About

Studio

Graphic Handler is a Risograph print studio, print shop, and independent publisher based in Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia. Founded in 2023, we work with print as both a service and a creative practice.

We print books, zines, posters, art editions, invitations, and other forms of printed matter for artists, designers, publishers, communities, small businesses, and anyone with something to put on paper.

Our studio is involved in the whole process of making printed matter—from preparing files and choosing paper, to working with colour, setting up the machine, managing editions, and finding the most suitable way to bring an idea into print. We work primarily with Risograph printing, embracing its particular colours, textures, layers, and limitations as part of the process.

We believe good printing is not simply about reproducing what is already there. It is about understanding the material, the intention, and the conditions of production, then finding a way for the work to become something tangible, affordable, and ready to circulate.

Beyond Printing

Graphic Handler also publishes independently.

We gather and archive stories, images, practices, and knowledge that are often scattered or overlooked in everyday life and outside the established art and cultural scene. Some become books, zines, prints, or other forms of printed matter.

We are particularly interested in keeping these stories close to the people who experience them. When knowledge enters established cultural institutions, it can easily be interpreted and retold by outsiders. Our publishing practice seeks to create another possibility: working with firsthand storytellers so that their experiences remain theirs to tell.

Printing, in this sense, is not only a service or a means of reproduction. It becomes a way for stories and knowledge to take form, reach other people, and remain in circulation.

Why Riso

Risograph is at the centre of how we work because it is affordable, space-efficient, and allows us to keep printing close to the people who make it.

As a print shop, its relatively low production cost makes small editions and independent publishing more accessible. It allows artists, communities, and publishers to produce printed matter without having to commit to large quantities or high production costs.

But Riso is also a creative constraint. Its limited colours, layers, registration, and printing process shape the way an image is made and how a publication is designed. The quirks of the machine—overprints, textures, misregistration, and unexpected results—become part of the visual language.

We therefore use Riso both as a production method and as a creative tool: a way to make printing more accessible while opening up different possibilities for making books, editions, and printed works.

What We Print

From a single poster to a small-edition art book, we work with printed matter in different scales and forms.

Publications
Zines, artist books, booklets, catalogues, and independent publications.

Prints & Editions
Art prints, editions, inserts, and other works intended to be collected or circulated.

Posters & Ephemera
Posters, flyers, invitations, cards, and printed materials for exhibitions, events, and everyday communication.

Collaborative Projects
Publications and printed works developed together with artists, communities, collectives, and organisations.

We are interested in both the finished object and the process behind it—how an idea is prepared, produced, multiplied, and eventually finds its way into people’s hands.