dee beale

I do i love Scandinavian design so very much! such simple shapes but so elegant, it's just brilliant and so are these beautiful prints by UK designer/printmaker, Dee Beale. and can you believe these are printed on a gocco!

Land Birds :: new work

A great monday morning to you all. today i have a special treat for you...i've finally posted my new land birds print series up in my shop! There are four prints in total, 2 prints are two color letterpressed at 8x10" and 2 are two color gocco prints at 6x8". All the prints are printed on eco-friendly papers with lots of tender loving care! lol there are more pictures of them here and to purchase here. enjoy!

studio MIKMIK

i love the whimsy illustration from studio mikmik. check out these great gocco prints for an upcoming show of theirs in the UK this month.




i had to add these fun gocco printed badges they now have up in their shop as well.

i am friction

"i am the friction" is a limited edition (run of 100) collaborative book of illustration and short fiction by jez burrows and illustrated by lizzy stewart. the covers are a 4 color gocco print, inside and out.

The book has two covers and reads from both directions. One half of the book is composed of short stories inspired by illustrations, while the other contains illustrations inspired by short stories. very cool. click here to see more of it.

beard love

I love the colors in this shot of Ashley G's January collection of bearded men. The color palette is fantastic!

Ashley also announced to the public that you can find a lovely tripdict of her illustrations at Urban Outfitters as apart of the Artists series. I'm very lucky to be the proud owner of one of Ashley's pieces...now i just need to wait for a freshly painted wall to hang it on! by the way, we are closing on the house this Weds. IT'S ABOUT TIME right?

Follow up on Gocco

As you can see, freshlyblended has a new look to it. Most things are in place but there are still some things missing as you can see on my side bars. I'm still doing a bit of reorganizing and tweeking so you will be seeing some more changes for about another week or so.

Anywho, I have been trying to get around to posting a revised Gocco resources list for a while now and as the email inquiries keep funneling in, i've been constantly reminded to make a follow up post about it. In a recent article from the New York Times, entitled The Cult of Gocco, Jill Bliss was interviewed about her site savegocco.com and how this little machine has become a favorite tool for craftsters and designers alike. So in this, I do want to highlight that savegocco.com will probubly be your best bet for finding resources for the Print Gocco. I however, can only give you a direction from what I have bought and where the deals are.
Since hunting for the cheapest prices on inventory for myself, I found that Welsh Products has the best prices for supplies thus far. As the gocco becomes more popular, it's also becoming more expensive to acquire the inventory to run the machttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifhine so don't jump on the first price you see, shop around.
As for purchasing the actual machine, I think ebay will be your best bet although and Northwood Studios have the B5 for under $200.00. One other tip is to be careful about buying the inks in chunks from certain places, you could see a great price on say a 7 ink bundle but the shop offering them is located in japan so your paying more to ship them then what you bought them for. So definitely do your research before you jump the gun and buy, i made that mistake in the beginning and had to learn the hard way. All in all, it should be a fun buying experience so don't feel overwhelmed to just get it because you feel like they'll all be gone if you don't, find a good price first cause they haven't all disappeard yet.