Double Vision: Gyotaku, Carp and the Wiesent
For our first shoot, we headed to what was then our home stream: the Wiesent. Running through the heart of the Fränkische Schweiz, the small chalk stream moves quietly between rocky formations, farmland and the German countryside. It became the setting for the first chapter of Yodel Fishing Club.
Double Vision
The idea behind Double Vision began somewhere considerably farther east. The graphic takes its inspiration from Gyotaku, the traditional Japanese method of printing fish. Dating back to the mid-1800s, the technique was used by fishermen to record their catches by applying ink to the fish and pressing it against washi paper.
It is part documentation, part image-making: a physical record of something pulled from the water. For our interpretation, we chose the common carp, a fish with its own cultural significance in Franconia. The resulting print became the oversized Double Vision graphic, finished with our interpretation of a Hanko stamp. A Japanese printing tradition, a Franconian fish and a quiet stream in Germany. Different references, brought together by time spent around the water.
Inspired by the traditional Japanese fish print technique, Gyotaku, we bring this ancient art into the next generation. The shirt features a Yodel Fishing Club print on the front chest and a large carp print on back has you seeing double. Keeping our streams clean, the shirt is made from 100% organic cotton and is Fair Wear and Oeko-Tex certified.
Fabric
200g/sm 100% organic cotton
Details
Print on front chest
Oversized print on back
Yodel flag label in side seam
Made in Bangladesh / Printed in Germany