FIN ARTS
Gyotaku Exhibit
Lafayette Public Library, 775 W. Baseline Road, Lafayette
cityoflafayette.com/library 303-665-5200
Intricate prints of fish caught by brothers and artists Andrew Campbell and Michael Campbell hang in the Lafayette library lobby through April 30. For 20 years,the pair have printed using the old Japanese technique of gyotaku. Fish are meticulously cleaned and dried a bit, and are brushed with ink. When a sheet of paper is pressed against the specimen, a highly detailed image is left. The process is especially time-consuming, and a full day of work may yield only a few prints worth framing. But as any angler-artist will tell you, a bad day printing fish is better than a good day at the office.
MINE-BLOWING CANDY
Nick, Nora & Emily’s Tungsten Toffee
Nederland 303-258-0173
An arts-and-crafts show project turned full-on enterprise, Curcio-family-made Tungsten Toffee is worth the drive to Nederland for a sample. The airy English toffee is robed in your choice of milk, dark or white chocolate and dusted with crushed almonds. Pick up a sample at The Rustic Moose on First Street in Ned, or at Lolita’s Market and Deli, 800 Pearl St., in Boulder. You’ll be hooked, so bring about $6 for a small box; $9 or $10 for large, depending on the chocolate coating.
