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 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 ...

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 ...

Japanese researchers Yusuke Miyazaki and Atsunobu Murase studied 261 pieces of gyotaku from tackle-and-boat stores in areas with threatened fish species. They said they learned a lot about the ...

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 ...

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 ...