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

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

due to the very thin nature of the paper

) and glued using a ph neutral glue to the boards

I've always worked from photographs since my time in university and I'm often drawn to the human form

The print is approx 15x21cm and has been wet mounted as with all my work

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

Once printed the paper is cockled and will not lie flat in a frame

This print is supplied framed and the frame is 56cm x 40cm

they love this fact

The print measures 50cmx70cm approx  It is printed on Thai Mulberry Paper and is printed in high quality acrylic ink which is both light fast and permanent

this particular piece is a delicate yet visually captivating work rendered in black and gold

So I take a second sheet of paper and using a very ancient technique called wet mounting or urauchi