After some delays caused by spending 8 or so weeks in Nunavut & Alaska, I finally have my redfish gyotaku print framed & hung above my work/tying bench.
It's pretty awesome just to zone out & look at the scale pattern and the artist's work on the edges of the fins & tails.
But it does nothing to stem my desires to load up girl, dog, rods & flies and point the truck south.
The talented Catherine Karnes-Munn looked after the framing for me & she did an awesome job.
Time/Date: 1130 AST, 06-Mar-12
Location: Fredericton, NB
When I was trolling around on the intertubes a few weeks ago during a shift of standby in Mexico, I found a link to ShallowFish, a website/e-store dedicated to "gifts inspired by angling."
I would be lying that if I said I was casually browsing the site and stumbled upon some cool redfish art; redfish was the first species I clicked on. Within a few seconds, I found exactly what I was looking for:
Soon appearing on a wall near me.
Gyotaku is a very cool art form originally developed in Japan to keep fisherman from bullshitting about their catch. No joke. You can read more about gyotakuhere and here.
I liked that print the best of the few featured on the page but I didn't want to rush to buy it & end up with buyer's remorse; $70 + shipping isn't something to scoff at, after all. I saved it to Instapaper (one of my favourite apps ever, btw) to wait it out & think it over.
Last night I popped on again to take a gander at it...and pulled the trigger.
I'm really looking forward to having it framed & on my wall
One other gyotaku print that caught my eye was one I cannot fathomably order until I catch one, but when I do, you better believe this badboy is getting shipped to Fredericton & hung:
