Last weekend I walked along the Mississippi River under majestic cottonwood trees. Their branches were dappled with soft green leaves just starting to bud out. The ground beneath my feet was blanketed by the crunching skeletal remains of last season's leaves. I couldn't not think of the cottonwood leaf I picked up from the banks of that river almost four years ago which became one of my first gocco prints.
Of course it got me thinking of printing. And hosting yet another swap. I'm resisting that deeply entrenched habit I have to over-think everything, and am instead jumping right in. So, won't you join me for another gocco swap?
The only parameter I'm tossing out for the swap is one. One image. One word. One screen (they are so very precious now, after all). Feel free to take it wherever you want from there. Print a single print, a small set of notecards, bookplates, stamps, stickers, a notebook, a fabric printed something-or-other, or anything else that suits your gocco fancy. Send one of your creations out to each of your swapmates (you'll be swapping with 10-12 folks from around the world). Receive a gocco-ed creation from each of your swapmates.
The swap is open to anyone, anywhere with a blog and/or flickr account and access to a gocco screen printer.
The sign-up deadline is May 26th. Sign up by sending me an email at clothpaperstring AT gmail DOT com with the subject Gocco Swap - be sure to include your name, mailing address and a link to your blog and/or Flickr account. I'll send out your list of swapmates later that week (you'll have 10-12 who you'll be committing to sending your gocco-ed bits out to).
The swap is open to anyone, anywhere with a blog and/or flickr account and access to a gocco printer.
Mail your gocco'd bits to swapmates on or before June 19th. Don't forget to take photos of your creations and post them to the one : gocco swap flickr group.
And, feel free to spread the word. You can cut and paste the HTML in the box to add a button to your blog or sidebar:
Happy gocco-ing!
And, if you're scratching your head, wondering what all this gocco-business is about, you can see examples here, learn more here and get in on discussions about it here.
