Sala ‘Taller de Gyotaku’

Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades

2025

Art direction, design and illustrations for the new Gyotaku Workshop room of the Museu Molí Paperer de Capellades.
The design consists of 7 large panels, printed on non-woven (a material that can remind us of handmade paper or Japanese rice paper) and show information and a bit of history about fish and the Gyotaku printing technique.

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Gyotaku (from Japanese 魚拓, from gyo “fish” + taku “friction”) also known as ichthyogram is a type of Japanese art that consists of reproducing the prints of a fish on different media such as paper or cloth by friction.The technique dates back to the mid-nineteenth century.

First gyotaku ‘Kinshi hornbeam’ – Year 1839