I’m in the process of making new Gocco prints and so far I have these 2 available on Etsy. A 2 colour Blackbird (such a humble but handsome little bird with a cracking song) plus a big old owl sweeping across a moon.
They are both open edition and each is signed by me.
Blackbird is $45 (approx £30) and Red Owl is $30 (approx £19)
There will be more to follow soon!
I got out the gocco again yesterday and had some fun making these. ‘Two for Joy’ is a simple A4 size gocco print on heavyweight watercolour stock, each is hand coloured so each one is unique. I shall soon be adding these to my Etsy shop. I think these will both be around £20. You can also buy them at Boxbird in Brighton and some of my other lovely stockists.
Have been busy with the gocco again - it’s so fun and quick! In less than a couple of hours I printed these new galloping reindeer cards in black and silver ink on ruby red card.
I’m so pleased with the quality of the gocco metallic inks - there is real shimmer in them!
These are A6 size - come with an envelope and wrapped in cellophane and so far you can purchase them at Boxbird gallery in Brighton. You are also welcome to contact me if you wish to buy. Retailing at a very reasonable £2.50.
After a few initial teething problems, I managed to squeeze out some ok prints with the new toy!
As long as you absolutely load your screen with ink when setting up - the rest is so quick and easy. I was really impressed with the one-step screen flash. All you need to work with is a good quality laser print or photocopy of your artwork and in seconds you have a stencil. So much easier and quicker than flashing a silkscreen stencil but much the same effect.
My only gripe with the Gocco kit - the screen cleaner which is included is a bit rubbish so I’m looking into getting an alternative called Gocco Grrll, or, as I’ve just found out, olive oil/babylotion or lanolin hand cream can do the job.
What does make things easier is the fact that the oil based ink doesn’t dry out in the screen so you can leave ink in your screen, wrap it up so its air tight, and in theory you can just carry on printing at a later date!
Anyway here are a couple of shots of what I’ve managed to produce so far….’Hares in Moonlight’
