Introducing: GOCCOMATIC

Inductions and studio access for DIY Garment printing at Abbeymount Studios.

All of our T-shirts and Tote bags are GOCCO-printed by hand at Abbeymount Studios using water-based inks and 100% organic cotton.

Quick facts

Minimum order of 25

Ink colours mixed to order

Maximum image size: 240 x 310 mm

What is GOCCO?

GOCCO is a Japanese screen-making machine created by the RISO company. It works in a similar way to the risograph, producing a ‘master’ stencil from a PDF of your artwork. Instead of wrapping the master around an ink drum, we attach the stencil to a metal frame to make a flat screen. Once this screen has been made, we can then use it to hand-print on fabric, cardboard and other surfaces.

Each colour is printed by hand one at a time.

We mix the printing inks by hand, so we can mix up colours just for you. 

GOCCO reads your artwork in greyscale so you can print different shades of the same colour, not just flat ink. That means you could even print monochrome photographs!

Just like the riso, it’s impossible to ensure layers line up perfectly, so you’ll get the same characteristic ‘misregistration’ effect when using two or more inks.

Most of the time and effort is in the setup, so we have a minimum order of 25 for runs of T-shirts and Tote bags. If you think you’ll need another batch in future, it’s best to order all at once so we can use the same screen.

The environmental benefits of GOCCO over traditional screen printing include:

• significantly reduced energy consumption, 
• significantly reduced water usage, and 
• no need for harmful chemicals

We use only 100% organic cotton that is free from allergenic, carcinogenic and toxic chemical residues – better for you, better for us, and better for the cotton farmers.

The people manufacturing the garments are treated well and paid fairly. This is guaranteed through The Fair Ware Foundation, an independent non-profit organisation that has been set up specifically to improve working conditions in the garment industry.