Gyotaku Halibut

Back in May I was out diving in some patchy/chunky water and found a decent ~33 inch butt down around 30 feet.

My shaft went right through her little brain, and it was lights out for her. 

The next day we had no plans and the wifey was suggesting the girls and I help her do some projects around the house. 

I really didn't want to do the projects the wife had in mind.....At that moment I remembered that a local diver had messaged me way back in October letting me know that he had some paper he thought would be good for a Halibut print. 

I messaged him to see if he was around, he was and so my youngest (she loves arts and crafts stuff) and I threw the butt in the cooler and headed down to his place.

Nick was very patient with us, had all the materials and supplies, and went out of his way to engage Jayme in the process.

We did a test run on some white paper, and then pulled out the cool patterned paper he had. The paper looks like a sandy ocean floor and I think it worked great for the Halibut.

Jayme and I had a blast doing the fish painting and printing, and we are very grateful to Nick for his hospitality and sharing his knowledge and supplies.

Here's a clip of the fish, and some pics. I hung the test print in the shed already, and need to get a frame for the fancy one.



 

Sincerely,

Jim

That turned out great!  Thanks for sharing Jim! 

SO COOL.

That's what I call use everything up!  Nice piece, I love it 

Great work of art! Halibut is like the perfect fish to print.

So cool!

Way cool! Thanks for sharing the print making. I like the image of the print on the back seat of the car, really brings home how big that fish was.

When I was in Japan I would occasionally see prints like that on the walls of izakaya. It was explained to me the print serves as proof the fish was caught, kind of like how we would take a picture our catch, but the idea of it all goes back before everyone had cameras. The print is literally the size of the fish that was caught ... bragging rights ... "my fish print is bigger than yours" that kind of thing.

Thanks guys.

Stoked that Jayme and I were able to have this experience together...

She's been through a lot for an 11 year old with way too many trips to Stanford and LPCH etc, so it makes me really happy when we get to make happy memories like this together.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Very nice Big Jim