This listing was for a day course held recently. If you'd like to be notified when the next course is scheduled, or to arrange a workshop for 3 or more people - please contact me through Etsy Conversations. I'm planning to run the next scheduled Sunday all day workshop in June 2012.
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Make Gocco screen prints in this day long workshop run by Xtina Lamb at her studio in Clerkenwell, London.
You'll be using the Japanese 'Print Gocco' machine and supplies to create screens from your own artwork, mounting the screen mesh onto a frame, and printing with a squeegee. You'll also try out the Thermofax and Riso Screenfax machines to make screens without using Gocco bulbs, and experiment with texture screens and hand cut stencils. Choose whether to print onto cards, paper, notebooks or textiles.
All the tools and materials that you need will be provided and the screens you make are yours to take away, so you can carry on printing at home.
WORKSHOP INCLUDES:
- Create and keep a postcard sized Gocco screen made from your own artwork. You can reuse the screen at home with regular screen printing supplies.
- Print onto pre-cut cards and exercise books
- Print on paper to make stationery, artworks etc.
- Compare Gocco machine models, the B6, PG-11, PG-Arts and stamp pad for cloth.
- Learn registration methods (lining up the position of prints)
- Make screens with a Thermofax or Riso Screenfax machine
Price includes homemade cake and a buffet lunch. I can cater to special diets, please let me know when booking.
Class size is limited to 5 people.
On purchase you will be sent details of artwork to bring along.
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WORKSHOP VENUE
The Workspace, Craft Central
33-35 St John’s Square, London, EC1M 4DS
Map: http://g.co/maps/vtjcu
Date Sundays TBC
10am - 5pm
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Reviews of previous workshops:
http://www.thrift-ola.com/2011/06/print-gocco-workshop
http://www.whatkatiedoes.net/2011/06/gocco-class-with-printed-wonders.html
Video
Shot during a residency on a lightship, halfway through this video is footage of one of my Gocco screen printing workshops.
http://vimeo.com/30423190
Print Gocco is a small scale system for making short runs of prints. Gocco machine models such as the B6 and PG-11 are designed to make up to about 200 or 300 postcard sized prints inside the machine. But you can also use Gocco machines to expose screen mesh and then screen print outside the machine, as we will in this workshop.
Print Gocco was hugely popular in the 80s in Japan, where there is a tradition of hand making New Year’s cards. Now the rest of the world’s craft community has fallen in love with Gocco, but sadly just as the production of machines and supplies has stopped. It is hoped that another company will someday pick up production of the machines and consumables, but for now the future of Gocco is uncertain.
Join this workshop either to learn a different way to use a Gocco machine, or to catch a bit of history before they people who still own Gocco supplies start to keep them in a safe!
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Have any questions?
Contact the shop owner.
