Here's our pal Joe Gamble and our 2026 calendar he's illustrated for us: his take on a year in wine (in the northern hemisphere at least) in a three colour riso courtesy of the wonderful Pagemasters crew.
Talking about the project with Joe, and noting how we love to spot the calendars on growers' walls as we visit through the year, we found the idea particularly funny of a winemaker needing to turn to their calendar to remind themselves of that months important job, as if it wasn't just in their bones - and deciding to pass those important jobs through several layers of abstraction like a chaotic game of telephone.
Process is important to all of us, and we love that Joe decided to leave in all the artefacts of his process in the final product, just like in the wines we love - decisions upon decisions. Some shots from the project here courtesy of Joe and Pagemasters.
This is always a fun way to welcome the new year, and Pagemasters do such a wonderful job - for those unfamiliar, the Riso print process uses Soya and Rice-bran oil inks - better degradability properties than their petroleum-based counterparts - and the printer runs almost entirely without thermal energy - much more energy efficient than most digital printing processes such as laserjet and inkjet printing.
Both Pagemasters and Joe are available for future projects here:
Pagemasters - Deptford
Joe Gamble
