Tuesday, April 29, 2008

I JUMPED ON THE GOCCO BANDWAGON

I don't know if I mentioned this before but last week I bought a Print Gocco for Arts on Ebay. It's the B5 model for cloth and it's really huge!!! The package weighs about 25 pounds. In previous months I have been filling my head with all these ideas of what I could do with it but ever since I got it I've been kind of hesitant to try it out. I kind of wish I bought the kit for paper instead. Mostly because the kit for cloth doesn't come with the reflector partition to burn smaller screens and it doesn't come with a registration plate :( And when I think about it that way I kind of wish I bought a smaller sized Gocco because it's more cost efficient to burn screens with the smaller model and there's a local place that sells supplies for the B6 model but not the B5... I don't know.. I'm excited and confused at the same time because I don't know what I want to do anymore. I thought that it would be a good purchase but now I'm not so sure. Maybe screen printing isn't for me after all?

4 comments:

maoiliosa said...

this may be a silly question, as i know nothing about gocco machines, but... is it possible for you to exchange it for the model that you want?

i can't wait to see some gocco stuff you make!

Connie said...

no i can't exchange it.. i'd pretty much have to sell it and buy a new one. at this point i'm thinking about just selling it and using the money to start a different project.

maoiliosa said...

:( that sucks... but if it's brand spankin' new and in great condition, you'll probably get your money's worth back on it by reselling it, i'd imagine. good luck to you!

Anonymous said...

I would resell it..I want one too...but most likely will get the smalelr size and the textile atatchment...