Herring Cove Originals
Sharron Huffman, Printmaker
 



Welcome

Welcome to my website! I am primarily a nature printer; for most of my artwork I use the actual, natural specimen (fish, fern, octopus….) to make the image.

The Technique

The nature printing technique for creating images from fish or other sealife is called gyotaku (fish rubbing), an artform developed by Japanese fishermen many years ago for the purpose of accurately recording their catch. I enjoy printing many kinds of sealife as well as other "nature printable" objects: leaves, flowers, feathers...
whatever comes my way!

There are two main methods of nature printing, direct and indirect.

The Silk Hangings

What I enjoy most is printing and painting on silk to create floating hangings. After printing the sealife, I paint the background. The inks and paints I use are colorfast and quite lightfast; the finished pieces can be handwashed. They are very durable for any indoor location.

My silk hangings come in all sizes, from 8" X 10" for a small octopus or fish to as large as necessary to accommodate the size of the subjects. (See my latest show, Sea Adrift, for examples of my largest silk hangings.)

I also use foliage to create silk hangings.
Click here to see "Berry Season."

A custom hanging of rockfish, octopus, salmon and kelp that I created for a lovely waterfront home in Ketchikan, Alaska.


Purchasing the Artwork

I welcome special orders. Please contact me by email or by phone, 503-659-0233.
In the "real world," my work can be seen and purchased at my home studio near Portland, Oregon and at Exploration Gallery in Ketchikan, Alaska.


Herring Cove Originals
14724 SE Linden Lane
Milwaukie, Oregon 97267
503-659-0233
slhuffman@mac.com

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