191K views · Jan 5, 2015 · 9:07 · 4 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2020–2026
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 Hacker News points people here: HN commenters hold it up as a top-tier long-form process video, recommended whenever the Great Wave or Hokusai comes up.
“The series is up there with Clickspring's skeleton clock in my pantheon of "greatest long-form process videos”HN comment, 2026
“I really suggest checking out David Bulls channel on YouTube.”
David Bull's series reproducing the Great Wave.
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. this video
“There's a fantastic (and long) series on Youtube about this”
Long series on reproducing the Great Wave as a print.
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: this video
“The series is up there with Clickspring's skeleton clock in my pantheon of "greatest long-form process videos”
Ranks among the greatest long-form process videos.
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" this video
“In 2015 he did a reproduction of the Great Wave and documented the progress online”
Printer David Bull documents his 2015 reproduction of the Great Wave.
You may find David Bull's youtube content interesting. He is a Japanese woodblock printer living in Asakusa, Tokyo, where he runs a print shop. In 2015 he did a reproduction of the Great Wave and documented the progress online: this video
