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, is approximately A3 in size. 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. This

archival glue

Main body of text courtesy of Chat GPT

A4 in size the external frame measures approx 32cmx43cm

Using three acrylic ink colours

Scallop shells have been used so much in art and design they really are very pleasing

or a perfect gift for a bass fisherman

I've used a high quality acrylic ink

On a quiet day during the spring and summer I will often print them

The small dory came for a local marine biologist and he had used the fish in a sampling experiment

The original fish was sourced frozen from a local fishing tackle shop on Anglesey

This work is framed and the outside dimensions of the frame are 45cmx33cm

Octopus are a difficult specimen to work with but make beautiful prints