Bottle Top Gyotaku

Bottle Top GyotakuThis original hand printed artwork transforms a plastic bottle top recovered from a local beach into a striking exploration of pattern, repetition, and renewal. After serving its role in the creative process, the bottle top was responsibly recycled, underscoring the works connection to sustainability and care for the environment. Created using Gyotaku a traditional Japanese technique once used to record ocean specimens the process becomes a poignant

I take the same fish and print it multiple times on the same sheet of paper

This crab is printed on Chinese Mulberry Paper

reimagined to study form and texture beyond traditional marine subjects

The frame will be supplied rolled in a poster tube protected by PH neutral tissue paper

Each time you make a print there is a risk the sardine will split leaking oil or you might not align it correctly and then the fish can unintentionally overlap

This handmade Sea Bream Tail print focuses on the beautiful textures and shapes found in a fragment of this fish

celebrating the beauty of marine life in a modern context

I love to print the scallop shell

making every impression unique

approximately 70 x 34

This is one of my 2025 prints where I wanted to challenge myself to think more about the composition of the print and in doing so see if I could produce something at a standard size

A5 size on handmade Thai Mulberry paper with layered Masa backing