THE VIDEO SHELF · woodblock printmaking
The Great Wave - Part 1
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters hold it up as a top-tier long-form process video, recommended whenever the Great Wave or Hokusai comes up.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- David Bull
- Topic
- woodblock printmaking
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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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]
Obsnold on Hacker News · 2020-01
In The 'Great Wave' has mystified art lovers for generations (2019)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]
rwmj on Hacker News · 2020-03
In Dutch museum says van Gogh painting stolen in overnight raidI 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]
MengerSponge on Hacker News · 2026-02
In The Rediscovery of 103 Hokusai Lost Sketches (2021)
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