Menai Strait Lobster, Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.

Menai Strait Lobster, Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.This lobster was caught in a pot by a local fisherman here in North Wales. It was caught in the Menai Stait. Lobster are a challenge to print as they are so 3 dimensional. Its very tricky printing the legs and their antenna. This lobster is printed on Chinese mulberry paper measuring 69. 5x34cm. 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 use the

The card is 300gsm Fresco Gesso textured and comes with a kraft envelope

Framed it measures 69

This print was completed in 2022

the definition you get on the scales is wonderful

he was clearing down his bait tanks on the Menai and had pulled out half a dozen prawns and a pollock

Every time you take a print you risk smudging or misprinting which could ruin the piece

the paper gets a bit out of shape and wouldn't look good in a frame

I've taken a print from each side of the bass head

The print would be supplied unframed and would be wrapped in acid free tissue paper and dispatched in a poster tube

family member or loved one

this is Chinese mulberry paper which has been wet mounted to flatten the print

Once the print is made