Alice Prentice / Isle of Riso

Alice Prentice runs Isle of Riso, a community-led creative studio based in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.

Isle of Riso exists to help people reconnect with creativity, community, and each other through accessible printing and participatory events. A lot of arts spaces and specialist processes can feel closed off or a bit gatekept. Isle of Riso is built to remove those barriers and make it easier to have a go.

The focus is on welcoming, low-pressure spaces where creativity becomes a shared experience. There’s no pressure to be “good”, no pressure to make something perfect, and no pressure for creativity to turn into a career. It’s about learning by doing, making alongside others, and building a sense of belonging.

Isle of Riso is shaped by where it is: consistent and welcoming creative spaces matter, especially in places with fewer options. Everything is run with a sustainable pace, and with respect and care, kindness, patience, and consideration for others are non-negotiable.

Alice’s personal practice is illustration and printmaking, rooted in the Highlands. Their work is inspired by canines, especially wolves, and they have been sketching them for as long as they can remember. They are always trying to capture that tension in them: softness and ferocity, compassion and bite.

They work with rough lines, bold contrast, and high-impact colour, usually black and red. They like things raw, textured, and a bit unfinished. If it stirs something, excitement, unease, or just makes you think “that’s f**ing cool”, then they’re chuffed.