weekly woot!

This week’s woot goes out to the Fish Print Lady
Stephanie Mason.

 
What? You’ve never heard of fish prints, or gyotaku? Me either, until last week when I met Stephanie.

Gyotaku is an old Japanese folk art of making prints from, well, fish. And, apparently it began as a way to record the size and species caught by fisherman. Stephanie updates this traditional art by making rubbings of fish and hand coloring them to create wonderful and sometimes whimsical works of art.

In addition to matted prints, she also adorns cards and mugs with her artwork. (My daughter bought a lovely flounder mug for Father’s Day … shhhhh, don’t tell!)

Check out her website, or if you are in the Boston area stop into the Sign of the Dove Gallery and see her unique work in person.