Hand Printed Gyotaku Anglesey Crab

Hand Printed Gyotaku Anglesey CrabCrab is quite a difficult specimen to print from. Like a lobster it's much more 3 dimensional than a fish so there is a lot of work to do making things don't slip and slide around. This crab is printed on Chinese Mulberry Paper, measuring 50x34cm approximately. After printing, the paper is then mounted using the traditional wet mounting technique of uruachi. For this I make a flour based glue and use this to bond the print to a second sheet of paper.

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The print measures 69cm x34cm and is on a Chinese mulberry paper

Working with local marine species is always my preferred way of working

This print measures 34x24cm and is on Chinese 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

We are lucky enough to have red squirrels in the woods too

It takes a long time to prepare and ink a prawn and then position it ready to print

The print is in my classic dark blue and gold inks

This bass was caught on a line by a local fisherman here in North Wales

this summer we visited Capbreton near Biaritz

each fish is printed individually so this is actually 10 individual prints on the same sheet of paper

This print was made in 2022