Making Hokusai's The Great Wave: carving and printing, Part 1
David Bull · Documentary · 9 min · 2015 · YouTube title: The Great Wave - Part 1
Why it's here
HN commenters hold it up as a top-tier long-form process video, recommended whenever the Great Wave or Hokusai comes up.
What it covers
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.