Gyotaku of a small Red Mullet from the waters of North Wales in Sumi

I recently met a local marine biologist who said he might have some samples for me once they've served their purposes in the lab.  When he messaged me to say he had a Red Mullet I was very excited.  However I was not expecting this!

With a body measuring approx 16cm by 3cm this this tiny mullet was stunning. 

This makes this small piece of marine art very accessible for those who have walls groaning with art work.  Surely everyone can find a corner in their art collection for such a tiny piece?  The finished work is A5 in size.

Printing from this mini was very tricky.  The body is very delicate and needs to be handled carefully and the fins were very tricky to capture.   Here I've used sumi ink, the traditional way of printing gyotaku, it's captured a lot of the scale detail. 

This one is on hand made Japanese paper  which has been mounted onto Japanese Mulberry and then Japanese Masa Paper. 

The print will be sent out in an A4 mount ready for framing.  Shipping in the UK is free.  Overseas additional costs will be added at checkout.

If you have any questions just drop me a line.  I'm here to help.