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A new 'ramble' video! (Patreon)

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2018-08-14 21:30:17

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2026-06

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Thank you for your patience everybody! With the new shop now up and running basically smoothly, I have to get focussed on making more videos for you.

So here we are with the first one to be recorded down at the new location of my carving bench - right in the entrance to the shop itself! The topic is something that I have been asked about time and time again ... how did I get started in this craft of Japanese printmaking.

I thought that the best way to tell the story would be to do a 'Show & Tell' about the first set of prints that I ever bought, and how they influenced me heavily.

Part two shouldn't be too long now!

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Beginnings (part 1)

Another 'ramble' video from woodblock printmaker Dave Bull in Tokyo. This is the first of a two-part set that will cover Dave's early beginnings in woodblock printmaking, and focusses on the first prints he ever bought - a set of four designs based on the old novel 'Genji Monogatari'. They were designed by Okada Yoshio, and published by the Yuyudo Company in Tokyo in the late 1970s. The images of the prints contained in this video are copyright Mr. Yoshio Okada. Dave's personal website (kind of old-fashioned) is at: http://woodblock.com/front.html His newer work with the Mokuhankan venture is at: https:/mokuhankan.com/ The famous Ukiyo-e Heroes prints can be seen here: https://mokuhankan.com/heroes/ Dave streams many days each week over on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/japaneseprintmaking ... and there is a Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/mokuhankan/ Thanks for watching!