about

Steph Ford Studio is a Risograph print studio based on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. The studio opened in 2023 and is run by Steph (she/her). 

Steph is a multi-disciplinary artist/designer with a Communications Design degree from Emily Carr University. During her studies, she fell in love with the process of Risograph printing. After graduation she bought a machine (Betty) of her own. What drew Steph to the Risograph was how hands-on of a printing process it was, and that was the driving force for to open her own studio. Watching they layers build as each colour gets a pass through the machine, manually changing the colours and loading the same paper into the machine multiple times are all things that have made great impacts in her practice and forced her to make more intentional choices in her creations. The goal of Steph Ford Studio is to give people the freedom to explore this unique printing for themselves and experience all the fun little quirks that come with Riso. 

Along with running workshops, open studios and completing print jobs for other artists, Steph still makes time to work on her own practice. Fully embarrassing the imperfections that come with Risograph printing, she defies the clean and minimalistic modernist aesthetic, placing importance on revealing the artist's hand in her creations. Outside of Riso, Steph also focuses her practice on painting and fibre arts.

“All I want is for people to use my printer”

-Steph Ford, everyday