Yes - we have secured a Print Gocco! After discovering that there are none left in Japan, we sourced one in Chicago via the wonder of Etsy. The only thing to work out now is how it actually works - because, of course, the manual is all in Japanese!

Art Osaka wasn’t easy to find. But once we did, what we discovered was an amazing Japanese art fair held in 47 rooms across four floors of the Dojima Hotel. Amongst the hundreds of pieces to choose from, we singled it down to the wonderful work of Hiroyuki Toi, and this charming oil on canvas (which incidentally, was still wet). On our anniversary (2 days later), we went and collected her from the Tezukayama Gallery in Sumiyoshi-ku, whereby she was firmly fixed into a custom made box to ensure her safe transit back to Sydney. She arrived in perfect (and slightly drier) condition. Check out more work by Hiroyuki Toi here.

Well, having spent several days hunting high and low for a Print Gocco in Osaka, we can today confirm that there are officially none left anywhere. Not a single machine in any of the stores on Twinkle’s carefully constructed and well researched list. We managed successfully to locate stores selling the inks, the meshes, and even the bulbs, but alas, in each and every case, we were told ‘they are no longer being made, we no longer sell them’. So, for now, eBay it is…

More on our Japanese travels to follow…

Our latest acquisition, Delores, by the very talented (and ever so slightly crazy) Anney B. Part of an exhibition entitled ‘Sexy Librarian’ at the Kinokuniya Books Gallery, we fell in love with this delightfully painted lady, and Twinkle had the pleasure of meeting Anney when she delivered Delores to us last week. For more on Anney, click here.

Come on, rub shoulders with the rich and famous, the creative, the beautiful. Come for a sherry, come for a beer. Swap business cards, chat to new contacts, or just get drunk. Includes music…. 277 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills, 2010. All are welcome!

Last Sunday, we attended a fantastic creative Zine fair at the MCA, whereby we bought ‘Pleased To Meat You’ by Mark Trzopek! Today, we bought these perfume bottles, part of the ‘Hunt and Gather’ series by Lab Partners - again, a Gocco print. We’re so inspired, we’ve decided it’s time for us to buy our own Gocco! So watch this space!