Join this fin-tastic opportunity to learn how to do fish printing (Gyotaku) and about some exciting fish in the museum’s collection!
Led by recent SCA Graduate, Alexandra Angus, participants will create their own fish or sea creature prints and learn the methods of Gyotaku. Gyotaku is a Japanese method of fish printing using ink and rice paper, used as a way to record the fish caught before photography.
This workshop will also include special insight into the fish and sea creatures in the museum collection by our Natural History Curator, Dr Tony Gill. What a great oppor-tuna-ty!
This workshop is suitable for ages 10+
Kids bring your grown-ups – they attend for free!
Alexandra Angus is an Australian contemporary artist fuelled by a deep interest in science, particularly biology. She has completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Advanced Studies (Anatomy and Histology) and Honours Degree in Visual Arts (First Class), with her interdisciplinary studies supporting her conceptual explorations of the overlap between art and science.
Her practice uses multiple mediums: film and 2D animation, sound design, printmaking, illustration, photography and sculpture.
Dr Anthony (Tony) Gill is Curator of Natural History at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. With more than 40 years of experience working in natural history museums, he is an internationally recognised ichthyologist whose research focuses on the taxonomy, classification and evolution of fishes. Before joining the University of Sydney in 2010, Tony held research and curatorial positions at the Natural History Museum, London and Arizona State University. He has curated numerous exhibitions and continues to lead research projects centred on the Macleay Collections and Australia's natural history heritage.
Header image: Samples of fish and star fish prints by Alexandra Angus.
