Gyotaku impression taken from the surface of an Octopus

Gyotaku impression taken from the surface of an OctopusOctopus are a very difficult specimen to work with as those tentacles are difficult to position. This Octopus was printed on a Chinese paper measuring 69x34cm and then backed with a sheet of Japanese Masa paper. When the paper has been pressed over the Octopus it gets wrinkled so I use a process known as Urauhchi to flatten the print by backing it. Sadly I managed to tear the Chinese paper during printing so this print has a tear mark in the paper,

The bass was caught in the waters off the Island of Anglesey which is where I have my home and garden studio

Printed onto delicate Chinese paper with high-quality acrylic inks

He gifted me this little guy and he went in the freezer until I had some time after Christmas to get in the studio and print

Bees are well loved

I love to print in sumi it gives more depth I think than the acrylic ink that I also use

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My first effort at painting fish

onto an A4 sheet of Chinese calligraphy paper using and dark blue and gold ink

The print will be wrapped in tissue paper and posted in a poster tube

this doesn't photograph brilliantly but there is something incredibly minimalist about this print

Packaged flat for safe delivery

The sea bass is my favourite fish to print and probably to eat too