We need pressure – every day!

We are Ellen Wagner & Axel Rössler and have been running the screen printing studio “Print now – Riot later” since 2014. Together, we have built up a small but excellent printing workshop in Tucson, Arizona. After five years in the dusty desert, we returned to our friends and family. In Maintal near Frankfurt, we were able to move into larger premises and realize our idea of large-format fabric printing. Suddenly, huge motifs and patterns were possible – brilliant!

After seven years of working away in relative solitude in a remote industrial area, we now want to take the next step and fulfill a long-cherished dream.

A dream come true: the transparent workshop

In November 2025, we will be moving into new premises in the heart of Frankfurt. In close proximity to the Kleinmarkthalle, surrounded by numerous galleries, museums, and small shops, we have found a new home with a huge shop window.

Not least through our teaching activities at the Offenbach University of Art and Design, we have repeatedly noticed how inspiring and exciting it is to exchange ideas with other creative people. Our new studio will now combine everything: there will be a small shop, we will continue to accept all kinds of jobs, and large-format printing will still be possible.
But what will be special is that we will be able to offer workshops for the first time, something we have been asked about time and again. And finally, we can shout “YES!”

The incredibly great thing about the new premises are the large shop windows, which allow people to look over our shoulders as we work. We will certainly also be conducting printing demonstrations at this location.

Fail we may, sail we must

As we write this, we don’t even have the keys to the studio yet. So we’re right at the beginning! In addition to the basic concept of commissioned work, workshops, and a retail store, we also want to offer other artists space for exhibitions—and who knows how our ideas will develop.

From mid-November 2025, it will be time to roll up our sleeves, renovate, and furnish the space. That will take some time. But we hope to welcome you to “An der Kleinmarkthalle 7-9” in Frankfurt at the beginning of next year.