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 ...

Gyotaku fish printing, a Japanese art form, has grown in popularity in Hawaii. “Mahi Mahi,” created by Brian Heustis of Maui Fish Printing. -- Maui Ocean Center photo “I’ll never forget ...

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 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 ...

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 ...