Turbot Mini Print – Black Ink on Thai Mulberry Paper

Turbot Mini Print – Black Ink on Thai Mulberry PaperDimensions: 6 x 6 inches (approx. 15 x 15 cm)Paper: Hand made Thai mulberry paperEdges: Hand tornMedium: Lightfast, permanent acrylic ink (black) This handmade Sea Bream Head print focuses on the beautiful textures and shapes found in a fragment of this fish. Rather than depicting the full fish, this piece draws attention to the textures and shape that define its form. Printed in rich black acrylic ink, the artwork reveals subtle tonal variations that

wet-mounted using the Urauchi process

Ever since I discovered Gyotaku printing I've wanted to print an octopus

the gyotaku method captures fine detail and texture

This bass is printed on Chinese mulberry paper measuring 69

Gifted to me by someone in the fish processing industry this lovely fish has such a distinctive lateral line and in this lovely blue it make it almost look like stitched denim or is that just me

Once the print was made

The same fish has been printed here 4 times and one of the fish has been printed across two separate sheets of paper to make the diptych

Perhaps one of the most fiddly little things I've ever worked with is this lovely little prawn

Mounting: Traditional Japanese Urauchi technique

It can be framed in a standard 10x10cm frame

It will be wrapped in acid free tissue paper with the certificate

The three sheets are then left to dry and bond together creating a beautifully flat print