Thursday, November 26, 2009
Gocco-bye
Ahh Gocco.. so many possibilities, so little actual exploring of those possibilities. So I have made a decision. It's a little sad, but there we go. I am going to sell it. Someone out there in the world must be able to put it to better use than me (currently sitting in its box under my desk).
Before I put it up on Etsy I thought I'd offer it to you guys first. It is £145/US$240/EURO160 + postage (I am not completely sure how much that will be yet).
Edit:
Goodness, that was quick - Gocco has already found a new owner. :-)
It is used (though only a little, d'oh!), but in perfect condition. It comes with all the original stuff: box, a number of booklets (in Japanese), a video tape which I have never opened. Cleaning 'gel', drying rack, blue filter, carbon pen, ink blocking, batteries (slightly used).
In the original set you get 4 bulbs but obviosuly I've used those, but there's 6 left in a pack of 10 that I bought. So there's 6 bulbs, 2 screens for fabric printing and 4 screens for paper printing. Normally, there are only 2 paper screens in a set and no fabric screens.
These are the inks I have - all for paper. You should be able to tell how much is left approximately of each tube of ink. Red - light green - gold (barely used) - black (also barely used) - pale yellow - darker green - orange - blue - light pink and blue. (the last 3 don't have their little boxes anymore).
In an original set you only get 3 colours of ink, red, black and gold - so I reckon this is pretty good! ;-)
The light pink and blue in the bottom of the above image are both really dry, but you may be able to revive them to use them. I have used some of them mixed with other colours.
Please email me if you are interested: binaryflower AT gmail DOT comLabels: gocco
Ahh Gocco.. so many possibilities, so little actual exploring of those possibilities. So I have made a decision. It's a little sad, but there we go. I am going to sell it. Someone out there in the world must be able to put it to better use than me (currently sitting in its box under my desk).Before I put it up on Etsy I thought I'd offer it to you guys first. It is £145/US$240/EURO160 + postage (I am not completely sure how much that will be yet).
Edit:
Goodness, that was quick - Gocco has already found a new owner. :-)
It is used (though only a little, d'oh!), but in perfect condition. It comes with all the original stuff: box, a number of booklets (in Japanese), a video tape which I have never opened. Cleaning 'gel', drying rack, blue filter, carbon pen, ink blocking, batteries (slightly used).In the original set you get 4 bulbs but obviosuly I've used those, but there's 6 left in a pack of 10 that I bought. So there's 6 bulbs, 2 screens for fabric printing and 4 screens for paper printing. Normally, there are only 2 paper screens in a set and no fabric screens.
These are the inks I have - all for paper. You should be able to tell how much is left approximately of each tube of ink. Red - light green - gold (barely used) - black (also barely used) - pale yellow - darker green - orange - blue - light pink and blue. (the last 3 don't have their little boxes anymore).In an original set you only get 3 colours of ink, red, black and gold - so I reckon this is pretty good! ;-)
The light pink and blue in the bottom of the above image are both really dry, but you may be able to revive them to use them. I have used some of them mixed with other colours.
Please email me if you are interested: binaryflower AT gmail DOT comLabels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 11/26/2009 12:10:00 PM
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Pencil case with Little Red
Well, since my sister's birthday has passed I can show you this. Ta-Da! It's a pencil case. With my Red Ridinghood gocco print. My sister studies to become...uhh.. I'm actually not quite sure, but it's something with animals. Vet, lion tamer... anyway, I didn't even know that she needed a pencil case, but she did. She told me when she got the present. Previously, she's been using a chocolate box. A timely present, then, eh? Yes, my family is a bit strange. ;-)
The lining fabric was actually a present from my sister, a couple of years ago. Isn't it nice when things come together like that?
I may make a couple of similar cases for the shop... although, really it would be nicer to make them to order, feels more personal. You know?
Well, since my sister's birthday has passed I can show you this. Ta-Da! It's a pencil case. With my Red Ridinghood gocco print. My sister studies to become...uhh.. I'm actually not quite sure, but it's something with animals. Vet, lion tamer... anyway, I didn't even know that she needed a pencil case, but she did. She told me when she got the present. Previously, she's been using a chocolate box. A timely present, then, eh? Yes, my family is a bit strange. ;-)
The lining fabric was actually a present from my sister, a couple of years ago. Isn't it nice when things come together like that?I may make a couple of similar cases for the shop... although, really it would be nicer to make them to order, feels more personal. You know?
scribbled by Carina 9/28/2009 11:58:00 AM
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Friday, August 21, 2009
Colourful gocco girls
Here's what I've been up to today. Gocco printing lots of wee lasses. Fun. And so happy and cheerful all together. To be honest, it was only my plan to print a few for an idea I have. But then I sorta went overboard. Because, you know, it would look cute on orange too. Oh and green and yellow of course. And how about lilac?
Maybe a quilt would be fun, but there aren't enough, really and I also need some for that initial idea. Any suggestions?
Yeah, I don't fold each colour after I'm done with it. They all end up in a big messy pile on the floor. But a happy pile, won't you agree? :-)Labels: gocco
Here's what I've been up to today. Gocco printing lots of wee lasses. Fun. And so happy and cheerful all together. To be honest, it was only my plan to print a few for an idea I have. But then I sorta went overboard. Because, you know, it would look cute on orange too. Oh and green and yellow of course. And how about lilac?Maybe a quilt would be fun, but there aren't enough, really and I also need some for that initial idea. Any suggestions?
Yeah, I don't fold each colour after I'm done with it. They all end up in a big messy pile on the floor. But a happy pile, won't you agree? :-)Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 8/21/2009 08:24:00 PM
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Red Ridinghood totes
It's Little Red Ridinghood! With her little red cape and her basket with goodies for Grandma. But why she's got 'ears' I really don't know. Maybe there's a bit of a wolf in her too? ;-)
She looks a bit uncertain, but I guess that's only natural if you're about to walk through a wood with a wolf in it!
I played around a bit with there to position her on the bag.
I think this is my favourite so far.
I also quite like this one. Although, is it weird to have more than one Red? I think maybe it could look nice with a few more, a merry band of Reds all together.
There's a couple of bags in the shops (artfire + etsy), but I've also added her to some things in the t-shirt shop. One of them is a kids tee. Very cute. :-)Labels: bags, gocco, shop talk
It's Little Red Ridinghood! With her little red cape and her basket with goodies for Grandma. But why she's got 'ears' I really don't know. Maybe there's a bit of a wolf in her too? ;-)She looks a bit uncertain, but I guess that's only natural if you're about to walk through a wood with a wolf in it!
I played around a bit with there to position her on the bag.
I think this is my favourite so far.
I also quite like this one. Although, is it weird to have more than one Red? I think maybe it could look nice with a few more, a merry band of Reds all together.There's a couple of bags in the shops (artfire + etsy), but I've also added her to some things in the t-shirt shop. One of them is a kids tee. Very cute. :-)
Labels: bags, gocco, shop talk
scribbled by Carina 6/20/2009 09:01:00 PM
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Used gocco bulbs
How are you supposed to dispose of them? Until I find out, they look pretty in some green bowls.Labels: gocco
How are you supposed to dispose of them? Until I find out, they look pretty in some green bowls.Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 3/10/2009 10:03:00 PM
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
More gocco cleaning
I spent a good deal of time yesterday cleaning the screen for this gocco print. Not easy! Took a lot of scraping and swearing under my breath. You can see the progression of the cleaning from top right and clockwise. I was actually able to clean it acceptably.
Certainly not so that the standard of the print is something I would try to sell as an arty print. But well enough to use on greeting cards - I think I printed about 20 of them this afternoon!
And the thing about having a clogged screen that looks like it is beyond hope; it is not necessarily so. Because if you can clean it to some degree and then start printing with it, that will help with the de-clogging as well. A great deal, actually. And in the process you get interesting prints like these. Kinda like a monoprint because you can never make it the same way again.
I really like this one, all runny and grubby with water and olive oil residue.
Say what now?! Olive oil? Yup! You don't get a lot in a gocco cleaner tube, so I've been looking online to find alternatives. Somewhere I saw olive oil mentioned. And it actually works like a charm getting rid of the gocco ink (for paper!)Labels: gocco
I spent a good deal of time yesterday cleaning the screen for this gocco print. Not easy! Took a lot of scraping and swearing under my breath. You can see the progression of the cleaning from top right and clockwise. I was actually able to clean it acceptably.Certainly not so that the standard of the print is something I would try to sell as an arty print. But well enough to use on greeting cards - I think I printed about 20 of them this afternoon!
And the thing about having a clogged screen that looks like it is beyond hope; it is not necessarily so. Because if you can clean it to some degree and then start printing with it, that will help with the de-clogging as well. A great deal, actually. And in the process you get interesting prints like these. Kinda like a monoprint because you can never make it the same way again.
I really like this one, all runny and grubby with water and olive oil residue.Say what now?! Olive oil? Yup! You don't get a lot in a gocco cleaner tube, so I've been looking online to find alternatives. Somewhere I saw olive oil mentioned. And it actually works like a charm getting rid of the gocco ink (for paper!)
Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 2/19/2009 10:54:00 PM
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Not so spotless
I knew I had probably left the ink on this gocco screen a tad too long.. and the result certainly isn't perfect. There are white areas where there's supposed to be ink... Not good. I hope I have learnt my lesson!
Still, pretending that you know nothing of the history of this print, what do you think? Any ideas what I might use this print for? Bookmarks, perhaps?Labels: gocco
I knew I had probably left the ink on this gocco screen a tad too long.. and the result certainly isn't perfect. There are white areas where there's supposed to be ink... Not good. I hope I have learnt my lesson!Still, pretending that you know nothing of the history of this print, what do you think? Any ideas what I might use this print for? Bookmarks, perhaps?
Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 2/17/2009 05:31:00 PM
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Split ring note pad
I've had this idea in my head for a little while. I just wasn't sure exactly how to execute it. Then it hit me that using the split ring/binder ring would solve the problem of getting the paper onto the ring without ripping it. It's just a test for now - I had to use the new gocco print as well, right? I want to round the corners, but that's going to be a bit of work.
This is going to be handy for quick notes on the go. Better than lugging my big sketchbook everywhere. It's giving me a sore shoulder carrying that thing in my handbag!
And how's this for a funny coincidence; Sarah of the Small Object has just posted a similar thing! :-)
I've had this idea in my head for a little while. I just wasn't sure exactly how to execute it. Then it hit me that using the split ring/binder ring would solve the problem of getting the paper onto the ring without ripping it. It's just a test for now - I had to use the new gocco print as well, right? I want to round the corners, but that's going to be a bit of work.This is going to be handy for quick notes on the go. Better than lugging my big sketchbook everywhere. It's giving me a sore shoulder carrying that thing in my handbag!
And how's this for a funny coincidence; Sarah of the Small Object has just posted a similar thing! :-)
scribbled by Carina 9/03/2008 11:25:00 PM
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Dotty for gocco!
Yesterday I went to the post office to pick up a lovely package with gocco inks, screens and bulbs. Although they almost wouldn't give it to me because I didn't have any proof of address with me. But nowhere on the delivery card did it say to bring that, only a form of ID. So I brought my passport along. Well, I did get it in the end and look, how pretty are those little ink boxes?
But the colours of the boxes don't correspond exactly to the actual ink. Which is a bit disappointing. But it's alright, I like the colours anyway. And of course I had to make a new gocco print. How could I not? After about an hour of faffing about, I finally decided on this dotty design. I like it. It seems like it's all about dots at the moment!
But I'm wondering why I can't commit myself to a more figurative design. Fear of mucking it up, I guess. Or, the fact that the possibilities are fricking endless, so how am I going to settle on one sketch?? At least the non-figurative designs can be used in multiple ways and partially. Like these envelopes. How cool is that, to be able to send your very own custom envelopes? Bloody loving that. Now I just have to write some letters! ;-)Labels: gocco
Yesterday I went to the post office to pick up a lovely package with gocco inks, screens and bulbs. Although they almost wouldn't give it to me because I didn't have any proof of address with me. But nowhere on the delivery card did it say to bring that, only a form of ID. So I brought my passport along. Well, I did get it in the end and look, how pretty are those little ink boxes?
But the colours of the boxes don't correspond exactly to the actual ink. Which is a bit disappointing. But it's alright, I like the colours anyway. And of course I had to make a new gocco print. How could I not? After about an hour of faffing about, I finally decided on this dotty design. I like it. It seems like it's all about dots at the moment!
But I'm wondering why I can't commit myself to a more figurative design. Fear of mucking it up, I guess. Or, the fact that the possibilities are fricking endless, so how am I going to settle on one sketch?? At least the non-figurative designs can be used in multiple ways and partially. Like these envelopes. How cool is that, to be able to send your very own custom envelopes? Bloody loving that. Now I just have to write some letters! ;-)Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 9/03/2008 04:57:00 PM
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
I am officially melting
Melting, I tellz ya.
My Gocco bookmarks are in some very cool company in this treasury assembled by FreshlySkweezed. Who isn't too shabby with the ol' gocco either! Do check out her shop.
Whew. My computer is right by the window where that awful heat is streaming in, so I think I have to find some other distraction in stead of surfing the interwebs! Heh.Labels: gocco
Melting, I tellz ya.
My Gocco bookmarks are in some very cool company in this treasury assembled by FreshlySkweezed. Who isn't too shabby with the ol' gocco either! Do check out her shop.
Whew. My computer is right by the window where that awful heat is streaming in, so I think I have to find some other distraction in stead of surfing the interwebs! Heh.
Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 7/24/2008 06:22:00 PM
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Gocco fabric printing
Ok, this is what I was busy with today. Oh man, it took ages! It's half a yard of fabric which I've printed with my gocco and my own little hands. It took me a while to draw up the design just so, but being obsessed with leaf shapes lately definitely helped with the inspiration!
I'm going to use it for Jesse's swatch swap that I mentioned a wee while ago. The fabric is already cut up. I like how it turned out, I just hope everyone else does!
Although I must say that this was quite the learning experience! For one: you shouldn't let the design go right to the edges, it will more than likely end up having a few millimetres cut off in the exposing phase. And it's just easier to print the bit that's in the middle. So it looks like parts of the design is missing. Which is exactly what has happened.
But I still like it. I like the colour of the fabric with the black ink. Sort of mid-20th century. I like this shot. I think it would look nice as a table runner or something. Not that we ever use a table runner. Every surface is full of crap. My crap. I'm so messy. ;-)
Here's the whole thing before I cut it. You can see how I got the positioning down better as I progressed (on the left).
And of course I had to give it a go on something else: red linen. I really like that!
This gocco thing is a lot of fun, but I'm learning SO much every time I try something new. Which is cool. But also slightly frustrating, because I want to know how to do things straight away. Kinda impatient like that. For example, no where have I read anything about the screen not being re-usable, except for the same design. But maybe it is possible to burn a new design on the screen. Still trying to figure all this out. I think one day I'll pool everything together that I've learnt about using a gocco. One day... When I know more...
Ok, this is what I was busy with today. Oh man, it took ages! It's half a yard of fabric which I've printed with my gocco and my own little hands. It took me a while to draw up the design just so, but being obsessed with leaf shapes lately definitely helped with the inspiration!
I'm going to use it for Jesse's swatch swap that I mentioned a wee while ago. The fabric is already cut up. I like how it turned out, I just hope everyone else does!
Although I must say that this was quite the learning experience! For one: you shouldn't let the design go right to the edges, it will more than likely end up having a few millimetres cut off in the exposing phase. And it's just easier to print the bit that's in the middle. So it looks like parts of the design is missing. Which is exactly what has happened.
But I still like it. I like the colour of the fabric with the black ink. Sort of mid-20th century. I like this shot. I think it would look nice as a table runner or something. Not that we ever use a table runner. Every surface is full of crap. My crap. I'm so messy. ;-)
Here's the whole thing before I cut it. You can see how I got the positioning down better as I progressed (on the left).
And of course I had to give it a go on something else: red linen. I really like that!This gocco thing is a lot of fun, but I'm learning SO much every time I try something new. Which is cool. But also slightly frustrating, because I want to know how to do things straight away. Kinda impatient like that. For example, no where have I read anything about the screen not being re-usable, except for the same design. But maybe it is possible to burn a new design on the screen. Still trying to figure all this out. I think one day I'll pool everything together that I've learnt about using a gocco. One day... When I know more...
scribbled by Carina 6/25/2008 08:58:00 PM
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Floral Fancy test on fabric
Today I decided that I'd try printing on fabric with my gocco. It went well, I think! Especially considering that I used the screen and ink intended for paper, not fabric. It was interesting to see my Floral Fancy print on different backgrounds.
I think I'm going to make a gocco print for Jesse's Swatch Swap. But since I haven't quite decided how it's going to look, I wasn't going to waste bulbs just for the sake of satisfying my curiosity as to what it would be like to actually print on fabric.
Now I'm just curious how the paper ink is going to dry. I wonder if it will be water proof if I heat set it?Looking at those swatches up there I'm getting an itch to make a load of swatches with Floral Fancy and making a quilt.
I really like this one, on Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy. Probably one of the prettiest fabrics ever made!
And on yellow gingham. I actually have a confession to make; I used to be not terribly keen on yellow, but now I seem to spot it everywhere and guess what, I'm not hating it!
Ahh, this light blue and white floral one. I really like it. And it's the proof of a lesson I learned today. It may be that you should keep your inked gocco screens in a ziploc bag in the fridge (can't remember where I read this piece of advice), but that won't keep it use fresh forever. The ink will eventually start to dry up and clog the screen. Us the darn thing. Don't just let it sit there. This will also cut down on the questions about the strange bag with paint that's sitting in the fridge!
However, the REAL value of this lesson is that, although the initial print (after a couple of months of sitting idle) is pretty much non existent, all is NOT lost. With a gentle hand and a piece of card you can scrape off the ink and then reapply some fresh ink. You may have lost a bit of ink, but the screen should still be working!
Today I decided that I'd try printing on fabric with my gocco. It went well, I think! Especially considering that I used the screen and ink intended for paper, not fabric. It was interesting to see my Floral Fancy print on different backgrounds.I think I'm going to make a gocco print for Jesse's Swatch Swap. But since I haven't quite decided how it's going to look, I wasn't going to waste bulbs just for the sake of satisfying my curiosity as to what it would be like to actually print on fabric.
Now I'm just curious how the paper ink is going to dry. I wonder if it will be water proof if I heat set it?Looking at those swatches up there I'm getting an itch to make a load of swatches with Floral Fancy and making a quilt.
I really like this one, on Denyse Schmidt's Flea Market Fancy. Probably one of the prettiest fabrics ever made!
And on yellow gingham. I actually have a confession to make; I used to be not terribly keen on yellow, but now I seem to spot it everywhere and guess what, I'm not hating it!
Ahh, this light blue and white floral one. I really like it. And it's the proof of a lesson I learned today. It may be that you should keep your inked gocco screens in a ziploc bag in the fridge (can't remember where I read this piece of advice), but that won't keep it use fresh forever. The ink will eventually start to dry up and clog the screen. Us the darn thing. Don't just let it sit there. This will also cut down on the questions about the strange bag with paint that's sitting in the fridge!However, the REAL value of this lesson is that, although the initial print (after a couple of months of sitting idle) is pretty much non existent, all is NOT lost. With a gentle hand and a piece of card you can scrape off the ink and then reapply some fresh ink. You may have lost a bit of ink, but the screen should still be working!
scribbled by Carina 6/17/2008 10:32:00 PM
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Big boned
I'm playing with the idea of turning one of these drawings (proper pics in this set)into a gocco print. Maybe two of them. And start filling the world with prints of very large bones. ;-) It's one of my favourite things to do, draw the dinosaurs and mammoths in the Natural History Museum in London. Only it's not so comfortable, they haven't really got a lot of places where you can sit down and draw. So you have to stand up holding your sketchbook. That gets old rather quickly for the arm holding the book, I can tell you!
I'm playing with the idea of turning one of these drawings (proper pics in this set)into a gocco print. Maybe two of them. And start filling the world with prints of very large bones. ;-) It's one of my favourite things to do, draw the dinosaurs and mammoths in the Natural History Museum in London. Only it's not so comfortable, they haven't really got a lot of places where you can sit down and draw. So you have to stand up holding your sketchbook. That gets old rather quickly for the arm holding the book, I can tell you!
scribbled by Carina 5/28/2008 09:27:00 AM
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Friday, May 23, 2008
A proposition for you
For a little while I've been wanting to make some new postcard designs, but I can't really justify going crazy with that at the moment. But then I had an idea the other day. If you think it is a silly idea, please just ignore this post. But oh, I really do hope you dig it.
This is the idea: you buy a postcard and gocco print pack up front, before either of them have even been conceived. Oh, I know, it's a risky business, just like having kids, you don't know how they will turn out!
15 mixed postcards + 1 gocco print (the same size as the ones in my shop at the moment) + postage (£10 if you are in the UK or £11.5 if you are in the rest of the world.)
The gocco print would be a special edition, meaning that you would be the only ones having it in a particular colour. The postcards, well, I have loads of new ideas! Among them a mono or duo colour Happyscape. But I think I might also do a new batch of these two, just because I love them so: Bloom and Polka.
That's it. Tomorrow there's another interview. I hope you have a nice weekend. :-)
For a little while I've been wanting to make some new postcard designs, but I can't really justify going crazy with that at the moment. But then I had an idea the other day. If you think it is a silly idea, please just ignore this post. But oh, I really do hope you dig it.This is the idea: you buy a postcard and gocco print pack up front, before either of them have even been conceived. Oh, I know, it's a risky business, just like having kids, you don't know how they will turn out!
15 mixed postcards + 1 gocco print (the same size as the ones in my shop at the moment) + postage (£10 if you are in the UK or £11.5 if you are in the rest of the world.)
The gocco print would be a special edition, meaning that you would be the only ones having it in a particular colour. The postcards, well, I have loads of new ideas! Among them a mono or duo colour Happyscape. But I think I might also do a new batch of these two, just because I love them so: Bloom and Polka.
That's it. Tomorrow there's another interview. I hope you have a nice weekend. :-)
scribbled by Carina 5/23/2008 08:30:00 PM
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Gocco, first impressions
I made a drawing with the carbon-based biped pen that comes with the Gocco and then I set to work 'developing' the screen. It is really easy. One word of advice though, don't look down on the Gocco when you press it down with the bulbs in it, they give off a very bright light! Only briefly, you won't go blind, but it's not terribly pleasant.
I was going to do the print with black ink, but then I though, 'nah, I'm gonna go with red', and I'm so glad I did! Happy, happy red. :-) My first print was on a scrap of printer paper (moment of triumphant whooping!), then I grabbed a couple of pieces of watercolour paper, all turned out well, so I started to feel a little adventurous: small (up there) Moleskine cahier.
A large Moleskine cahier.
And a couple of pages from an old National Geographic. I have pulled out some different kinds of paper to try it out on that. This is soooo exciting. I want to print on everything! And I found out that, yes, you can paint over the print with watercolour: the possibilities are endless!
Labels: gocco
I made a drawing with the carbon-based
I was going to do the print with black ink, but then I though, 'nah, I'm gonna go with red', and I'm so glad I did! Happy, happy red. :-) My first print was on a scrap of printer paper (moment of triumphant whooping!), then I grabbed a couple of pieces of watercolour paper, all turned out well, so I started to feel a little adventurous: small (up there) Moleskine cahier.
And a couple of pages from an old National Geographic. I have pulled out some different kinds of paper to try it out on that. This is soooo exciting. I want to print on everything! And I found out that, yes, you can paint over the print with watercolour: the possibilities are endless!
Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 5/20/2008 10:50:00 PM
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I did it! I did it!
This is my first Gocco print! Yay! Well, it's a detail of it. I made a few things, basically I felt compelled to print on whatever was within my reach! More pictures and impressions (har har) later, because right now it's dinner making time.Labels: gocco
This is my first Gocco print! Yay! Well, it's a detail of it. I made a few things, basically I felt compelled to print on whatever was within my reach! More pictures and impressions (har har) later, because right now it's dinner making time.
Labels: gocco
scribbled by Carina 5/20/2008 05:05:00 PM
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