Sugidama Riso Print

This limited series of prints celebrates the release of the book Everyday Sake, written by Umami Mart in Oakland, California, with illustrations by Anders Arhoj of Copenhagen’s Studio Arhoj. Everyday Sake is a go-to guide for choosing, pairing, and serving sake, and the motifs of these prints are directly from the pages of the book.

This celebratory illustration is right at the start of the book; the sugidama is a tightly bound ball of leaves from the cedar tree to represent the start of sake brewering season on October 1st every year. 

We hope you enjoy this limited Arhoj x Umami Mart collaboration Riso Work!

Riso (‘ideal’ in Japanese) is a vivid and bold printing technique from Japan where layers of eco-friendly soy-based ink color are applied via a rolling drum and rice paper stencils. 

The process is similar to screen printing, but on a machine that looks not unlike an office copier.  

Riso printing is known for its specific texture that does not guarantee perfection but instead encourages experimentation  and an embrace of the imperfections (misregistrations, roller marks, smudges etc) that the process produces.  

Often the layered printing process and these imperfections give a ‘handmade and fantastically unique feel to the prints. Each is different.

We hope you enjoy this limited Arhoj x Umami Mart collaboration Riso Work!

Read our interview with Anders about our collaboration here.

Features:

• Printed by Studio Arhoj in Copenhagen, Denmark on a Riso printer
• Material: Paper, packaged in a clear plastic sleeve
• Dimensions: A4 (8.27" x 11.69" or 210mm x 297mm)