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A Japanese fish printing kit that allows students to create Gyotaku art. A video/DVD (Gyotaku: Japanese Fish Printing) describes the process of Gyotaku, with the entire process demonstrated by Cherry Sweig, a Gyotaku artist. She illustrates the method of using real fish, then uses rubber forms of leaves similar to the fish forms in this kit. The video/DVD tells the history of Gyotaku art, which originally began as a way Japanese fisherman recorded the size and species of the fish they caught. Contents: instruction sheet, three inking plates, six fish-replica rubber printing forms, 12 foam brayers, video: Gyotaku, and DVD: Art in the Classroom: Gyotaku. Teacher must supply colorful paper and water soluble block printing ink for this activity. | |