Gyotaku, or fish printing, was a traditional method used by Japanese fishermen to record their catches before photography existed. Centuries ago, the practice was roughly done by using natural ink, ...

Adam Ashdown is a carpenter by day, and by night he practices a unique art form in his back shed involving dead fish and black ink. WA artist Adam Ashdown practices Gyotaku Ink prints are made using ...

An historic art from learned in the most modern of ways. “A whole lot of Japanese YouTube because I didn’t have anyone to teach me outright,” Dwight Hwang told Forbes.com about how he learned the ...

For centuries, fishermen in Japan have been creating ink prints of fish and sea species in a practice known as Gyotaku (魚拓) or “fish rubbing” in English. Originally used to record catches or brag ...

After gently placing the rockfish onto the table, Dwight Hwang paints the top layer of fish with a light layer of onyx Japanese sumi ink. Next, he carefully presses a delicate sheet of washi (mulberry ...

Historical biodiversity data is being obtained from museum specimens, literature, classic monographs and old photographs, yet those sources can be damaged, lost or not completely adequate. That brings ...

Fish out of water don’t last long. But prints of their dazzling scales, pressed into pools of ink, can preserve the aquatic creatures’ forms for centuries. Since the mid-19th century, Japanese fishers ...

In the summer of 2018, Yusuke Miyazaki and Atsunobu Murase contacted hundreds of bait and tackle shops in Japan to ask them about their art collection. They were interested in gyotaku. These are ...

My thoughts were focused on not losing a lure just as I snagged the bottom. “That’s a fish!” the boat captain shouted. Unsure, I gave some line so I could unhook myself and felt a head shake. A ...

Imagine you’re strolling along the beach when you stumble upon a unique-looking creature washed ashore. Your first instinct might be to snap a picture and search online to identify the organism and ...

Japanese cultural art of 'gyotaku,' which means 'fish impression' or 'fish rubbing,' captures accurate images of fish specimens. It has been used by recreational fishermen and artists since the Edo ...