Anglesey Sea Bass Gyotaku Print

Anglesey Sea Bass Gyotaku PrintThis bass was caught on a line by a local fisherman here in North Wales. It was caught on the Menai Stait. Bass are my favourite fish to print the definition you get on the scales is wonderful. This bass has been printed, using a high quality, screen, printing, ink. The ink is both light first and permanent 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 flat print I

The mounting paper is Japanese

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each piece is hand-torn and individually made

It will be wrapped in acid free tissue paper and sent in a small poster tube ready for framing and mounting

I have taken a print from each side of the fish

While the piece can be framed under a mount

suggesting both the fragility and resilience of the natural world

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

a second sheet of paper is rolled out and stuck down to the back using a Shuro brush

The print is supplied mounted

The addition of a bold red sphere alongside each print imprint nods to traditional Japanese aesthetics while evoking urgency