Gyotaku Impression taken from the surface of a Large Prawn

Gyotaku Impression taken from the surface of a Large PrawnThis prawn was donated to me by my son. He's a chef and was preparing for a competition and had a load of prawns for a recipe which he didn't need. I've printed this on an A4 sheet of Chinese calligraphy paper using green and gold ink. It takes a long time to prepare and ink a prawn and then position it ready to print. So although it's a small print, a lot of work goes into it. Once the print is made, the paper isn't really good for framing as it gets

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The following day I use the traditional Japanese technique of Uruachi to make the print flat enough to be put into a frame

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

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The gold in is iridescent and provides a beautiful shimmer to the print

The print is 69

I always find it difficult to explain my process to people but I'll attempt to do so here

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suggesting both the fragility and resilience of the natural world

almost ethereal quality

This is an ancient Japanese method of bonding sheets of paper together to make the print flat and to give it strength