Print Gocco

Designed and manufactured by RISO, the small Print Gocco Kit is a very easy entry into printmaking. From creating ("flashing") your screen to printing is only a matter of a minute or two, and the stamp action means you can print pretty quickly. Although clean-up can be a bit messy, it is completely non-toxic.

Most of my editioned prints and artist's books are printed with the Print Gocco, and I have found the Print Gocco and digital image-making to be a terrific combination, a hi-lo tech diet of sorts. While I love working in the digital domain, retrieving my print from a computer printer simply lacks the magic of crafting something by hand, the physical process that can result in surprises.

Of course, surprises can be either nice or not nice, and when I run into a surprise that I don't like, or am not sure how something will work, I find a test is called for, and this is how Pudding got started. To learn more about Pudding, see the Pudding page.

(The images to the left are details from Painting a Slogan, top, a 4-color process print, and Pocket Atlas for Travelers, bottom, an artist's book. Both were created using the Print Gocco.)

Print Gocco Resources

www.savegocco.com – For information about Print Gocco being discontinued, and various projects aimed at saving the Print Gocco, go here.

Yahoo Gocco-Printers Discussion Group – This is a moderated group that started in 2002, traffic is light to moderate. If you have questions about your Gocco, this is a good place to start. Print exchanges are organized on a regular basis, so it's a good way to get a lot of different examples of small Gocco works.

NEHOC of Australia – This massive web site contains on-line tutorials on using the Gocco and related products.

Prints & Artist's Books Portfolio – This is my portfolio of prints and artists's books, most are created with the Print Gocco.

Pudding – the Print Gocco proof magazine I publish 6 times a year, roughly every 3 months. Pudding tries a variety of methods, tools, and paper surfaces when printing with the Print Gocco.

Flickr Gocco Group – Lots of photos, of course.

Yahoo Gocco Discussion Group – This was the original group that started years ago. Unfortunately, it's not moderated and has been taken over by spammers. The archives here contain a lot of information and you can sign on just to search the archives. It has almost no active Gocco discussions.

Print Gocco Dealers

In alphabetical order:

Letters & Print -- Located in Portland, Oregon, Letters & Print supplies Gocco products by mail order or appointment for schools, calligraphers, book and graphic artists. Proprietor Laurie Mitchell is an experienced GOCCO enthusiast and has provided information and workshops in metro Portland as well as in Bend/Sunriver, Oregon, for over fifteen years.

The Art Dabbler -- Located in Colorado, she has no web site but please contact her via her business email at The Art Dabbler

NEHOC of Australia -- A RISO & Gocco dealer (including mail order) in Australia.

Northwood Studios -- Located in Florida, Judy offers workshops and stocks most gocco supplies. Workshop schedules are posted online.

Marlene's Craft & Design -- Marlene carries all Gocco supplies on her web site. She frequently shows projects using the Gocco on Craft TV; she also adds a Gocco project with picture and instructions to the web site several times a year.

Think Ink -- A Gocco dealer in the Seattle, Washington area.