3rd grade Gyotaku (Fish Prints)

The 3rd grade artists had an opportunity to study Gyotaku, which is a traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. It is believed fishermen created prints of their fish as a means of recording their catches.  The 3rd grade artists used rubber fish to ink and then stamp or create prints.  The students loved their creations AND, one student even had her artwork purchased at the parent teacher conference.  It will grace the wall of an area cabin, here at the lake of the Ozarks.

Loving her fish print

Inking and printing

Showing off his masterpiece

This work now hangs in a cabin here at the lake