This Gocco looks quite good but is a tad pricey. Think I'll try the speedball kit first.
cheers, Sol. ----- Original Message ----- From: michael leigh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:59 PM Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Re: screenprinting. > ---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.) > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > $0 Bannerless Web Hosting, 10 POP and Web Email > > Accounts, & more > > Get It Now At www.doteasy.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" > your friends today! Download Messenger Now > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html >
