Sardine Lino Print Gyotau

Sardine Lino Print GyotauGosh that's quite a title! However this is what it is. I am sometimes frustrated working with small fish that they are so fragile, it makes them very hard to make a gyotaku with multiple fish on. I'm also just keen to keep expanding my practice and I like the idea of making these lino cuts at the same size of the real fish and then working with them in exactly the same way I would in Gyotkau. So as with the gyotaku, the fish lino cut is inked up and

I picked up this fabulous specimen

No two prints are ever the same in Gyotaku as the specimen is re inked before each print is taken

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This print is made from a single fish

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Small Bird Feather – Gyotaku Print by Jane EvansBlue & Gold Ink | Gyotaku Print | Wet Mounted (Urauchi) | Unframed | Measures 12 x 25 cm

He ran out after me one day with a small bag containing this pollock

What a beautiful fish

While the piece can be framed under a mount

The markings on a mackerel are so distinctive

The print is mounted in a white mount measuring approx 40cmx30cm

The second would be to paint on the markings after printing