January Meeting

Our January Meeting will be on January 25th at 7:15 pm. After a short business meeting, Chris Taylor will demonstrate the fine Japanese art of Fish Printing, as she practices it, on batiked fabric.

From Wikipedia:

Gyotaku (Japanese, from gyo "fish" + taku "rubbing") is a traditional form of Japanese fish printing or rubbing, dating from the mid-19th century, a form of nature printing used by fishermen to record their catches. There are two methods used in gyotaku. The direct approach is the best way to do gyotaku. In order to make a gyotaku print, one places the subject (e.g. fish, crab, scallop shell) on a wooden bench and paints one side with sumi ink. Then they lay a piece of material, eg. Paper, over the ink covered fish, then rub the material until there is the image of the fish on it.

Modern gyotaku artists often substitute acrylic or other painting material for the traditional sumi-e.

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Chris uses fiber-reactive cold water dye on cotton muslin to create permanent, color fast pieces.

Join us- the meeting is free and open to the public-- guests invited.

Bellport Community Center, 4 Bell St, Bellport

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