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How to Print a Big Fish |
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This beautiful, prize-winning King Salmon was brought into my studio by John Dickinson, brother-in-law of the fisherman, Roger Barry. Third place winner in the 2002 Ketchikan Salmon Derby, it weighed 51.2 pounds and stretched almost four feet in length. |
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plan was to produce a gyotaku on silk. John was my assistant. The
project was in plain view of anyone who came into the shop at the time.
("Is that a REAL fish?") |
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Using a foam brush and block printing ink, I applied a thin coat of ink to the fish. |
| I laid the fabric on the fish, then thoroughly and carefully pressed with my hands over all its parts. I made several prints, using a variety of fabrics and paper. (This photo shows a print being made with muslin fabric.) |
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When the print on silk was dry, and I had added prints of two small herring, I laid it out on a board and painted the background with a wet-on-wet technique, using permanent fabric paint. |
| The print stayed on the board until it was dry. (Note the same big king printed on paper on the wall.) |
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With the addition of a bit of bull kelp printed in the corner, the gyotaku silk hanging was complete. |
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