The Sweet Home Public Library invited children to try their hand at gyotaku, a traditional form of Japanese printmaking, on April 4.
Between interruptions from restless, curious and talkative little ones, Program Coordinator Kelsie Szeszulski, of Mid-Valley STEM-CTE Hub, told her guests at the library what gyotaku is and why it was important in Japanese culture.

Translated as “fish printing,” gyotaku was used by…