Schedule

Friday, March 28, 2025
5:30 – 7:30 PM

Instructor

Kelly Autumn

Location

Room 208, Print Studio
Ages

All ages 12 are welcome to attend
16 and under must be accompanied by an adult
Registration Cost

$10
registration fee
Please RSVP for each guest attending Print Lab. This helps us to ensure your attendance and prepare enough materials for each person. $10 minimum registration fee per person. Please choose your sliding scale contribution to attend. Print Lab relies on sliding scale community contributions to help cover the cost of the activity and refreshments provided. Each contribution is greatly appreciated. It supports and engages our community to offer this kind of affordable programming for all.

Roll up your sleeves and join us for another evening of P R I N T L A B!

Our mission is to explore an affordable and creative arts technique socially with our community. Print Lab is not a class, but an experience. We welcome you to print, play and experiment with an art activity to create something unique in our communal studio!

This month, explore the ancient art of gyotaku printing!

Gyotaku (gyo=fish, taku=rubbing) is a traditional Japanese method of printing fish. This practice dates back to the mid-1800’s, when fishermen wanted a way to document the fish they caught at sea. Pronounced “ghe-yo-tah-koo” the process involves applying inks or pigments directly to the fish, and this inked fish impression is then carefully pressed and rubbed onto paper.

In Japan, fish rubbings became a very accurate way to preserve and record the species and size of a catch. Still popular today as a form of nature printing, it is practiced by sportsmen and artists alike!

Come experience a rare demonstration of gyotaku printing and even try it yourself! We will have a small range of fish (both real and simulated) available as printing surfaces. Come try it out with us in our art studio!

Print Lab relies on sliding scale community donations to help cover the cost of the activity and refreshments provided. Each donation you make is greatly appreciated. It supports and engages our community to offer this kind of affordable programming for all.