![]() ![]() Photo Credit: John Troxell Flylords: What sets gyotaku apart as an art form?ĭwight: It’s a very accessible art form. Now, I strive for this effect and find it gratifying when I recreate the image I saw in my head. I wondered if it would be possible to print the same fish at different angles and perspectives to get a more dynamic and natural look. Over the years, though, only printing fish on its flattest side began to bore me. It keeps me focused and it also keeps my travel kit light as I only need ink, a roll of paper, and a brush. These days, Japanese gyotaku artists work in color and call their work art gyotaku.įlylords: How have you developed your style as a gyotaku artist?ĭwight: I fell in love with the black and white gyotaku pieces of old and have restricted myself to using the same sumi ink and handmade kozo paper used centuries ago. Considering how rough they looked, I don’t think were considered fine art the way Japanese woodblock prints or Shodo calligraphy were. One day, instead of writing down the fish’s dimensions, the recorder bushed ink onto the fish and rubbed a sheet of paper over the surface of the fish to create the first gyotaku print. He would have his catches documented in writing. Photo Courtesy of Dwight Hwang Flylords: What can you tell us about the origins of gyotaku printing?ĭwight: The documented story is that a Daimyo during feudal Japan enjoyed fishing. After that, it took a great deal of trial and error to finally get an image that looked like a fish instead of a black smear across the paper. I didn’t have anyone to teach me, so I poured through hours of Japanese YouTube to learn the basics. ![]() I was so enamored with it that I took photos and showed my Japanese friends. Flylords: When and how did you first learn about gyotaku?ĭwight: I first saw gyotaku during my many years in Japan at a tackle shop in Tokyo. Along the way he discovered gyotaku at his local tackle shop. After getting degrees in animation and live action film, Dwight spent seven years living and working as a storyboard artist in Tokyo. Dwight Hwang is a gyotaku artist currently based in Southern California.
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