Woodblock Printing
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youtuberecsThis video is pretty amazing. Start to finish process of a a woodblock print being made. Sketching, transferring, carving, creating the plates for each color, applying the color, keeping things consistent, gradients, anything you'd want to know... I've wondered about these for a while, and since I've become especially interested lately, I decided to look into it. Even if you're not obsessed as me, these older, pre-comptuer art processes are SO interesting! It's very calm and clear as many older documentaries are too, a plus in my opinion! I've enjoyed ukiyo-e for a while, and seeing the process is extremely enlightening and enhances my enjoyment of the finished artwork
Another good one, this time, a modern artist at work. The recording is very clear and without any cuts. The lack of cuts lengthens the video significantly because he does multiple prints, but it's easy to skip between parts. The only unfortunate part is the lack of carving, but it's still pretty good!
A personal video by a self taught gaijin woodblock artist. Me and him both wondered the question of how they did the incredibly fine lines on the prints, and you can see a small bit of it in this video at this and this point. Just wow. Seeing all those fine details always made me feel skeptical, but there it is! Also, if you're a viewer of 'Japanology' apparently he hosted a TV segment with him! It's a really heart felt video, so I really rec for people more interested the human parts of craft rather than the more technical parts.
Another good one, this time, a modern artist at work. The recording is very clear and without any cuts. The lack of cuts lengthens the video significantly because he does multiple prints, but it's easy to skip between parts. The only unfortunate part is the lack of carving, but it's still pretty good!
A personal video by a self taught gaijin woodblock artist. Me and him both wondered the question of how they did the incredibly fine lines on the prints, and you can see a small bit of it in this video at this and this point. Just wow. Seeing all those fine details always made me feel skeptical, but there it is! Also, if you're a viewer of 'Japanology' apparently he hosted a TV segment with him! It's a really heart felt video, so I really rec for people more interested the human parts of craft rather than the more technical parts.