[Jewelry making - Article 00189] - Re: [Orchid] Resist for Rio Etch Press

[E. Luther]

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    No, I don't think the Gocco/Etch Press will give you anything you
    aren't getting with PnP.  In fact, PnP can do finer lines than
    Gocco. And the Gocco system is more expensive per design. 

    However, the Print Goco (which is available from Pearl Art and
    Craft, Paper Source and a number of websites, all over the world) is
    wonderful in other ways. 

    I use it to: 

	* print T-shirts, mostly for gifts
	* print multi-color earring cards (printing all colors at once)
	* print the backs of 4 color postcards for a specific show or show 
          season

    It can also be used to make custom labels for quilts, if you have
    any quilters in your life.  And it's used by lots of people for
    making cards. 

    Classes are available at Paper Source and places that teach book and
    paper arts such as the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia
    College in Chicago. 

    Here are some links: 

	http://www.gocco.com
	http://www.welshproducts.com

    Welsh Products has the lowest prices I have found on consumables for
    the Print Gocco, at buying just one each.  Others may have lower
    prices if you buy 10 at a time. 

    What is Print Gocco you ask?  It's a thermal silk screen method in
    which a flash bulb burns an image from a photo copy onto a special
    screen.  Then you can use the screen with ink or resist.  The
    machine costs about $100 US Dollars and the consumables are about
    $10.00 a package each for flashbulbs (10) and screens (5?). 

    Yes, it's an expensive way to silkscreen but it's neater, easier and
    smaller than the traditional method. 

    There are now some books out on Gocco and there are many inexpensive
    videos available, one video is only $6.95.  It's a simple system
    though, you could learn it without a book or video. 

-- 
Elaine Luther
Chicago area, Illinois, USA
Metalsmith, Certified PMC Instructor
Studio 925; established 1992
eluther AT copper.net


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