Nooooo! Print Gocco, the ingenious, addictive Japanese home screen-printing press, is (apparently) being discontinued. Gocco supplies have been scarce lately (at Pearl Paints on Market, anyway), so I called Welsh Products. As I was ordering some bulbs and screens, I commented about the scarcity, and the woman on the other end said, "Well, they have discontinued it, you know."
[Sound of phone hitting floor]
She said that Riso would continue to manufacture ink, bulbs and screens for three years, but that they're ceasing production of the B6 press (the classic) very soon.
Immediately after I hung up, I verified the news on the Internet -- because it is so trustworthy in news of this nature -- and quickly found a site dedicated to the preservation of Gocco: Save Gocco. I couldn't find any official reference, but MAKE magazine seems to believe the hype as well. Gocco's US site doesn't mention anything about it.
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