A mad printing frenzy
August 20th, 2009 § 17 Comments
Today every square inch of my creative space is covered in small B5 prints. The Gocco course and my jitters are finished. A night to celebrate? Maybe…
I’d read that once you start printing you simply can’t stop. And I’m here to tell you, IT’S ABSOLUTELY TRUE! It starts out harmlessly enough; tentatively lining up the original, making the screen and swirling globs of ink all over every inch of the design. Yep, so far everything is going great. Then you push down and from the moment you lay your eyes on your first sparkling print… nothing will ever be the same. Your eyes glaze over and your arms pump wildly as you are completely consumed in a printing frenzy. And nothing, and I mean nothing, within arms reach will be spared. I, myself, was printed on as I prepared to leave! Oh, I didn’t mind, the colours looked amaaazing!!
I thought I’d use a sketchy sketch of a dapper Italian man I’ve named Mr Rubinacci to try out the Gocco on. A good idea because it’s scratchy nature completely disguised any dropouts or blobbing in the printing. The overprinting was interesting too, it worked much better on some colours than others. That could be a problem for readability of type but an asset for overlaying pattern.
I think the best way to Gocco is to leave preconceived notions of the outcome behind. Just let go and play. The surprises are guaranteed and could turn out better than you ever imagined. Oh, I almost forgot, I’m planning to hand paint Mr Rubinacci’s bike and socks in a matching colour, he is a very stylish man after all.
Head over to Kirsty’s for loads more frenzied creative spaces.
Wow! Fabulous people commenting here.
See, they all love your work so much!
I love Mr. Rubinacci – I love the bicycle. And I can’t wait to see his socks and bike. I remember a similar sketch. This is great.
Certainly worth the wait! Thank you so much for sharing. I think when I had my one and only Gocco adventure I was a little hung up on getting it to be just so. You are right, leaving preconceived notions of outcomes behind, a must!
I love it! I want to try this. You sell it very well!
How wonderful! I would love to try a gocco. I can see how one could get carried away. These look marvelous. Very envious.
Thanks for your frequent visit Alisa.
Wow! I am totally fascinated by your Gocco prints!
Loving both versions.
The white one seems to be more on the classic feel while the pink colour finished is so vivid and eye catching.
I definitely can’t miss both if I am the customer:
Thanks for sharing your work in Gocco, I love Gocco and will give it a try in the near future.
You have inspired me, you are really a multi-talented artist.
love you Alisa!!!
OMG…how completely FUN!! I congratulate you on finishing the course, but this is just so awesome to see the excitement as you’ve discovered another medium to share with us your lovely work. Mr. Rubinacci is so fantastic! Love it.
You rock, my dear!! : )
I’m slightly embarrassed to admit it, but I am salivating at the merest notion of having a go. No preconceptions I promise!
Your goccoing is beautiful. Haven’t used mine for so long, am having withdrawals! Luckily I can get my fix through you!!
Oh you just took me back to me tech days … printing away, with not a care in the world. LOL. I love your little Italian man … bellissimo!
Your gocco adventure sounds like it was fabulous fun & your prints look terrific.
I’m-a-loving those prints!! I looked up a gocco on ebay the other day but their weren’t any….But I’ll keep looking, it seems like so much fun!!
Ooooooh, that looks fun!
printing your own stuff must be so great….I’ve only done lino prints and a couple of (bad!) monoprints, but i loved waiting to see the end result.
I think you’re right….don’t have high (or any!) expectations, just wait and see.
I can’t wait to see what colour socks he has……………
Nicki x
jitters gone and printing nirvana achieved! incredible drawing
How cool and inspiring is learning! To get our brains working and open to what’s possible. I laughed that once started, you have not been able to stop and at your confession of printing on yourself!
Kylie’s comment above is ditto to mine!
The prints look amazing. I’m so in awe!
This looks so fabulous and I’m totally envious of your Gocco! I’ve toyed with the idea of doing a course, maybe getting one… but then, maybe I should finish the million things I’m already doing
Great post – thank you! K