#gyotaku

[brattylikestoeat]

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[wheremyscalesslither]

Working with an animal that only has a lifespan of about 12 months can be difficult.

I made my first gyotaku pieces with my friend Panini aka Neeners.

She had completed her life cycle, so I wanted to do something to memorialize her. After incubating her eggs for 3-4 weeks, the female Day Octopus will pass away after her offspring hatch. There is nothing you can do to avoid it- it’s a natural process for this species. It never gets easier though.

She was a good girl.

[coltonwbrown]

Gyotaku by Heather Fortner

Heather Fortner (December 29, 1951 – July 12, 2022)

[proficient-in-hoarding-deadlines]

Turned in my final paper recently, it's the longest thing i've ever written (but still quite short and of terrible quality compared to my classmates'). The faculty will probably beat me over the head with it until i perish this wednesday

Meanwhile, here's a fishprint:

An image of a crucian carp caught in Kinshi moat [in Edo] (「於錦糸堀御獲鮒之図」) by Hayashi Masanaka(?) (林正中), 1839; from Tsuruoka City Museum

And by “fishprint” i mean a literal bodyprint of a fish, produced by covering a fish in ink and pressing a sheet of paper to it. This Japanese art is called gyotaku (魚拓) and it apparently first emerged during the Tokugawa period as a method of documenting the size of of fishers’ trophies.

The picture above is said to be the oldest existing one, but the art has since evolved to include greater detail and even colour.

A print of a red sea bream by Takusei-kai (拓正会), one of Japan’s many societies dedicated to keeping up the traditional art. Check out their website for more pictures!

For more info go to this Ted-Ed video about gyotaku. Among other things it describes a second method for producing prints. Also the animation style is pretty o(ˊ▽ˋ*)o

[crappylilcomix]

My fiancé and I went to a gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) workshop. I did this one with a carp! The stamp means "happiness." He's happy to be swimming with his friends!

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[datura21]

A propos de Gyotaku. Imprimer ce que tu manges, manger ce que tu as imprimé… Le prendre en photo avant. Mieux, en polaroïd. Histoire d’un bar qui a rencontré de l’encre de Chine et du papier avant de disparaître au four sur un petit flan de légumes.