Real-Fish Alaska Gyotaku Prints

Real-Fish Alaska Gyotaku Prints THIS PAGE IS IN PROGRESS Deb is retired physical education teacher who lives in Palmer, AK. She has lived and fished in Alaska since 1976.

She loves the outdoors and is fascinated with texture in wildlife. She has lived in Anchorage, Valdez, Girdwood, Dutch Harbor and Kodiak, and spends summers fishing and gardening. Deb learned the art of "Gyotaku" fish printing in 2001 and the inner artist yearned to get out. "I wanted to make a T-shirt that was different." 'Gyotaku is Japanese 魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "rubbing" and is the tradi

tional method of Japanese fish printing, dating from the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing may have been used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form on its own.' (ref: Wikipedia)

Deb freezes the fish whole then thaws it out just on the surface, paints it, then presses the shirt onto the painted fish. The shirts are then heat set, washed and stamped with Deb's personal LOGO FISH.

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