---Hi everyone, just a quick mention of the PRINT
GOCCO (Trans. Play Printing ) that I had the pleasure
to use recently when making a limited ed. postcards
with Mark pawson (www.markpawson.com) which is similar
to screenprinting in that it uses a tiny screen that
can be exposed to light using the flash bulb gadget
supplied. The image is thus made on the fine screen.
ink is squeezed straight from the tube onto the screen
and 100-150 prints can be made from one multiple
colour application. Highly reccomended. Sets cost
about �70 in Japan but difficult to get them sent
overseas apparently. An australian company can do it (
this is where Mark gets his supplies ) but cost a
great deal more. they can be reached at
www.nehoc.com.au
I was thrilled with my postcards. (samples available
for swaps ) Mark is putting together a set of 12 made
by different artists/designers over the summer for
sale coplete with booklet about the project. all the
best Michael
David William <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote: > I
> heart
> screen printing.
>
> Sol -
> When I printed with Speedball materials in grad.
> school, it went as follows:
> 1.) obtain/create original design & put it on thin
> white paper or clear acetate.
> 2.) IN DARKROOM (w/ safelight) squeegee emulsion
> onto both sides of stretched screen. allow emulsion
> to dry.
> 3.) place design & screen on exposure table.
> (ultraviolet light table w/ black fabric cover &
> vacuum pump to seal it up)
> 4.) expose screen for 7 to 12 minutes, depending on
> the opacity of the paper your design is on. (less
> time for clear acetate.)
> 5.) NOW SAFE FOR REGULAR LIGHT. hose down your
> screen with a power washer on a meduim setting. this
> blows out the places where the dark marks of your
> design blocked the light & kept it from activating
> the emulsion. (emulsion stops ink, so where there is
> no emulsion - the lines of your design - ink can go
> through.)
> 6.)let screen dry, and you're ready to print! lay
> the screen down on whatever you want to print onto,
> glob some ink at one end of the screen, and squeegee
> it across. SCHLORP! you have a print!
>
> ***NOTE: since you are not printing under the exact
> conditions that i was printing, you'll have to find
> alternatives to, say, the darkroom with safelight,
> the ultraviolet vacuum table, and the power washer.
> I'm sure a Google search on "screen printing at
> home" or what have you will help.***
>
> Cheers!
> -D.Billy-
> 6.)
>
>
>
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