I'm a little confused. Technically, this is "just" screen printing. But it seems way easier and faster to make the Print screens as with "professional" System. Why has nobody made a new, modern Version of this? I can imagine that would be a Hit within the Craft Community.
Maybe they'll bring it back due to nostalgia, like the new instamatic cameras you can get now. If there's enough demand, they might revive the product!
There is an xtool screenprinter thing that showed up on my pinterest feed this morning, and now this video this evening. The xtool seems similar to this but WAY more expensive and the screens are cut/blasted with a 20w laser. I couldnt tell if it was a coating that was getting removed, or if it was actually burning the perforations? It looked liked you would still have to buy their pre sized & coated screens?
There are Machines called Risographs. They are the grown up version of this toy. Kind of expensive to buy the machines but very fun to work with and the printing is rather cheap if you print in bigger quantities. They have been used as normal printers before the modern laser printers and inkjet printers have been invented. Nowadays they are mostly used by artists. Maybe you can find a Risograph-Studio where you live. We have a couple in my City.
@@cocacolarosa4195 My granddaughter, who is an illustrator, just told me about Risographs, but until now, I had no idea what it really was. Thanks for cluing me in. I'd LOVE to play with it!
It’s probably not that it has low sales globally that the company discontinued this product but more likely that it has low sales in Japan that they discontinued the product because Japan is only concerned with what’s popular with their own people and not anything outside of Japan. No matter how much non-Japanese people purchase their products, if it’s not hitting the sales goal in Japan then it’s a failure in their eyes and that’s the same for manga and performance artists. Many manga stories or singers were canceled because they were not popular with their own people in their own country. 😔
Very true. Sometimes they even don’t want their product to sell internationally all that much in the first place, I’m a Tamagotchi collector and for a while some of the new releases had features that tried to make it harder for overseas buyers to fully enjoy their device by making them very Japan-centric.
"Just push down, and... whoopsie! I've activated The Demon Core. Everyone, mark where you were standing when the flash went off, and then leave the room."
We Are Memory Keepers have a screen print thingy, it works without the bulbs, instead it uses sticker foil. You might check it out :) I have it, works for textile too! 😀
I cannot tell you how many times I laughed out loud during your video. I loved watching your process and I’m so thankful they are not death bulbs you were handling. I ordered mine today. Can’t wait to receive it. Keep the videos coming. Your channel is my favorite. I make the “boop” sound every time you drop a new video. Thanks Chris.
Looks great! Like many old school Japanese gadgets - it works but is time limited. You could likely replace/rebuild the screens with UV sensitive coated screens and use normal light. Fun stuff. Thanks!
These are looking great! I love watching videos from artists that actually show a bit of the struggle, it's a great reminder that nothing happens without a little perseverance.
I have an untouched gocco - bought it in 2005 for use as an etch transfer system for metals (it was marketed through the jewelry trade for a short time)- almost got rid of it a few years ago during a studio cleaning. Glad I didn’t! I’m going to try it out soon. It’s great to see this video
I wish teenage me knew about the Gocco back in the 90s, cuz I totally would have been on that! This brought back memories of making posters using the library's photocopy machine over and over again to get that gritty texture. Love this handmade stuff, and just bought a copy so I can see it for real!
Oh, man, I have a print gocco machine and like, three screens that I’ve been hauling around for twenty years, because I’ve been too precious to risk making a mistake with the remaining supplies. Thanks for the inspiration - maybe now I’ll suck it up and just do something with it.
Haha yeah it’s so hard to commit to something when you know it could be the last one. I figured if I haven’t used it in this long I probably never would!
Looks awesome! a ton of planning on the back end makes this whole process look easier than it is. I definitely vote for more hand printing/traditional art making on this channel! The editing with the music on that first real impression- chef's kiss. Hope you had as much fun as we did watching along. As a life long "printer" from traditional printmaking to large format sign making, this stuff gets me. Thank Chris
Love the process video. Got my zine and Fresco presets on order! You have great stuff Chris. I have shared your work with several friends and even my daughter who is a artist too. She also has ADHD and has watched ur videos talking about it. Thanks man, your rock!
Block printing ink is waaaaay to thick for a screen print application so pretty lucky that you got it to work out lol. I’m sure the chemicals of the bulbs aren’t great for you but the main part of it working is probably that it’s a big dose of UV radiation. Repeated exposure would be bad but I do think they stopped manufacturing due to low sales, because while it’s a cool gimmick and is a great intro into screen printing constantly having to buy new bulbs and sheets would be annoying. I wouldn’t think a child would be that dedicated to using it and an artist would eventually just find traditional screen printing more cost effective.
This looks like so much fun, I just bought a printer and I can’t get it to print in color and basically just threw my hands in the air. You’ve inspired me to figure it out lol
I did like this video version idea 💡 was a delight to watch. And reminded me of the Analogue printing process training days back in the 2000s 🎊 thank you 🤩 great work.
Having used vacuum frames for film exposure thingies, I'd recommend getting some cheap cotton gloves for switching out the bulbs (like, one and done cheap). Depending on how hot those get during the flash stage, the oils that transfer from your hands to the bulb surface can lead to the bulb going ker-blooey. (Acknowledging that you've been using it with no issues before. With your supply concerns, I thought it would be worth suggesting a preventative measure.)
Never heard or seen of one of those in my 30+ years in the field or even at my Mom’s agency back in the day. Very cool project Chris. Nice to see some old school hand work. 👍🏻
Great stuff! From alpha to omega. Oh, the puns were perfect also; coming from someone who has intrusive thoughts in the form of word play and, uh, punnery (but also really likes when the puns are acknowledged), please keep them coming. That tool is pretty rad also. Wish they were still in production!
Loved this video! And definitely on for more handmade process videos! 😍 I really contemplated buying one of the zines just for the process you put into making them, but I’m not a big SpongeBob fan so figured someone else who is, deserves it more 😝 would love to see you make something else with the Gocco!
i remember faintly maybe 10+ years ago a bunch of illustrators, comics artists, and people who worked in the LA animation industry made print gocco trend on the internet (instagram + tumblr). really had no idea what it looked like or what the process was until recently, tbh! all i knew it looked cool. thanks for sharing the process! super cool zine too.
Oh my gosh....you crack me up!!! I lOVED Watching you make this...and your process! You are so funny!! I was giggling throughout the whole video! I love this machine! Such a cool find and such a great video! (Love the editing) You have a new subscriber! Thank you!! Have a great dayyyyy! SMILES!😊😊😊
I’ve seen a Cricut behind you. I bet you that you can think up a way to perhaps cut the screen frames for this machine and slap the print film in there!
This is silk screen printing for kids....the light bulbs are like the old camera flashes and the light sensitive emulsion on the screen (which is what your smelling) might be different but this is silk screening...and it might take some work but once you run out of supplies it can be done with different reusable silk screen emulsion. Maybe 3D print some screen frames???
Those bulbs look identical to automotive bulbs. You may be able to replace them easily if you bring one in to an auto part store, if you need more at some point.
Nice! Looks like a lot of fun. I have one but have yet to use it. I’ve got plenty of bulbs but no screens. I’ve been on a printing kick lately so I’ll probably order some on eBay soon.
Love it! I have a Yudu screen printing thing sitting in my garage that I never used. Bought it from a friend who upgraded to a legit T-shirt printing operation. Anyway that thing might be able to print all of the pages at once. Still a bit messy as it requires a squeegee and emulsion like traditional screen printing but it has the exposure unit built in so that's convenient. Pretty sure the bulbs are safe as well lol. Might be a weird niche set up to consider if you can't find parts for the Gocco anymore. That thing is cool!
i remember getting into silkscreen printing in the 90s. I would order from Blick art and in the catalog they had this. I always wanted to pull the trigger but never did.
I'm wondering if the ink got better as you printed because the process of printing was giving it the ability to be brayered (you need to brayer block ink to warm it up before putting it in the blocks).
So cool! I enjoy watching your process. I would also be the one to start upside down. 😊 I ordered one!! Can’t wait to see it in person! It’s either going to be a birthday gift for myself or I’m going to gift it to my oldest son. Sponge bob was always on when our kids were little. 😁
One of the listings on ebay for replacement bulbs has a California Proposition 65 warning sticker. Wonder if that's what you remember. Ingredients in these may include: filaments made from zirconium, rhenium/tungsten alloy, primer made from zirconium power + lead dioxide + Polyvinyl Alcohol. Also may use leaded-solder to connect the leads to the bulb contacts. I'm guessing it's the lead. Technology Connection did a cool video on these bulbs, including some great slomo footage, a few months ago.
Often a well-meaning criticism gets distorted when passed through a community word-of-mouth. When that also coincides with the early days of the internet, it can disappear into a digital void if it was never quite mainstream enough to show up in newspaper articles or the random bits of old media that get uploaded years later. There would have been several minor safety concerns with the bulbs used in these printers, just as the flashbulbs originally developed for professional photographers caused some minor incidents when popularized as flashcubes for consumer cameras in the 60s and 70s. Yes, they would be emitting some shortwave UV along with harmless UV-A (and a great deal of visible and infrared light as well, not so useful for exposing the screen resist). But for the brief one-time dose one could conceivably get if it was misused, it's more likely to have based on speculation that some kid could figure out how to set it off right in someone's face as a prank or by accident. Clearly this is why it was designed to make it hard for the flashbulb to be set off until the hood was fixed in place over the screen frame. But it was mainly the wastefulness and increasing expense that killed flashbulbs, to be replaced with low cost Xenon flash units. The flash itself wouldn't be enough to give someone skin cancer down the road, but the fear of developing cataracts in the eye from shorter wavelength UV exposures was a fresh concern in the public mind in those days. Not to mention the bulbs would surely be hot enough to burn one's fingers if touched immediately after the flash. Also, the thin glass bulb could break or even explode under the wrong circumstances. The product itself seems just kid-friendly enough that someone, somewhere, would've had concerns about it being misused as though it was a toy and possibly injuring a child who didn't read the instructions. That doesn't mean it would've been pulled from the market. But the concern would have had at least some foundation in truth, however improbable an injury scenario would be when it was used properly.
I have one and I’m too intimidated to try it out (I’m used to printing on the big Riso Digital Duplicator :D and the limited supplies for the Gocco makes me so nervous to waste my precious materials) I’m hoping this video snaps me outta my fears
I have a whole set up of this with lots of extra bulbs and paints, and I’ve never used it. It lives in a plastic bin under my desk because I have no idea what to do with it.
Those bulbs look to be nothing more than old-school flashbulbs, possibly with one of several filter colors that they often came in. The channel Technology Connections has a fantastic series of videos on how they work and why they're so bright. IE: Film photography needs tons of light and single-use bulbs rely entirely on the camera operator since they have no form electronic exposure by nature compared to the more automated design of electronic flashes. They exploit simple chemical reactions between oxygen and metal and should be safe to handle and use. The Print Gocco itself appears to be a cool application of a bunch of existing analog technologies. The bulbs, transparencies, and other things are all items that are still readily available or able to be produced for peanuts if someone wanted to create refill kits and supply the market. It's seems more that nobody's bothered to cobble together the parts to do so at this point in time for some reason. Hopefully that changes and more people get to explore a cool analog way to make prints like this again!
Hi, love your work. I was wondering with you doing cool unique SpongeBob and X Men stuff and then having it in your shop. How do you deal with not getting sued for copyright infringement. Thx
I have something simpler but modern from ikonart that I use for shirt and paper items. It works pretty good. Might be a good alternative once you are out of supplies. Plus you can print larger items than you can with that thing. You can see it here: ikonartstencil.com/ikonart-custom-stencil-kit/
so its just a flash like from a camera bulb.. might be worth trying it with a 35mm cam.. but you could also look into the xtool laser system that has its own screen printing system..
12:16 I've always said "gah-ko," but I don't know for sure. If it was spelled "Gako" or "Goko" it would be obvious, but I don't know what the Japanese pronunciation is for "Gocco."
If you want to print a CMYK image in color separations, does it matter what order you print in? In PS the image looks washed out with color separations in layers, however, when I use the Multiply blending mode it looks correct. Do I print the separate inks in Multiply mode?
When the color is on separate layers NOT set to multiply you won’t see the colors interacting. Setting them to multiply will give you a pretty good idea of how it will print, it’s just for preview though. If you are printing them one at a time like I did the ink will naturally overlay. I don’t think it really matters what order because the ink doesn’t use white, so they won’t be opaque enough to mask the other colors.
I’m curious, as someone who works in digital but wants to print their work for zines. I’ve realized that my colours aren’t always accurate to how I want them to be due to the differences in digital colour and ink colour. How do you get your colours the way you want them for your zines?
You can clean them to reuse the same design. But it’s a bit tricky with oil based ink. I read that you can actually freeze them with the ink and then thaw it out to use again… I am trying that, but not sure if I’ll need this screen again anyway
What do you mean theres cancer in these 😢 I just got one -cant get it to work. Used the flash bulbs, went off, nothing except an extremely faint master. The image doesnt show up whenI add ink, except for a few faint lines
Check out the first part of this zine process here: ua-cam.com/video/nEVtTv5bGKQ/v-deo.htmlsi=RFNRObBjbqSLfYmc
I'm a little confused. Technically, this is "just" screen printing. But it seems way easier and faster to make the Print screens as with "professional" System. Why has nobody made a new, modern Version of this? I can imagine that would be a Hit within the Craft Community.
I have, but not used yet, a similar gadget from EZ Print that uses precoated photosensitive screens that you burn in the sun.
Maybe they'll bring it back due to nostalgia, like the new instamatic cameras you can get now. If there's enough demand, they might revive the product!
There is an xtool screenprinter thing that showed up on my pinterest feed this morning, and now this video this evening. The xtool seems similar to this but WAY more expensive and the screens are cut/blasted with a 20w laser. I couldnt tell if it was a coating that was getting removed, or if it was actually burning the perforations? It looked liked you would still have to buy their pre sized & coated screens?
There are Machines called Risographs. They are the grown up version of this toy. Kind of expensive to buy the machines but very fun to work with and the printing is rather cheap if you print in bigger quantities. They have been used as normal printers before the modern laser printers and inkjet printers have been invented. Nowadays they are mostly used by artists. Maybe you can find a Risograph-Studio where you live. We have a couple in my City.
@@cocacolarosa4195 My granddaughter, who is an illustrator, just told me about Risographs, but until now, I had no idea what it really was. Thanks for cluing me in. I'd LOVE to play with it!
I just got one and I'm so excited!!! I love being a 47 year old kid with grown up money🎉😂😂😂😂😂
Haha awesome! Did you find bulbs and screens??
Same here! I love mine!
I'm about the same age and feel the same way 😂
my partner is japanese and she said “omg so nostalgic! i still have one of these back home in fukuoka. we used to make new years cards with it”
Almost spit out my coffee when I seen you squirt out all that ink.
Lol
Omg - we’ve got one of these sitting in the garage! We’ve had it for 25y, we used it to make our wedding invites. Time to bust it out again!
Oh rad! I got hired to print some wedding invites with mine many many years ago.
It’s probably not that it has low sales globally that the company discontinued this product but more likely that it has low sales in Japan that they discontinued the product because Japan is only concerned with what’s popular with their own people and not anything outside of Japan. No matter how much non-Japanese people purchase their products, if it’s not hitting the sales goal in Japan then it’s a failure in their eyes and that’s the same for manga and performance artists. Many manga stories or singers were canceled because they were not popular with their own people in their own country. 😔
Very true. Sometimes they even don’t want their product to sell internationally all that much in the first place, I’m a Tamagotchi collector and for a while some of the new releases had features that tried to make it harder for overseas buyers to fully enjoy their device by making them very Japan-centric.
Very cool. I totally vote for more handmade process videos!
Thanks! I’ll keep that in mind!
@sylviehart I agree this was awesome!
"Just push down, and... whoopsie! I've activated The Demon Core. Everyone, mark where you were standing when the flash went off, and then leave the room."
@@SkaterDeeVlog Demon Core…. Is that like Cottage core? 🙃👹👽
@@FluxyMiniscusit's a radioactive accident that killed multiple people because someone moved a screwdriver, look it up
We Are Memory Keepers have a screen print thingy, it works without the bulbs, instead it uses sticker foil. You might check it out :) I have it, works for textile too! 😀
I cannot tell you how many times I laughed out loud during your video. I loved watching your process and I’m so thankful they are not death bulbs you were handling. I ordered mine today. Can’t wait to receive it. Keep the videos coming. Your channel is my favorite. I make the “boop” sound every time you drop a new video. Thanks Chris.
I was going to say the same thing! This video was hilarious in places! Love this guy!😊
Looks great! Like many old school Japanese gadgets - it works but is time limited.
You could likely replace/rebuild the screens with UV sensitive coated screens and use normal light.
Fun stuff. Thanks!
Thanks! I think at that point, traditional screen printing would make more sense.
Here’s a tip for folding using the bone folder thingy. Start in the middle of the fold and work outwards each side. Keeps your edges lined up. 🇦🇺❤️
I've seen someone on UA-cam shorts using a new version of those. They are still baing made by some company. Use what you have without worry!
3:25 And you got a name for a punk band out of the process too... Death Bulbs
Haha that is a good one
What a crazy process! Thanks for sacrificing your stash for us. Love the final product!
Hah thank you! It was fun!
These are looking great! I love watching videos from artists that actually show a bit of the struggle, it's a great reminder that nothing happens without a little perseverance.
Thanks so much!
This might be your gateway into full-scale screen printing
Hah I actually used to screen print a bunch back in the day. And I did today, testing out a new set up!
I have an untouched gocco - bought it in 2005 for use as an etch transfer system for metals (it was marketed through the jewelry trade for a short time)- almost got rid of it a few years ago during a studio cleaning. Glad I didn’t! I’m going to try it out soon. It’s great to see this video
Oh cool! They’re super fun!
Super cool! I love zine making.
I wish teenage me knew about the Gocco back in the 90s, cuz I totally would have been on that! This brought back memories of making posters using the library's photocopy machine over and over again to get that gritty texture. Love this handmade stuff, and just bought a copy so I can see it for real!
Oh, man, I have a print gocco machine and like, three screens that I’ve been hauling around for twenty years, because I’ve been too precious to risk making a mistake with the remaining supplies. Thanks for the inspiration - maybe now I’ll suck it up and just do something with it.
Haha yeah it’s so hard to commit to something when you know it could be the last one. I figured if I haven’t used it in this long I probably never would!
Whoa my friend just got rid of some stuff for this and i had no idea what it was. Pretty cool
I still have my Gocco and am also afraid to use it because of the difficulty to get the bulbs and screens. Fun to see a refresher course!
Let’s see how long I wait to use it again, hah!
Looks awesome! a ton of planning on the back end makes this whole process look easier than it is. I definitely vote for more hand printing/traditional art making on this channel! The editing with the music on that first real impression- chef's kiss. Hope you had as much fun as we did watching along. As a life long "printer" from traditional printmaking to large format sign making, this stuff gets me. Thank Chris
Oh thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. It was definitely a lot of work, but also fun!
Enjoyed this one a lot. Glad you didn’t die from the death rays!
Sir, I don’t know who you are but I’m subscribing.
I appreciate that!
Love the process video. Got my zine and Fresco presets on order! You have great stuff Chris. I have shared your work with several friends and even my daughter who is a artist too. She also has ADHD and has watched ur videos talking about it. Thanks man, your rock!
Thank you so much!!
My toxic trait is suddenly NEEDING something, immediately after hearing I can’t have it
lol i feel that.
Block printing ink is waaaaay to thick for a screen print application so pretty lucky that you got it to work out lol. I’m sure the chemicals of the bulbs aren’t great for you but the main part of it working is probably that it’s a big dose of UV radiation. Repeated exposure would be bad but I do think they stopped manufacturing due to low sales, because while it’s a cool gimmick and is a great intro into screen printing constantly having to buy new bulbs and sheets would be annoying. I wouldn’t think a child would be that dedicated to using it and an artist would eventually just find traditional screen printing more cost effective.
Loved the result and the happy dance even more 👏👏👏
Haha thank you! 😊
This looks like so much fun, I just bought a printer and I can’t get it to print in color and basically just threw my hands in the air. You’ve inspired me to figure it out lol
Printers can be such a hassle
I did like this video version idea 💡 was a delight to watch. And reminded me of the Analogue printing process training days back in the 2000s 🎊 thank you 🤩 great work.
Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Having used vacuum frames for film exposure thingies, I'd recommend getting some cheap cotton gloves for switching out the bulbs (like, one and done cheap). Depending on how hot those get during the flash stage, the oils that transfer from your hands to the bulb surface can lead to the bulb going ker-blooey. (Acknowledging that you've been using it with no issues before. With your supply concerns, I thought it would be worth suggesting a preventative measure.)
Never heard or seen of one of those in my 30+ years in the field or even at my Mom’s agency back in the day.
Very cool project Chris. Nice to see some old school hand work. 👍🏻
Great stuff! From alpha to omega. Oh, the puns were perfect also; coming from someone who has intrusive thoughts in the form of word play and, uh, punnery (but also really likes when the puns are acknowledged), please keep them coming. That tool is pretty rad also. Wish they were still in production!
Hey, thanks! Glad you liked it!
Loved this video! And definitely on for more handmade process videos! 😍 I really contemplated buying one of the zines just for the process you put into making them, but I’m not a big SpongeBob fan so figured someone else who is, deserves it more 😝 would love to see you make something else with the Gocco!
Thanks so much!
Rad! They turned out great! Just ordered one!
Thanks so much!
i remember faintly maybe 10+ years ago a bunch of illustrators, comics artists, and people who worked in the LA animation industry made print gocco trend on the internet (instagram + tumblr). really had no idea what it looked like or what the process was until recently, tbh! all i knew it looked cool. thanks for sharing the process! super cool zine too.
It was around 2008ish that I was using this one a lot and making tons of mini prints for an Etsy shop that I had.
Thanks!
Still have my Print Gocco, and probably a few supplies, somewhere in my basement. Used to use it to make greeting cards.
Oh my gosh....you crack me up!!! I lOVED Watching you make this...and your process! You are so funny!! I was giggling throughout the whole video! I love this machine! Such a cool find and such a great video! (Love the editing) You have a new subscriber! Thank you!! Have a great dayyyyy! SMILES!😊😊😊
Thank you so much!!!
I didn't realize that riso was that rare!!!
that's so crazy woah woah woah woah woah what a cool item
It is fun to use!
Spongerob Halford! HA! 😆 So much cool stuff in the zine, and I loved learning about the vintage printer!!! Excellent work!
The first art supply I’ve ever seen that flashbangs u
Epic I wish I could use one of these! But watching you is good enough for me :3
Thanks for using the tool to make a video . If I have something g this rare I won’t use it for sure
Hehe a zine who looks like riso, but doesn´t and look like screen printing but it´s a gogo printing hahaha. Cool.
Haha yeah it’s all over the place
Demon core flash.
Lol
@@chris-piascik Seriously did you used shades back then when you used that thing?
Yes, I really liked this video, I love the results❤🎉
Thank you so much!!
I’ve seen a Cricut behind you. I bet you that you can think up a way to perhaps cut the screen frames for this machine and slap the print film in there!
Oh that could work if I removed the coating from a screen
Looks good, have shared this video with other zine peeps I know
Thanks so much!
You should have put “dolphin noise” over your cursing . Like they did in SpongeBob! 😂
Oh haha that would have been good
that mouse pad is so coool 🥲🥲
Thank you!
This process was the coolest! I love it! Keep the content going :)
This is silk screen printing for kids....the light bulbs are like the old camera flashes and the light sensitive emulsion on the screen (which is what your smelling) might be different but this is silk screening...and it might take some work but once you run out of supplies it can be done with different reusable silk screen emulsion. Maybe 3D print some screen frames???
Never heard of it! Amazing!
Those bulbs look identical to automotive bulbs. You may be able to replace them easily if you bring one in to an auto part store, if you need more at some point.
Nice! Looks like a lot of fun. I have one but have yet to use it. I’ve got plenty of bulbs but no screens. I’ve been on a printing kick lately so I’ll probably order some on eBay soon.
Low sales, death bulbs, it's an easy mistake to make.
Lolol
Love it! I have a Yudu screen printing thing sitting in my garage that I never used. Bought it from a friend who upgraded to a legit T-shirt printing operation. Anyway that thing might be able to print all of the pages at once. Still a bit messy as it requires a squeegee and emulsion like traditional screen printing but it has the exposure unit built in so that's convenient. Pretty sure the bulbs are safe as well lol. Might be a weird niche set up to consider if you can't find parts for the Gocco anymore. That thing is cool!
Thanks! I actually had one of those at one point, they’re definitely cool!
@@chris-piascik hopefully I get motivated to dust it off once day ha. These zine videos are inspiring
i remember getting into silkscreen printing in the 90s. I would order from Blick art and in the catalog they had this. I always wanted to pull the trigger but never did.
I'm wondering if the ink got better as you printed because the process of printing was giving it the ability to be brayered (you need to brayer block ink to warm it up before putting it in the blocks).
So cool! I enjoy watching your process. I would also be the one to start upside down. 😊 I ordered one!! Can’t wait to see it in person! It’s either going to be a birthday gift for myself or I’m going to gift it to my oldest son. Sponge bob was always on when our kids were little. 😁
Awesome! Thank you so much!
One of the listings on ebay for replacement bulbs has a California Proposition 65 warning sticker. Wonder if that's what you remember.
Ingredients in these may include: filaments made from zirconium, rhenium/tungsten alloy, primer made from zirconium power + lead dioxide + Polyvinyl Alcohol. Also may use leaded-solder to connect the leads to the bulb contacts.
I'm guessing it's the lead.
Technology Connection did a cool video on these bulbs, including some great slomo footage, a few months ago.
Loved the zine video! Ow. Know how to do a nice portable sketch book to take with me. Thanks!
Oh good good idea!
the fiona apple shirt :)
Often a well-meaning criticism gets distorted when passed through a community word-of-mouth. When that also coincides with the early days of the internet, it can disappear into a digital void if it was never quite mainstream enough to show up in newspaper articles or the random bits of old media that get uploaded years later.
There would have been several minor safety concerns with the bulbs used in these printers, just as the flashbulbs originally developed for professional photographers caused some minor incidents when popularized as flashcubes for consumer cameras in the 60s and 70s. Yes, they would be emitting some shortwave UV along with harmless UV-A (and a great deal of visible and infrared light as well, not so useful for exposing the screen resist). But for the brief one-time dose one could conceivably get if it was misused, it's more likely to have based on speculation that some kid could figure out how to set it off right in someone's face as a prank or by accident. Clearly this is why it was designed to make it hard for the flashbulb to be set off until the hood was fixed in place over the screen frame. But it was mainly the wastefulness and increasing expense that killed flashbulbs, to be replaced with low cost Xenon flash units.
The flash itself wouldn't be enough to give someone skin cancer down the road, but the fear of developing cataracts in the eye from shorter wavelength UV exposures was a fresh concern in the public mind in those days. Not to mention the bulbs would surely be hot enough to burn one's fingers if touched immediately after the flash. Also, the thin glass bulb could break or even explode under the wrong circumstances. The product itself seems just kid-friendly enough that someone, somewhere, would've had concerns about it being misused as though it was a toy and possibly injuring a child who didn't read the instructions. That doesn't mean it would've been pulled from the market. But the concern would have had at least some foundation in truth, however improbable an injury scenario would be when it was used properly.
My jaw dropped when I saw the amount of ink you distributed on the screen. Woah
Haha! I think it was necessary because of how thick block printing ink is.
@@chris-piascik as I watched the rest of it, it worked great though! 😆 Love your stuff btw you have my sub.
Great stuff, I'm going to make some for my cartoon characters. I've also learned a lot from you in Fresco. thx for the videos
Great to hear!
i wonder if photography flash bulbs would work as replacements for those bulbs if u ever ran out. they both are pretty damn bight
I don’t know anything about flash bulbs but that sounds feasible!
I'm not into SpongeBob and I'm not certain how TF this video popped up on my feed, but that Judas Pineapple graph made me f*cking laugh 😂
I have one and I’m too intimidated to try it out (I’m used to printing on the big Riso Digital Duplicator :D and the limited supplies for the Gocco makes me so nervous to waste my precious materials) I’m hoping this video snaps me outta my fears
Back in 2010 we used to fight over those machines. Paid outrageous prices for them
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This was so cool!!
I have a whole set up of this with lots of extra bulbs and paints, and I’ve never used it. It lives in a plastic bin under my desk because I have no idea what to do with it.
You are better than tv! And I think you’re nudging Netflix! Thanks❤❤🎉 from an ex silk screen printer…
Haha thank you so much! I used to do some screen printing myself.
That is a cool maschine, sad I never heard of that before
Depends on the ink, but seemed like regular print ink for lithography had to be worked some before applying to the stone.
Those bulbs look to be nothing more than old-school flashbulbs, possibly with one of several filter colors that they often came in. The channel Technology Connections has a fantastic series of videos on how they work and why they're so bright. IE: Film photography needs tons of light and single-use bulbs rely entirely on the camera operator since they have no form electronic exposure by nature compared to the more automated design of electronic flashes. They exploit simple chemical reactions between oxygen and metal and should be safe to handle and use. The Print Gocco itself appears to be a cool application of a bunch of existing analog technologies. The bulbs, transparencies, and other things are all items that are still readily available or able to be produced for peanuts if someone wanted to create refill kits and supply the market. It's seems more that nobody's bothered to cobble together the parts to do so at this point in time for some reason. Hopefully that changes and more people get to explore a cool analog way to make prints like this again!
Very cool video!!! I love it
Im sorry - did that say "bikini bottom kill"??? Instant subscribe from this kathleen hannah fan haha.
Haha glad you liked that!
It really sucks that the Print-Go-Go thing is out of Print... stuff that cool should NEVER Vanish from this world.
Flashlight made me hit like button
Haha awesome thanks!
This is so cool love the analog process. Do you sell your deskmat?
Thanks! The mat is in my shop! Linked below.
It's not like there aren't any of these out there. It's that everyone is charging a premium.
Hi, love your work. I was wondering with you doing cool unique SpongeBob and X Men stuff and then having it in your shop. How do you deal with not getting sued for copyright infringement. Thx
This is cool as hell lol
We have to go back
i have an old camera flash for my pentax that would probably work that runs on double a batteries
I have something simpler but modern from ikonart that I use for shirt and paper items. It works pretty good. Might be a good alternative once you are out of supplies. Plus you can print larger items than you can with that thing. You can see it here: ikonartstencil.com/ikonart-custom-stencil-kit/
That looks pretty cool!
so its just a flash like from a camera bulb.. might be worth trying it with a 35mm cam.. but you could also look into the xtool laser system that has its own screen printing system..
I think the bigger issue would be the screens. Funny enough that company just emailed me about trying out their screen printer.
@@chris-piascik if you get a free laser engraver and screen printer from them its worth getting..
I think you could pull one print on acetate that’s taped to the top and use that to register the rest of the run
Ah yeah that makes sense.
Sponge Bobby Digital is pure cheese genius 🤓…. 😂👾
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12:16 I've always said "gah-ko," but I don't know for sure. If it was spelled "Gako" or "Goko" it would be obvious, but I don't know what the Japanese pronunciation is for "Gocco."
If you want to print a CMYK image in color separations, does it matter what order you print in? In PS the image looks washed out with color separations in layers, however, when I use the Multiply blending mode it looks correct. Do I print the separate inks in Multiply mode?
When the color is on separate layers NOT set to multiply you won’t see the colors interacting. Setting them to multiply will give you a pretty good idea of how it will print, it’s just for preview though. If you are printing them one at a time like I did the ink will naturally overlay. I don’t think it really matters what order because the ink doesn’t use white, so they won’t be opaque enough to mask the other colors.
I’m curious, as someone who works in digital but wants to print their work for zines. I’ve realized that my colours aren’t always accurate to how I want them to be due to the differences in digital colour and ink colour. How do you get your colours the way you want them for your zines?
@chris-piascik are the screens that come with that machine unable to be cleaned 🧼 like the regular silkscreen screens?
You can clean them to reuse the same design. But it’s a bit tricky with oil based ink. I read that you can actually freeze them with the ink and then thaw it out to use again… I am trying that, but not sure if I’ll need this screen again anyway
What do you mean theres cancer in these 😢 I just got one -cant get it to work. Used the flash bulbs, went off, nothing except an extremely faint master. The image doesnt show up whenI add ink, except for a few faint lines
How did the comments react to that blockprinting ink?
lol, I was told it was too thick many times. It did work though, Maybe because it was just some simple line work.
I love your artwork. This relief ink is too tacky for a screen. 😅
Thank you! It definitely was a bit tacky, luckily it was simple linework and not a lot of ot
I don't know why they don't still make miemograph machines. There was an attwmpt at an open source mimeo project a while ago.
I wish someone would figure it out!
That smell😍