Dating back to the early to mid-1800s, Gyotaku, which translates to "fish rubbing," was developed by Japanese fishermen as a way to record their catches. The instincts of fishermen has always been ...

Gyotaku artist Heather Fortner explains that in direct printing, the ink is placed directly onto the fish, using it almost like a stamp on the page. Indirect printing is the "finer art form," she ...

The word Gyotaku is Japanese for ‘fish impression’ or ‘fish rubbing ... There are two primary methods for printing: 1. Indirect Method: Involves placing moist fabric or paper onto ...

When it comes to viewing fish, it's all in the eye of the beholder! Fish from New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Augusta, Oakland, Washington DC, Pacific Grove, Lummi Island, Tokyo,Monterey and ...

Fish printing is an ancient Japanese technique known as Gyotaku or “fish rubbing.” “First step, catch the fish and then clean the fish," said Chatowsky. "Lay it on the table, you pick out ...

Gyotaku (pronounced ghee-o-TAH-koo ... “I much prefer to take a printing of the fish in one color and do whatever I’m going to do to it later.” Usually, Olander adds detail, painting ...

It took Nate Garrett four years to find his pogie person. A practitioner of the Japanese art of gyotaku, in which a fish acts as a printing plate, Garrett wanted to honor the important role pogies ...

Inspired by Gyotaku, a Japanese fish-printing art form popularized in the mid-1800s, artist and naturalist James Prosek creates a series of pieces employing the nature-print technique. But instead ...

After his wife, Hazel Hwang, persuaded him to pursue gyotaku as a career ... than the traditional technique of printing the flattest side of the fish. The resulting piece is haunting, the delicate ...

Gyotaku can range from kids’ DIY projects to professionally done art pieces. Joe Cermele Gyotaku is the ancient Japanese art of printing a fish on rice paper. A whole fish is covered in ink and the ...