Menai Strait Lobster, Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.

Menai Strait Lobster, Gyotaku Printed and Wet Mounted.This lobster was caught in a pot by a local fisherman here in North Wales. It was caught in the Menai Stait. Lobster are a challenge to print as they are so 3 dimensional. Its very tricky printing the legs and their antenna. This lobster 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

which literally translates as 'Hedgehog of the Sea'

The print has been professionally framed by Bernard's Gallery in Llandudno

There are 3 Sea Bass designs and 2 lobster

this is a Japanese stamp of my name

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

They make a lovely motif for Welsh Art

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

After printing

It will be rolled in a poster tube and protected with acid free tissue paper

I will use a tracked service

Crab is quite a difficult specimen to print from

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