Tybee Island artist combines art and fishing through ancient Gyotaku technique

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) -An artist on Tybee Island is blending art and fishing through the ancient Japanese technique of Gyotaku, or fish printing, while supporting marine education programs.

Kaylee Hettenbaugh’s artwork begins on the open water rather than inside her studio along Highway 80.

“I take real fish, paint them with ink, and then press rice paper on top, so I get the impression of the fish, I go back in and paint in watercolors to match it to what the fish looked like when it came out of the water,” Hettenbaugh said…

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