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.
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.
14th – 26th of July

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 Studio Pass
opens 14. April, 12 pm
If you want to have first dibs or if you’re coming from abroad, plan your project in advance with the Early Bird Studio Pass!
General Booking
opens 28. April, 12 pm
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-income / unemployed (15-60€*)
- mid-income / early career (25-60€*)
- high income / professional (35-90€*)
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.

Featuring workshops by…
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. Sebastien Millot is a french Graphic designer raised in Burgundy, France. He has worked with Studio Yukiko in Berlin since the end of 2017.
Charlotte Rohde is an artist, writer, and type designer based in Berlin, DE. Language is the central medium of her work, materializing in typefaces, text, typo-graphic imagery, installation and performance. She is interested in écriture féminine, pop culture and the economy.
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.
Olivier Schrauwen was born in Belgium in 1977 and studied animation at the Academy of Art in Gent, and comics at ESA Saint-Luc in Brussels. He currently lives in Berlin.
Sophie Douala is an artist and creative studio exploring design through the lens of culture, identity, evolution and emotion.
Aisha Franz is a German illustrator and comic book artist based in Berlin.
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.
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, Sebastien Millot, Charlotte Rohde, Melek Zertal, Olivier Schrauwen, Malwine Stauss, Līva Kandevica, Sophie Douala, Aisha Franz
Design
José Quintanar
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.
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 Studio Pass
opens 14. April, 12 pm
If you want to have first dibs or if you’re coming from abroad, plan your project in advance with the Early Bird Studio Pass!
General Booking
opens 28. April, 12 pm
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-income / unemployed (15-60€*)
- mid-income / early career (25-60€*)
- high income / professional (35-90€*)
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.

Featuring workshops by…
Sebastien Millot is a french Graphic designer raised in Burgundy, France. He holds a MA in Communication and Editorial Design from the Burg Giebichenstein School of Design of Halle (DE). He has worked with Studio YUKIKO in Berlin (DE) since the end of 2017.
Charlotte Rohde is an artist, writer, and type designer based in Berlin, DE. She studied and lived in at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam, NL. Language is the central medium of her work, materializing in typefaces, text, typo-graphic imagery, installation and performance. She is interested in écriture féminine, pop culture and the economy.
Melek Zertal
Olivier Schrauwen
Sophie Douala
Aisha Franz
Malwine Strauss
Līva Kandevica
Johanna Maierski
Lauria Joan
Tabitha Portch O’Neill