Menai Strait, Line Caught Sea Bass Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.

Menai Strait, Line Caught Sea Bass Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.This bass was caught on a line by a local fisherman here in North Wales. It was caught on the Menai Stait. Bass are my favourite fish to print the definition you get on the scales is wonderful. This bass is printed on Chinese mulberry paper measuring 69. 5x34cm. Printing is just the first part of the process. After printing, the paper is cockled and wouldnt lay flat in a frame. To achieve a flat print I use the traditional wet mounting process that

I picked up one of each leaf or grass I could see as I headed down the path on this particular day and this print is a result of this gathering

This uses a flour and water paste and requires a drying period of around 24 hours

I've printed these bees with a section of their honeycomb on Thai Mulberry paper measuring around 20x20cm

he was clearing down his bait tanks on the Menai and had pulled out half a dozen prawns and a pollock

It can be framed in a standard 10x10cm frame

measuring 50x34cm approximately

using the wheat paste is a ph neutral process and uses less man made chemicals

I'm one of many Anglesey Artists producing original art for you home

I've made 3 prints from the feathers

I've seen this fish referred to by several different names but I like bullseye so that's what I'm sticking with

Bees have a short lifecycle and so the specimens I have were all found dead around the hive

The Tea Towel also has my Hanko on it