I concur, ABSOLUTELY A while ago now I was called upon quite regularly to co-assess textile students and my colleague had introduce his students to the GOCCO process and I was always amazed by what they were able to achieve with it in a short space of time and especially so for those with NO PREVIOUS experience.
They were poor struggling students and they managed to pay for it! I heard no grumbles about value for money etc. but did all too often for a range of other stuff so that tells me something. Mostly that, if I was going to attack screen-printing now the GOCCO would be the first thing I'd use. While not being a printer myself I've spent my life around people who are and everything I've seen suggests that the GOCCO is GOODgear. The fact that you can get it in Australia just has to be an added bonus [:)) GO FOR IT I SAY! Cheers, Ray On 30/4/04 2:36 AM, "Rick Griffith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> > > >
