Menai Strait Lobsters, Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.

Menai Strait Lobsters, Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.This lobster was caught in a pot by a local fisherman here in North Wales. It was caught in the Menai Stait. Lobster are a challenge to print as they are so 3 dimensional. Its very tricky printing the legs and their antenna. These lobsters are both printed from the same lobster on Thai mulberry paper measuring 76x51cm. Printing is just the first part of the process. After printing, the paper is cockled and wouldnt lay flat in a frame. To achieve a

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The design is digitally printed onto the Tea Towel

each fish is printed individually

This print measures 35x25cm and is on Thai Mulberry paper 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

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These bass are printed on Thai mulberry paper measuring 76x51cm

Printing requires pushing the paper into the grooves and it's difficult to achieve a great print

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this is Chinese mulberry paper which has been wet mounted to flatten the print