Crazy Etsy Gocco Weekend

What a dilemma…Etsy is just chock full of Gocco and I couldn’t choose just one designer…here’s a semi-condensed glimpse into what people can create from this little, people-powered machine…
                   
                                mix-tape by heatherjeany
                         
                           Kokeshi card by Blue Snail Papers
                  
                                Hola! by Juniper Berry
                         
                                  Two Bikes by Supastarr
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Meet Gocco

                   
Here’s the best pic I could find of a Gocco system.  It’s tough to see all the parts up close, but you can get a good idea…basically, Gocco is a silkscreen/stamper combo.  You create an image on a screen, then impress it onto the machine and make multiple prints by pressing down on it.  [...]

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Gocco Your Socks Off

                    
When I started this blog, I thought letterpress printing was the only way to produce original, beautiful designs on paper (ok, screening is pretty cool too).  Then I found Gocco – sounds like the name of a large lizard, no?  Gocco is actually an amazing, compact, totally self contained full color printing system invented [...]

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