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i did this in elementary school art class, and i've been talking for years about reviving it in a high art sense. cool to see i wasn't the only one to have the idea.

My little sister made one of these in Montessori School when she was 3 or 4. (Looks exactly like the third picture but with color) It still hangs on the wall in our house- I have always loved it.

yeah, not that it isn't hot for you to be highlighting good, solid public elementary education techniques, but please don't give your friend the *insightful *bright *innovative (or whatever high-faluten/pointless term is in vogue today) connotation of credit where these are concerned. My mother has been teaching this simple technique for 40 years (at the recommendation of her profs. who were around much longer than the average life of a non-curatorial grade fish-print hung in an IKEA frame)

bitter bitch says: give credit where it is due, not to an amnesiatic yuppie with a penchant for 'crafts' and 'folk art' on his weekend.





done.

Huh? Didn't she give credit? What was the point of the Gyotaku link, if not for credit?

I am rather certain that none of those terms of endearment and praise appeared in this post. It is unclear to me why it is so difficult for some to just read the post without making these leaps of misinterpretation. It is a good idea, period. Whether you are 3 or 76, this is a fine way to create a piece of art or documentation. If you don't have the urge to do this in your own home, then don't.

I've seen the primary school students in my town waving similar pictures every year. It never occured to me that their parents might actually keep them and frame them, much less put them on display!

Oh great, do we have a Jonathan competitor here? bb - you certainly do sound bitter - and hoping that you are indeed done if you haven't anything useful to add.

I made one of these in school and I think they can be really cool if displayed well. My Mom has done a fabulous framing job and has mine hanging with another fish art piece (done by my brother when he was a child) at her house without looking like an obvious kiddie craft display.

There's an artist from Florida, Laura Sloop (www.laurasloop.com) that does this with bugs as well as fish. Her work with dragonflies is especially cool.

Gyotaku fish prints came from the 1800s when the fishermen in Japan used this method to record their catch. It caught on in the western world and many artists both elementary school and adult alike do it today. Trendy? you bet, new idea? Nawh. Children love to also make prints from vegetables. I wrote about this today at whipup.net. I have seen adults make incredible art for their kitchen with onions.
Was that my idea - no, I would credit my printmaking prof from 30 years ago. It is a great process which with a few simple tools anyone can recreate.

Ok.Thanks for the info...It's amazing how you got the detailed history of that fish printing art,huh?
Anyway, as much as I would like to try it, I can't, because of my busy schedule and lack of materials,but if I find some spare time,I'm on it..
Thanks!I still have to visit the auto shop for my Audi Q7 Motor Mount and the like.
Good luck and All the best!