ROCCO prints are made here at a Print Shop, hidden among the mountains on the outskirts of Kyoto. ROCCO has worked with this family-owned screen printer for over 50 years. 

In other words, when it comes to fine silk prints, there is no instrument on Earth more precise than the human hand and eye.

Each ROCCO print begins as a sketch by designer Minoru Ichimura — the essential elements of a new pattern — to be realized by a local artist according to Minoru's instructions.

When the artist's proof is returned, Minoru carefully selects the colors. This is far more difficult than it sounds! Imagine selecting and balancing twelve perfect colors (out of thousands) for a pattern without being able to actually see the results. Until the finished product comes back, it exists only in Minoru's mind's eye. 

ROCCOプリントの染色工程

まずイメージ構築から始めます。　
図案家にイメージを伝え図案製作を依頼します。
出来上がった図案を色数に合わせてスクリーン型を制作します。ロッコのプリントは最高１２色で、スクリーン型を元に絵刷りから配色して染工場に発注し
 試染をを元に色調整します。
 全てが整ったら染工場にて本染めです。
このような過程で世界に類を見ないROCCOプリントが出来上がります。