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The Great Wave - Part 1

David Bull · 190.6K views · 2015-01-05 · 9:07

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Overview

The first part of a long series documenting Dave Bull's Tokyo woodblock workshop as it produces a reproduction of Hokusai's The Great Wave. It follows the carving, proofing and printing of the reward print for Kickstarter backers.

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HN commenters hold it up as a top-tier long-form process video, recommended whenever the Great Wave or Hokusai comes up.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2020–2026

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What people said

MengerSponge · 2026-02 · Strong recommendation

I bought one of his prints of The Great Wave off Kanagawa. It's stunning. The series is up there with Clickspring's skeleton clock in my pantheon of "greatest long-form process videos" [VIDEO]

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rwmj · 2020-03 · Strong recommendation

I think there's a genuine reason for them to be worth more since they are closer to the original painting. There's a fantastic (and long) series on Youtube about this: [VIDEO]

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Obsnold · 2020-01 · Strong recommendation

If anyone is interested in Japanese wood block prints I really suggest checking out David Bulls channel on YouTube. He did a whole series on his own copy of the Great Wave. [VIDEO]

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