Gyotaku Fish print-Bluegill
Gyotaku is a Japanese technique for printing fish. In the late 1800’s, Japanese fishermen would take a fish from the days catch, ink the fish, to make a print, and hang it up at the market as an advertisement of their day’s catch. Now it is considered an art form. This is a Bluegill that we caught in Michigan. The method used with this print is called indirect Gyotaku. It this technique, I glue silk to the surface of the fish and touch the fabric hundreds of times to transfer the image. The fabric is then mounted onto canvas to make a finished piece of art. The canvas measures 12×16-inches, and the fish is 8-inches.
Gyotaku is a Japanese technique for printing fish. In the late 1800’s, Japanese fishermen would take a fish from the days catch, ink the fish, to make a print, and hang it up at the market as an advertisement of their day’s catch. Now it is considered an art form. This is a Bluegill that we caught in Michigan. The method used with this print is called indirect Gyotaku. It this technique, I glue silk to the surface of the fish and touch the fabric hundreds of times to transfer the image. The fabric is then mounted onto canvas to make a finished piece of art. The canvas measures 12×16-inches, and the fish is 8-inches.
Gyotaku is a Japanese technique for printing fish. In the late 1800’s, Japanese fishermen would take a fish from the days catch, ink the fish, to make a print, and hang it up at the market as an advertisement of their day’s catch. Now it is considered an art form. This is a Bluegill that we caught in Michigan. The method used with this print is called indirect Gyotaku. It this technique, I glue silk to the surface of the fish and touch the fabric hundreds of times to transfer the image. The fabric is then mounted onto canvas to make a finished piece of art. The canvas measures 12×16-inches, and the fish is 8-inches.
