My first gocco print!

Rocks shape Water print, Series 1 (above)



Free gift tags (above)



Wrapping for the prints (above and below)





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Phew. Hehe ok I know it's been super super quiet around here but here is something to break the silence!

A couple of months ago I bought an old gocco on ebay and later (way later) plucked up the courage to put some batteries in it and create my first gocco print.

I started experimenting with sketches I drew that were inspired by the sea snail trails, intricate rock pools/formations and water reflections I saw at a beach in Sorrento (here, here, here and here).

I'm so used to working with endless amounts of colour so choosing just 4 colours was really a challenge, but an exciting one! The metallic aqua was this close to being pale blue and the whole yellow layer was very last minute (pretty much last second). Despite some of the problems (old bulbs... can I get an amen people?) I'm really happy how the print turned out in the end.

I also printed gift tags using the same screens I used for the print.

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The first 30 prints will be shipped with 4 free gift tags (the remaining prints will have 2 free tags).

This gocco print is now available to purchase in my shop!

Nurture nature...

Last week at the beach...






Yesterday at the Orchid show...

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More photos from the Orchid show...

First layer...

L - first layer on paper, R - pressed the ink through the mesh making interesting texture after i finished printing




layers on the comp




sketches


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First layer of my first ever gocco print! So far so good. :}

But I'll have to buy more bulbs and screens, such a shame you can't re-use the bulbs...

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Going to these tomorrow if the weather is good...

Kimono: Osaka's Golden Age at the Immigration Museum in Melbourne
Illuminated manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand at the State Library of Victoria

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Ello...

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Autumn has come and quickly gone, the strong Antarctic winds are making Melbournian drawing fingers numb. But at least summer is gone (I really am a winter kinda gal).

The crickets have been chirping around here lately... but I promise there are good gocco-y poster-y things to come! ;}

For now a few nice things to share with you all...

* Lovely Jessica and Nancy of modamuse featured me in their blog. Click here to view the post... thanks girls!

* Just swung by Borders today and saw a copy of the beautiful Curvy 5 book. It features lots of great International and Aussie female artists and there's a little interview with me in there too! It's the first time for me to see the book (I was flu-y the night of the launch and couldn't make it) and was totally taken by surprise when I saw they used my patterns as endpapers. Hehe I totally squeaked when I first noticed it, gawd I'm such a dork.

* THE ultimate Bento box blog...

* Hannah Whitaker has quite the eye...