Single Scallop Shell Gyotaku Print, Wet Mounted

Single Scallop Shell Gyotaku Print, Wet MountedScallop shells have been used so much in art and design they really are very pleasing. They are particularly tied to the Island of Anglesey as they have their own biscuit here. The Aberffraw biscuit is made by pressing biscuit dough into the shell to give it a distinctive shell shape. Printing requires pushing the paper into the grooves and it's difficult to achieve a great print. This print measures 20x20cm and is on Chinese Mulberry paper and has

it needs to be flattened

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This process takes 24 hours to dry

it's made of 100% Panama Cotton and is Natural not bleached

It's hard sometimes to make people understand exactly what the Gyotaku process involves

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The next stage is to varnish the print to the board

they have this connection to nature but also are symbolic of creativity too with their connection to writing

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Once this was done I then finished this print with some hand water colour painiting and then re mounted the work taking another 24 hours

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