Prints- Gocco

Here Gallery has now released the portfolio of original gocco art prints by 15 different artistis to coincide with their “Even Dwarves Start Small” 5 Year Anniversary print show.

A design of rare birds and plants of Rye Marsh (a natural haven in the South East of England) are gocco printed over an old 1927 map of Rye and the surrounding area. The design features an Arctic Tern, a Ringed Plover and Sea Kale hand drawn and printed. Each print is then finished with a hand stitched detail. Each print is mounted in a black surround which measures 8x10 inches ready for framing, and wrapped.

These were an edition of 20. However sadly the first 10 were lost in transit by good old Royal Mail on there way to the art gallery. Therefore only the last 10 remain- numbers 11-20.

This is a limited edition of 10 gocco prints. The design is of two deer in black with a gold flocked pattern underlay printed on pages from a vintage botany book. Each print is individually wrapped and comes ready mounted in chestnut brown. It is ready to insert into a standard 6x8 inch frame.

"Mairzy Doats" is a novelty song composed in 1943 by Milton Drake, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston. It was a popular wartime song.
The words seem to be meaningless:

Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?
Yes! Mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey
A kiddley divey too, wouldnt you?

but it "translates" as


"Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy."
My Mum used to sing this to amuse us when we were little.


This is a hand-printed gocco design of two does, printed onto the music score for Mairzy Dotes.