Originally Posted by
Sewnoma
Woah..wait..this is made using REAL fish and octopus as your "stamps"!?!
Never seen this before...how wild!!
As a vegetarian....nope, not for me. I'm a wuss and wouldn't be able to handle touching the dead critters. But very interesting, and the results do look cool!
Maybe it'd work with a plastic fish & octopus, THEN I could do it! LOL
Check
www.dickblick.com for the rubbery versions of different aquatic species used for this....I have played with gyotaku but usually from the rubber fish, not real ones. And if you want a little history lesson, just Google gyotaku....