Noooo. Noooo. Nooooo. Don't do the speedball kit, it's the worst you can do- the gocco is much better. I've been screenprinting for 10 years. The value is much higher with gocco. Unless you want to committ to a real printing system with explicit inks for explicit substrates etc...
The speedball kit is a trap for high school wanna bes - I had enormous failure with it when I was a kid and as a 'grown-up'- it's like eating soup with a fork. Wrong tool-bad results. I promise. Rick Griffith On 4/29/04 9:46 AM, "Sol Nte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> >
