Hand Painted Multiple Scallop Shell Gyotaku Print, Wet Mounted

Hand Painted Multiple Scallop Shell Gyotaku Print, Wet MountedScallop shells have been used so much in art and design they really are very pleasing. They are particularly tied to the Island of Anglesey as they have their own biscuit here. The Aberffraw biscuit is made by pressing biscuit dough into the shell to give it a distinctive shell shape. Printing requires pushing the paper into the groves and it's difficult to achieve a great print. This is on Chinese paper measuring 34x69. 5cm and has been mounted using

They are particularly tied to the Island of Anglesey as they have their own biscuit here

If you aren't familiar with Gyotaku the process is to take an actual fish

Cornish John Dory

sea bass tea towel and oven gloves

The octopus is printed on to Chinese mulberry based paper which measures 69

They make a lovely motif for Welsh Art

The print is blue and green largely with a bit of iridescent gold

This is the method that has been used for 1000 of years for making scrolls in China and Japan

They easily split open and leak oil over the print so getting the pressure right is important

wrapped in acid free tissue paper and rolled in a poster tube

This is the authentic Japanese method of working using a wheat paste which I make in the studio

So I take a second sheet of paper and using a very ancient technique called wet mounting