Blast from the Past - Episode #1

[@JessSimpson-gv9kt]

The work David is doing to preserve this artform and its history is incredible. I honesty believe in 100 years from now, when people discuss the key figures responsible for both the longevity of woodblock printmaking and for the shifts in trends/eras, David's name will be mentioned alongside the likes of Yoshitoshi and Hashiguchi.

[@garytheosophilus]

😮

[@willgilhespy]

Absolutely! He's modest about his own influence as always but he's up there for sure.

[@BigJengaa]

Dave you always manage to put a smile on my face with your uploads.

[@johnlee2579]

I am honoured everytime you post a video 🙏

[@questforreality]

Hi Dave! My daughter, Mia, and her partner flew out from London and visited you last week. This led me to look your channel up. I’m amazed - your work is incredible. Thanks for being so generous to the girls with your time.

[@Stokie09123]

Dave, in addition to your commitment to incredible craftsmanship, accessibility to your work and honesty about so many things I think I value your efforts to preserve the history of woodblock carving and printing the most, I have learnt so so much from your videos over the years and its inspired me in so many ways. Every video upload from this channel is like Christmas to me!

[@TheChrishendrix]

Absolutely love any video David Bill uploads.

[@Miss_Toots]

Whose David Bill?😂

[@mattshuey1]

This is simply stunning to behold. Thank you again Mr. Bull for constantly going above and beyond to keep this artform alive for so many. You've talked in the past about the importance in preservation of the craft itself and this is exactly in that wheelhouse, thank you again for being the amazing ambassador you are. The world is a better place because of you.

[@HannesOetker90]

Well said😊

[@robbieg7422]

This an absolutely lovely production Daveさん. Thank you for your time and effort.

[@rickredmanwallart1766]

I always find it infectious when someone is passionate about something, even if I'm not particularly interested in their passion. With Dave, and the way he shares his passion with the world, I'm finding myself becoming more and more interested in woodblock printmaking. Thanks for the videos, Dave.

[@jadefae]

I'd really adore a non-dubbed subtitled version of this. But the work you put into this modernisation with the dub and the additional context is momentous. Thank you for producing it. It is wonderful.

[@tonywatson987]

LOVE this, Dave-san! Thank you so much for taking the time to edit and overdub this wonderful documentary - I particularly liked @7:00 where you can see the way that carver Okura-san's hands are flexing almost imperceptibly as he guides the blade around the image. Looking forward to more Blasts from the Past! Kudos to you!

[@seseragistudio]

I _should_ have included that part in my commentary! This is a very important part of the carving process ... the approach to the 'ura/omote' of each line. Maybe next time ... :-)

[@ucenicul]

​@@seseragistudioyes, please

[@ucenicul]

Yes, please You can also explain the technique, i.e. how you hold the knife, is the line cut at an angle or straight, for resistance, etc. thank you in advance ​@@seseragistudio

[@_nelsoncarmona]

Thank for sharing this and helping persevere such amazing history.

[@grundlefairy]

This is just wonderful. Thank you!

[@WhamBamBoozler]

I'm looking forward to watching this after im done work! Your videos are always a hit

[@Nomansanisland69]

What a gem of a video. Thank you Dave for all you do for this beautiful art style.

[@felixoduor4279]

I can't wait to sleep to this.

[@kojote]

Can't wait to meditate on it or paint miniatures to it

[@garytheosophilus]

Video is entitled BLAST from the past for a reason 😂

[@hubub2475]

Yep my next warhammer hobby session just got gooder ​@kojote

[@James-3000]

I had a pretty great siesta today while watching this. When I woke up Remembering a Carver was playing!

[@Lashyart]

i love you what Dave have done for this community! Big Thanks!

[@DONKMCLEAN]

you're the coolest, dave. thanks for this video. it was so cool seeing you take this footage revealed in a live stream and making something for cataloguing the history of the craft.

[@JeffReacts12]

Hooray, the algorithm brought you back in my feed :) It was a pleasure to visit and meet you last month. Also, i just received the prints I bought while I was there through the mail. Thank you!

[@TaminoTheCat]

Very well done. I love the very thoughtful approach you took to making this watchable for us English speakers.

[@3arendel]

I needed this a lot right now. I know it will be another interesting video with Daves contagious passion having me strapped in. Thank you!

[@lumitic774]

new David video out, I stop everything, I click and enjoy. simple life, complex work. Happy life.

[@johncronin2929]

As always you present beautifully the most amazing tradition and art. Thank you so much I’m looking very much to the next video!

[@kenny_butler617]

music choices are very appropriate and beautiful. Thank you for this video, storytelling, and effort to make it stand the test of time.

[@BarbaraE-q1t]

Fabulous! So valuable visual information with your commentary. Thank you. I am inspired.

[@crankyhead1089]

You sir are a river of knowledge to the future generations

[@yuujinhanga]

The video are invaluable! Very interesting and motivating! Daveさん、ありがとうございます！

[@Wyattinous]

A man such as yourself, doing this craft for such a breadth of time that TV was still black and white and people such as myself were yet to be born, saying "Twitch stream" for your continued work honestly makes me chuckle 😂 we all accustom ourselves to whatever medium the folk watch the most these days.

[@eliotmccann2589]

Thank you for this David! I don't think I drew a single breath watching Okura-san carving... just remarkable!

[@shanewood5168]

Your channel is a blast from the past havent watched you since I was like 14

[@powerfrenzy]

Great idea with the two different audio qualities. Worked out well and was an enjoyable watch.

[@RevSalt]

Thank you Mr. Bull for uploading another video. Your content always brightens my day 😊

[@kennethcoward2775]

Just beautiful

[@Ok-Runki]

The paragon of modern woodblock print history!

[@solgast]

Wonderful Dave! Thank you deeply for sharing this. The intricate craftsmanship and the artful arcing moves across the material... there is so much more to it that I want to express but can not fully express with words. It is an experience and truth one must experience. Perhaps some things are not meant to be expressed with words. It is a form of breathing in a vision and breathing out a creation from that vision.

[@HannesOetker90]

Wow, so right❤

[@Stick-a-fork-in-Gmorks-tort]

I enjoyed this entry of blast from the past. I'm really looking forward to more of this series. Thank you, David.

[@boostystarman3906]

Dave you are a global treasure.

[@JJW410]

This was wonderful David, can't wait for the follow up episodes. Much love from Scotland!

[@SorenxD123]

Wonderful video. Your voice is top-notch for narration

[@sungasunga9301]

Never been so early in any video on KZbin

[@BenJonesVideographer]

What a fantastic idea!

[@zach123101]

Episode 1 I'm excited to see what else comes later this was great

[@HarverTheSlayer]

Thanks for this impressive work, Dave! Can't wait for more videos of this series, this is extremely interesting. I have to say, I love how, in the picture you showed in 21:20, you can clearly see how both guys are trying their hardest not to laugh their asses off. And I wouldn't have expected that kind of, let's face it, yakuza-looking guy working in an ukiyo-e workshop.

[@JMPerona]

Incredible story as always! I love this video!

[@TenkoBerry]

Wooooo Always a Joy These Videos David IOoOI👍

[@GlassesnMouthplates]

Such a fantastic video and a promising series that I'll be constantly eyeing on for the next episode! While we still haven't got the entire explanation on how the process works, I'm fascinated to see how they transferred an original source drawing into a block of wood prior to the arrival of modern photocopy machines and digital image editing programs to do the colour separations.

[@TheMushroomOfficial]

Always happy to see you are going strong :)

[@edwardluperart]

Amazing video! Thank you for uploading!

[@rsf5898]

A lovely vide. Also one with much historical information that’s put into context by your own experience & knowledge. The background music was appropriate given the copyright issues with the original soundtrack but if anything it could be even better if just a touch quieter.

[@borodion]

Thanks a lot for another marvelous insight into the carving and printing perspective of ukiyo-e! Im curious about summer 1951 magazine with Richard Lane. He was one of the fathers of modern scholar approach to the ukiyo-e but publications about his life relatively rare.

[@seseragistudio]

The story I showed is from a compendium issue of interesting items that had been published in one of the popular news magazines during that year (1951). He had been featured in their 'People' section, in much the same way that I have been also featured over the years: woodblock.com/press/woodblock_shimbun.php?storyid=0

[@andraslippai3169]

Thanks David!

[@zemiFTW]

Thank you so much for sharing 🤩🫶

[@futuristica1710]

Amazing idea!

[@patrickbruno4122]

thank you

[@SnoozerIIVMMXIV]

Love you from Italy

[@JJW410]

Yaaay, David is BACK.

[@Ameersabri5]

rad video dave!

[@kieranpanui5255]

Another Dave classic!

[@RyanDavies-ei1yw]

if your the one editing this video it has improved a lot over the years

[@seseragistudio]

It's me all the way down ... Thank you!

[@betmynamespookedyou4665]

Let’s goooo!!!

[@pbyfr]

Interesting video. As we have a great TV archive in France (Ina, Institut national de l'audiovisuel), I found the French version very quickly, it is dated from 1961. French title is Tirages d'estampes I'm not sure if the video is available outside of France.

[@noobkiller100]

Very interesting

[@FBuilding]

More like Dave Bullb. I'm sure this bulb has been there for ever but I can't help to notice it has now been part of the frame for the last few videos. I just wanted to give this bulb some recognition.

[@jonathantorres7416]

DAVE I MISSED YOU ❤🖼️🫶🏼‼️

[@tommyfoley]

When do we get to see YOUR tattoo sleeves, Dave?

[@animathehallowed1380]

Wooooo new vid!

[@KettuKuittaa]

Good music choice

[@Jargolf86]

This REALLY was a Blast from the Past Dave! I simply adore the Editing- Style of this Video!

[@lindamon5101]

🙏🙏🙏❤

[@mickobee]

Yeah baby story time with Dave

[@mokuhanga1]

Small world... yesterday I was testing processing film footage of craftsmen with Topaz AI... not happy with render. Thankyou for this.

[@seseragistudio]

I didn't attempt any form of re-processing of the original video; that's way past my pay grade. But the narration/music track was a mess; that I can handle, I think ...

[@mokuhanga1]

@@seseragistudio Your narration/music is excellent imo. My attempts at AI are adding detail that's not fundamentally adding to the footage.

[@tomjardine-smith2793]

"I hope it may have a wider appeal" - has David still not caught up with how popular this channel is?? 😂

[@Marmamartha]

The music is a little bit too much for me, its a little bit loud. And love how in previous video's you narrate what we see, we dont get that at the last few prints. I really like your voice.

[@hoovercamaro]

Hey Dave, Do you have any videos for your original Carved in Canada Wood block carvings?

[@seseragistudio]

Not even a single photo. We had a film camera in the house, but all I have from back then are pictures of the kids ...

[@Pally-Main]

New DB let’s fucking goooooo

[@BB-xm8jc]

Dave, I remember once you said that your carving teacher used to use a very fine carving knife that you couldnt learn to use, did you ever learn to use it?

[@seseragistudio]

I have Ito-san's tool carefully stashed away, and will not myself be using them. It's better to leave them 'as is' for future study. But yes, during the intervening years, when the work has demanded delicate cutting, I have sharpened my own blade to a similar profile.

[@williams.7314]

Can you PLEASE do a re-print of the four seasons collection? I would do some shameful things to purchase those prints.

[@seseragistudio]

My own prints are now scattered and gone, but those four designs _are_ being re-printed by the Mokuhankan staff printers (as time permits), and they are in our online catalogue.

[@williams.7314]

@@seseragistudio OK. I understand, if the catalogue entry for a specific print says (Reprinting) then it can not be added to cart, which is to say that logistically print making is perhaps not attuned to ad hoc orders of prints that are out of stock. I will be watching and waiting for Chrysanthemums, like a fat cat listening for its automatic food dispenser to go off.

[@seseragistudio]

Thank you for the interest! I should add that the Chrysanthemums print - due to its high level of technical difficulty - is not expected to be back in stock very 'soon'. The office staff is keeping a 'waiting list' for this one, and if you drop a note through our Contact form on the website, they will keep your name and let you know when it's due to appear again ...

[@benbob4038]

What’s the classical music that’s playing over the video? It’s beautiful

[@seseragistudio]

It's listed in the video description: Serenade for Strings, by Suk. It's from the KZbin Audio Library - free to use - here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWephJebi6yIeqM

[@Drawsbirds]

It is interesting to see what has changed (particularly with pasting the image on the block). I found the music in this video to be quite loud, befitting the 1950s production style but less so today's.

[@TheComicbookguy78]

Dave hello from Canada. I'm curious what is your status in the wood carving circles in Japan? Have you gotten more accepted over the years or do they consider you just a foreigner trying wood carving? Hope this isn't a disrespectful question.

[@kovu7191]

Hey Dave, I've always wondered, why is the workstation angled away from the printer instead of towards them, like one of those stereotypical school tables?

[@seseragistudio]

It's to keep the wrist as straight as possible. If the table were 'flat', the printer's wrist would be angled back, and it would lead to pain and trouble.

[@kovu7191]

@seseragistudio ooh yeah that makes sense

[@ProperlyParanoid]

What did Dave Bull say that made his knife snap? "Give. me. a break!"

[@hombretropical3028]

This is so cool! Was there no footage of the printers actually talking?

[@garytheosophilus]

There was @17:43

[@garytheosophilus]

No TV block was harmed during the filming?

[@seseragistudio]

It seems not. It looks like this was a normal production stream for those workers, and we followed the process all the way through, as they did their normal activities. (Except for maybe that sizing segment ...)

[@smoothtown90886]

Everytime you think Dave has topped himself and can’t do it again…

[@chunkyraccoon1829]

So the real debate begins do you watch, David Subbed or Dubbed?

[@Wolverine3196]

20:40 The Japanese are still doing this in anime today haha

[@MolloyPolloy]

All of Dave's videos are a lifeboat in the sea of insanity that is KZbin.

[@regihidalgo1204]

I was in Asakusa a few days ago, we visited the Senso-Ji Temple and I was intending in visiting your shop and wanted to personally give you a painting of you that I made a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, I forgot that I left the painting back at the Philippines. Is it alright if I can DM you for your address so that I can mail it to you as a post card? Thank you!

[@MolloyPolloy]

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