Gyotaku Workshop

786,89 kr SEK

**I'll refund you the shipping price ($5) after purchase**

Join Rachel Levy (Broken Bottle Prints) and Clayton Dale (Fishing Line Design) for a day of Gyotaku fish printing. Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice that originated along coastlines where fishermen would print their catch to log specimen size. 

This workshop will inlcude a brief introduction to and history of the practice, instruction, and all supplies. Prints will be dry by the end of the workshop and you'll go home with some wonderful, handmade art ready to be framed. Additionally, we'll help matte two pieces for each participant. 

Included in the workshop: 

  • 10, 8x10'' pieces of Japanese Sumi paper
  • Stack of canvas fabric swatches
  • 2 oval mattes for final pieces
  • Fish: octopus, shrimp, herring
  • India ink + paint brushes
  • Misc supplies needed for clean prints

Workshop Itinerary: 

  • Quick introduction and history of Gyotaku (10 mins)
  • Instruction and demo (10-15 mins) 
  • Printing time (1 hour)
  • Carve traditional square signature out of soft linoleum to sign prints (30 mins) and roll out with red ink 

March 29th, 12-2p at the Juneau Makerspace

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Quality Guarantee & Returns

  • Quality is guaranteed. If there is a print error or visible quality issue, we'll replace or refund it.
  • Because the products are made to order, we do not accept general returns or sizing-related returns.