Wirklichkeit Books.
Florian ∞ Emden design posters, spaces, fonts, and books, influenced by the feelings they share in their friendship. Cradled between typography and writing they live, love, work, and laugh in Leipzig, Germany.
Small Editions is a design studio, publishing house, and educational space based in Brooklyn, New York that collaborates with early to mid-career artists to publish limited edition bookworks and artist books.
Malwine Strauss is an artist based in Leipzig. Her work moves between illustration, painting, ceramics and comics.
Līva Kandevica currently lives and works in Leipzig, Germany. She is mainly interested in clowns with anthropomorphized shoes and paints them and other similar everyday creatures using acrylics in earthy and grayish colors.
Charlotte Winkler is a visual artist whose work straddles the boundaries between illustration, graphic storytelling, and artist books. She loves soft textures and sharp figures, which have most recently found expression in the world of the garden.
Johanna Maierski is a publisher, printer and teacher. They founded the independent project initiative Colorama in 2015, which has published over 90 publications.
Lauria Joan is a Canadian bookbinder, writer and editor. She runs Pseudo Press, an independent bookbindery and art press.
Tabs Portch O’Neill is a multidisciplinary designer from England. She now lives in Berlin and works as a Riso printer, social media manager and workshop facilitator at Colorama.