Cat working in the garden
Rick at the beach

    Cat loves the process of creating something
    beautiful.  She has worked with various mediums in
    her life including glass, fine metals, pewter metal,
    and paint.  Gyotaku, or fish printing, seemed like a
    natural choice for pursuing that creativity while
    living in the lovely Low Country of coastal South
    Carolina.  She likes both the uniqueness of each
    fish's  form and the challenge each one presents in
    printing.

    In her spare time, Cat Wondergem enjoys getting
    extremely dirty in her garden (which is in her front
    yard, oh my).  She also spends many hours playing
    with and pampering her 4  crazy critters.
Rick began fishing the pristine lakes of central
Maine at the age of five.  After careers as a chair
maker and metalsmith he moved from the
mountains of western North Carolina to the Low
Country of South Carolina and began exploring a
longtime interest in the Japanese art of Gyotaku.  
He lives in an historic seaport town on the coast
with his talented partner in life and art, Catherine,
as well as three dogs and one "hellish" cat.  He
has come to enjoy creating colorful Gyotaku, or
fish prints almost as much as catching fish.  
Almost.....
Gyotaku Originals
by F. M. Steingress and Cat Wondergem
2316 South Island Rd.
Georgetown, SC  29440
(843) 485-0706
email: info@gyotakuoriginals.com