Our clients, Ty and Tamara Mautner, participated in the Pacific Commercial Fisherman’s Festival in Astoria this past weekend. Below is information about the couple, their art form, Gyotaku (fish prints), and photos of their booth.
Ty and Tamara live and make art in Rockaway Beach, Oregon. Raised on the coast, they have traveled, worked, played, cared for, and harvested food from the ocean. They have always felt a deep bond to the sea and all life within it.
Their work incorporates the Japanese art technique of Gyotaku, otherwise known as “fish printing.” Gyotaku started as a way for fishermen to accurately record their catches, and has since developed into a form of fine art. Part of what draws Ty and Tamara to this style is the originality of each print. Each unique piece is a record of a particular fish caught at a specific time and place. They can then use the raw print to create their own unique and beautiful representation of life under the surface.
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