Gyotaku, Part 2

Well, the mold-making is on hold for the moment. When I removed the latex from the fish, the latex dried and shriveled so badly, it would be impossible to cast it with plaster...

So I decided to go with direct printing, before fishy starts to smell bad...

Here are some of the results

This fish is about 11-12 inches long

I used Luminiere paints, which gave the prints a nice iridescent shine.
Halo green, halo purple and halo red

Pewter on indigo shibori
Black
Teal and halo red
Halo red with teal fins

This may have been the first one

Ghost print

Gold paint
Fish is back in the fridge (after washing off the gilding).
I have one more thing to try.
Tomorrow, I'll mix up some plaster, spray the fish with WD40 and lay it on top of the plaster, before it sets up. If I get a decent impression in the plaster, I'll try making a rubber half-fish.

If not, I give up.
Maybe