This past weekend, I took a class in Gocco Printing at my local Paper Source store. For those who don't know, Gocco is a small, easy to use screenprinting kit that is a lot of fun. As you can see from the picture above, it is about the size of a VCR tape rewinder. It's wonderfully efficient: you use the same mechanism to expose your screens and print with them. To expose, you insert 2 one shot bulbs and your xeroxed image, then press down on the machine. The bulbs flash and burn out, and your screen is exposed. Then, you simply paint with ink onto your screen (unlike normal silkscreening, you can paint with as many colors as you want on one screen, and keep them separate. This is because no squeegee is involved, just a pressing down motion that does not blend the ink.) The quality is nice and also has a lo-fi charm. Having taken a frustrating silkscreening class where getting from image to print could take hours, Gocco is a revelation. I will be posting some of the images I printed tomorrow, but for now, here are some Gocco links.
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