Comments on: Gyotaku: Japan’s Old School Fishy Prints http://www.tofugu.com/2012/09/08/gyotaku/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: km http://www.tofugu.com/2012/09/08/gyotaku/comment-page-1/#comment-287405 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 03:01:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=23627#comment-287405 Not really a live fish, but rather a “real” fish

]]> By: FoxiBiri http://www.tofugu.com/2012/09/08/gyotaku/comment-page-1/#comment-47522 Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:11:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=23627#comment-47522 I agree. And there aren’t enough comments about the sheer coolness of the topic.

]]> By: sillysamurai http://www.tofugu.com/2012/09/08/gyotaku/comment-page-1/#comment-47430 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:13:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=23627#comment-47430 Our local elementary schools do fish printing–with rubber fish! Then, they put fancy paper on the edges and make it into something that looks like a hanging scroll. They also sometimes print on fabric, which is more pliable and less-likely to tear than paper. As long as you don’t plan to wash it, you can use any kinds of paint or ink. If you are looking for art-quality or want to do t-shirts, check out the nature printing society info. There are many cool techniques. The mono-color prints are done by direct printing: putting the paper on top of the inked/painted fish, akin to rubber-stamping. The delicate multicolored ones are done by indirect printing: putting the paper or cloth on the fish, then gently dabbing on layers of transparent color to bring out the texture of the fish underneath, a more sophisticated version of gravestone rubbing. You can also do a single-color direct print using oil-based ink, let it dry, and overpaint with watercolors or colored inks. Doing an interesting background before or after printing is fun, too. If you are a teacher, the Nature Printing Society has a special feeling for educators and sometimes offers scholarships to the annual workshop.

]]> By: Eliza Porter http://www.tofugu.com/2012/09/08/gyotaku/comment-page-1/#comment-47405 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 15:52:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=23627#comment-47405 I’ve seen pictures like the first color fish picture, but I never thought that anyone uses real fish to make the prints and then fills them in. I thought they were just all painted by hand. I wonder if my kids would be grossed out by a live fish printing for art class?

]]> By: Mescale http://www.tofugu.com/2012/09/08/gyotaku/comment-page-1/#comment-47380 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 21:42:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=23627#comment-47380 When I was a child I did a gyotaku of my fingers.

Sometimes when I hang out with my police chums they make me do finger gyotaku too.

]]> By: DAVIDPD http://www.tofugu.com/2012/09/08/gyotaku/comment-page-1/#comment-47379 Sat, 08 Sep 2012 20:39:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=23627#comment-47379 This is one of the most obvious cool things I have never heard of.

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