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 Gyotaku. So as with the Gyotaku, the fish lino cut is inked up and

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when the print is finished

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This is on Chinese paper measuring approx 30x30cm and has been mounted using the authentic Japanese wet mounting technique which uses a simple flour and water paste and requires a period of around 24 hours to dry and stretch

She scooped a few up and gave me a call

I was attracted by it's distinctive scale and huge eye

Each time you make a print there is a risk the sardine will split leaking oil or you might not align it correctly and then the fish can unintentionally overlap

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

The print measures 17cm by 34cm and with the frame 30cm x 48cm approx

The print is framed as shown and will be shipped insured

Known as Urauchi

and then I apply in acrylic ink that is both lightfast and permanent