It takes a certain kind of person to find artistic inspiration in a dead fish. But in a recent workshop on Japanese fish printing at Oak Island Recreation Center, more than 35 people did just that.

Gyotaku fish printing, a Japanese art form, has grown in popularity in Hawaii. “Mahi Mahi,” created by Brian Heustis of Maui Fish Printing. -- Maui Ocean Center photo “I’ll never forget the first time ...

Celebrate a trophy catch the way the Japanese fishermen did 200 years ago. A traditional Japanese art form that you can to do at home with an IKO "Gyotaku" fish print kit. Every year about this time I ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Artist Dwight Hwang and research zoologist Kate Bemis discuss the Japanese art of Gyotaku fish printing and Dwight demonstrates how to make a fish ...

Sign up to get the best of Boston, every day. In the mid-19th century, Japanese fishermen documented a catch by inking one side of the fish and stamping it onto rice ...

My thoughts were focused on not losing a lure just as I snagged the bottom. “That’s a fish!” the boat captain shouted. Unsure, I gave some line so I could unhook myself and felt a head shake. A ...

Blending the traditional Japanese art form gyotaku (fish printing) with the native marine species of La Jolla, a showcase of works by La Jolla resident Rocky Frost is on view at BFree Studio in The ...