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  2. Gyotaku - Wikipedia

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    Gyotaku. Gyotaku (魚拓, from gyo "fish" + taku "stone impression") is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing, where ink is applied to a fish which is then pressed onto paper, was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of ...

  3. Woodblock printing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Metropolitan Museum of Art. Woodblock printing in Japan (木版画, mokuhanga) is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e [1] artistic genre of single sheets, but it was also used for printing books in the same period. Invented in China during the Tang dynasty, woodblock printing was widely adopted in Japan during the Edo period (1603 ...

  4. Gelatin silver print - Wikipedia

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    The gelatin silver process is the most commonly used chemical process in black-and-white photography, and is the fundamental chemical process for modern analog color photography. As such, films and printing papers available for analog photography rarely rely on any other chemical process to record an image.

  5. Irasutoya - Wikipedia

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    Irasutoya (Japanese: いらすとや, derived from Japanese: イラスト, romanized: irasuto, lit. 'illustration' and Japanese: 屋, romanized: -ya, lit. 'shop') is a website operated by illustrator Takashi Mifune that offers gratis clip art illustrations. These works can be used for both commercial and non-commercial applications, but ...

  6. Cricut - Wikipedia

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    Cutting plotters, heat press. Number of employees. 690 [1] Website. cricut.com. Cricut, Inc. is an American brand of cutting plotters, or computer-controlled cutting machines, designed for home crafters. The machines are used for cutting paper, felt, vinyl, fabric [2] and other materials such as leather, matboard, and wood.

  7. History of printing - Wikipedia

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    The history of printing starts as early as 3000 BCE, when the proto-Elamite and Sumerian civilizations used cylinder seals to certify documents written in clay tablets. Other early forms include block seals, hammered coinage, pottery imprints, and cloth printing. Initially a method of printing patterns on cloth such as silk, woodblock printing ...

  8. Black and white snapper - Wikipedia

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    The black and white snapper are solitary as juveniles, while adults aggregate in large schools. It is a predatory fish which preys on fishes and crustaceans. This species gathers in aggregations to spawn. [1] This species is frequently confused with its congener the midnight snapper (M. macularis) with which it is known to form mixed aggregations.

  9. Coast Salish art - Wikipedia

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    Coast Salish territory covers the coast of British Columbia and Washington state. Within traditional Coast Salish art there are two major forms; the flat design and carving, and basketry and weaving. In historical times these were delineated among male and female roles in the community with men made "figurative pieces, such as sculptures and ...