A second round of fundraising backers!

Fish Bridge to Japan Project site

With three weeks left to the Fish Bridge fundraising project left, the project is 15% funded!

Second round of backers include:

Linda Harlan

Mike Shaffer

Anthony Martino

Gretchen Halpert

Aaron Adams

my sincere thanks to those who have taken a moment to show their support!

To read about the project or participate hit the link above. To help with the project, spread the link to anyone who might wish to help

Thanks

Stephen

New backers to the Fish Bridge project!

I would like to say thanks to Aaron Adams, and to Linda Harlan for joining the growing list of supporters for the Fish Bridge to Japan project.

for additional information, visit the Fish Brideg project site and check out the backers and the updates page.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/849852929/fish-bridge-to-japan/posts

First week of the Fish Bridge to Japan project identifies support

I am encouraged about the Fish Bridge to Japan project, launched a week ago. Several supporters have come forward, and the project is underway.

I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the following sponsors:

William Barnard

Britt Griswold

MK Bretsch

Chris Knight

Asif Zamir

Overflow Cafe

Kalliopi Monoyios

Your belief in the purpose of the project is most encouraging.

For those not familiar with the fundraising project visit;

Fish Bridge to Japan

To add your support, please click on the "like" icon directly under the video, to share the link on your FB page.

maximizing exposure to the project will help it to succeed.

keep on Printing!

Yours in Ichthyography

Stephen

Fishbridge to Japan project Launched!

Last night we launched the Fish Bridge to Japan project to fund a mentoring opportunity in Japan. Today it is off the blocks and running! special thanks for Bill Barnard for his response and support, and the other help he has given me in the interest of fish printing workshops..

Please click on the link below to find out all about the project, and forward the link to anyone who you think might be interested in the project.

Fish Bridge to Japan

Thanks

Stephen

Mineo's Ray

This work of Kansetsu-ho Gyotaku is an example of level of fine art that the printmaking method attains at the hands of a master. Mineo Ryuka Yamamoto is just such a master.


Actively involved in the Nature Printing Society, Mineo has been responsible for introducing hundreds of people to the artform. Mineo is most famously know for his refinements to the Indirect, or Kensetsu-ho, method of Gyotaku. He operates a fish printing studio in Higashimatsuyama City, Japan. Between international trips to promote and offer instruction in Gyotaku, Mineo spends time expanding the known boundaries of the technique.

Brief Portfolio of My Work

Black Death

Tried my hand at plate lithography this past summer. Lithographers sure do like their solvents! This tribute to the European plague looked better on the plate than the paper.

Lionfish Head Study

Here is possibly the last Linocut print I'll ever do. It's an interesting process, registration is a bit of an issue, but my heart belongs to copperplate etching and wood engraving.

Lionfish are considered an invasive species, and have been spotted as far north in the Atlantic as the Cape Cod islands.

Gyotaku Printing Day

What the studio can look like on printing day. This was a session with a Steelhead.