The more you learn about the man and his works the more impressed you inevitably are .
@zinja08302 жыл бұрын
Anyone else absolutely loving the sound design of this video?
@MK_2023.2 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing.
@lechuga1202 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was absolutely great
@ToshMatsum2 жыл бұрын
I!
@lynnpehrson88262 жыл бұрын
Kinda reminds me of trent reznor's ambient stuff
@lynnpehrson88262 жыл бұрын
Or maybe vespertine era bjork, but an ambient equivalent.
@citizennobody55187 жыл бұрын
Blake was so radical on so many levels and so ahead of his time.
@walrusassociation93174 жыл бұрын
He's still ahead of the current time.
@mareksicinski37262 жыл бұрын
in some ways te
@sharonkaczorowski86902 жыл бұрын
I loved Blake from childhood…both his poetry and his art…I spent hours enjoying and studying it.
@ozdigg925411 ай бұрын
same
@northwind96576 жыл бұрын
A wonderful production to watch. Very nice ambient music. My thanks to the production and as always, the spiritual transportation that William Blake will provide for the rest of my life.
@keretaman8 жыл бұрын
I especially love what was said in that final minute... inspirational man
@seenundercygnus68702 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I needed to know his studio was his single room. It gives me hope for my own art, in spite of the fact that all of my art is worthless.
@user-cz2jo4nq2i5 ай бұрын
Your art is definitely not worthless :)
@MidgeACE2 жыл бұрын
A lovely tribute to Blake and his process.
@CitizenDuMonde9 жыл бұрын
This was entrancing to watch.
@jinchoung2 жыл бұрын
what an extraordinary video. whodathunk... william blake basically founded "desktop publishing". and the bit about how he was no shelley or keats reclining back with a feather quill pen but that he was a MECHANIC, i think that really resonates with a lot of us who walk the line between art and technology. awesome to see how an independent creator did it when the highest tech afforded to him was blocking varnish and leather ink blot. love this video. thank you!
@khaightlynn Жыл бұрын
Totally! I wish trades and artisanship were more valued today.
@mishm59157 жыл бұрын
Blake was an absolute madman, it would take me a year to do poorly what he could do perfectly in a week
@rathodkaran6190 Жыл бұрын
Dont beat yourself, he spent a lifetime mastering it, you will too if you put there effort
@sharonkaczorowski86902 жыл бұрын
I had no idea he was also a gifted printer…beautiful work.
@TOMAYASHI-STUDIO2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible at the time the engravings were made and now using the same techniques. Bravo
@angelaem2052 жыл бұрын
...and my opinion about authors, books, book craftsmen, libraries and the book civilisation in general is only being justified through this video. 8 minutes of bliss for any William Blake and / or book lover! All thumbs up for the British Library and Michael Phillips who demonstrated this printing process in such a beautiful way! ❤💓💖❤💓💖❤📚
@jwc3o22 жыл бұрын
he shouldn't've been touching the print areas when he was turning them over near the end, though...
@larryayres45922 жыл бұрын
A salient feature that is illustrated here is that he was able to get multiple prints from one inking by increasing the pressure on the press. Also, the dauber with a very light coating of ink is used. The etching was pretty shallow and it is easy to get ink into the recesses if you aren't patient, working slowly and carefully as Phillips did and Blake must have done. Great scholarship by Michael Phillips.
@naly2026 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! I've always been fascinated by Blake's poetry and art and have always wondered how he made those wonderful pages.
@Lucius19582 жыл бұрын
I did quite a lot of printmaking during my years at art school: it is indeed a difficult thing to get a consistent quality over a run of prints. Now, as I gather from the video, Blake drew and wrote *directly* on the plate, using the etching ground as one would use ink? I recollect a relief-etching process devised by Leonardo da Vinci, which provided greater detail than the woodcuts then in use - something like the 'sugar-lift' technique I learned in class, where you put the lift layer on first, scratch the design in with a stylus, lay the ground over that, then soak off the rest of the ground before the acid bath. The scratched areas retain their ground, while the rest is etched away...
@SweetSpringFarmer12222 жыл бұрын
Wonderful demonstration of Blake's printing process - Thank you!
@paulinamerino89942 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a beautiful video. I’ve learned something new about Blake. I just admire him more.
@farpointgamingdirect2 жыл бұрын
Spent 30 years as a master pressman; the single hardest thing to accomplish is getting the paper to feed consistently into the press
@geob03242 жыл бұрын
An artful blend of the narrative and the background music. Not an easy task. This video is the product of some very skilled production. Kudos.
@waltersarfatti44208 жыл бұрын
interesting ! I am a printmaker and have experimented the "blake method" in writing texts on an oily paper that I then reverse on the plate and make a deep etch of.
@BlakeinSussex6 жыл бұрын
sounds interesting. do you have any video or photos of your work.
@Cyriljayant2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful and amazing and he was a genius in art and creations!!! Thank you for this video!!
@HorribleGamingFun2 жыл бұрын
Man i miss doing print making. Was one of my favorite classes
@brg4562 жыл бұрын
I don't want that to end. It was excellent.
@TheJakecakes4 ай бұрын
Thank you for this. Im just finishing his complete works. He seemed to loathe straight lines. These days some scientifically forward individual s are saying there are no straight lines in nature. Blake was a true Visionary ❤
@dimitritucker10772 жыл бұрын
One of the beat classes I took in college was print making. I wish I had access to all of the materials to do this again.
@michaelwhite80312 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have always loved Blake.
@RinpochesRose2 жыл бұрын
Visionary poet and artist. Genius.
@bertg742 жыл бұрын
16th century copper engraving would be worth its own story
@altaccount81332 жыл бұрын
Watching you on Netflix really opened me up to whole field niche expertises
@KpxUrz57452 жыл бұрын
As a very experienced etcher, I would tell this printer to do himself a favor and use a more modern press: one with gear reduction. This would avoid the awkward halting and jittery pass under the roller, not to mention having to reach and stretch so widely just to roll it through.
@BirdaeBlue2 жыл бұрын
I think he’s trying to show the method that Blake used in his time
@cliffordadams83532 жыл бұрын
Beautifully presented
@opwave792 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video. I became interesting in printmaking after visiting an exhibit on ukiyo-e. These copper prints are very beautiful. I would love to take a class and learn this technique.
@comontoshi11 ай бұрын
I had the opportunity to see a few of Rembrandt’s prints at the Grunwald Museum at U.C.L.A. The prints were about the same size as Blake’s . . . the difference was Rembrandt’s prints were intaglio where Blake’s are flat bitten relief prints. Nice video. 😘
@veronicaoriordan7717 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Very interesting and creative.
@vrixphillips2 жыл бұрын
It really puts some of his prophetic poems into perspective, when he speaks about the furnaces of the creator Los, he probably got really hot and sweaty turning that press all day.
@smokeynewton3 жыл бұрын
Those presses are for printing intaglio, not relief. Relief plates would have been printed on a Gutenberg-style hand press.
@joachimdalgard52882 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video, thank you.
@patomoro2582 жыл бұрын
I love William Blake's work very.
@paullarnce21672 жыл бұрын
Excellent video- hope you post more.
@thetruthexperiment2 жыл бұрын
I have so many questions.
@cartoonphilosopher25778 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video, thank you.
@ForgotMyOrange2 жыл бұрын
Would appreciate an additional link to how it is engraved in the first place... or can I search any "copper engraving" demonstration that it would be the same?
@ZKETCH425912 жыл бұрын
Much of the copper plate etching youll find today is probably going to use the wipe away method (With phone book/news print) of taking off the excess ink, and not being so light with the ink application unless needed. But the process with the engraving, acid etching, and running through the press is very much the same. Though i do have to give it to 17-18th century printing with the ink dampers/stamps? that has a lot of patience o-o
@whoisharo46892 жыл бұрын
Amazing but how was the lettering, etc on the copper made? Or did i miss it?
@ernestchadwell9069 Жыл бұрын
You missed it. Masking varnish, copper plate, reverse writing, acid etch.
@FunDumb2 жыл бұрын
William Blake is exactly who I need to become.
@seintmike7907 Жыл бұрын
I love this video. I even love the music in it!
@hicknopunk2 жыл бұрын
Where do you find drivers for an inkjet printer this old? 🤔🤔
@Chiaroscuro19912 жыл бұрын
The video suggests an “extraordinary” printing process but there there are no close shots of the final product …. very disappointing.
@dixonpinfold25822 жыл бұрын
Yes, and even after our narrator dwelt rapturously on the wonderful mottled texture. We might as well read a book on it instead-it will have decent pictures.
@LaurenOliviArt2 жыл бұрын
I would have liked to have seen the print close up! It was all far shots
@BruceRutland2 жыл бұрын
What a shame that the typographer used inch marks in the text, not the proper apostrophe - poor
@junktube400014 күн бұрын
I've heard he sometimes mixed carpenter glue with his watercolor paint. This makes me wonder if he would have liked to paint with acrylics if they were available. Any thoughts?
@johnbrittingham44712 жыл бұрын
It looks easier than getting my Epson printer to work.
@ernestchadwell9069 Жыл бұрын
Are you kidding? In Blake's day your new seiver came scratched on slate and you had to enter every byte by hand.
@anonb46327 жыл бұрын
You don't seem to credit whoever is narrating this documentary or doing the work (presumably the same person).
@rsmith63662 жыл бұрын
It has his name in the description.
@Davio225 ай бұрын
Outstanding...
@Sportliveonline7 жыл бұрын
totally amazing
@AndreFurlanwilliamblake9 жыл бұрын
great video ! thank you .
@gabor-zsoltbenedek94202 жыл бұрын
did he mention that this was extraordinary?
@dr.alokkumar90453 жыл бұрын
Beautiful technique
@harmonchannel56852 жыл бұрын
very atmospheric environment
@hapijen48282 жыл бұрын
Nice to see Eric Morecambe printing like William Blake.
@garryferrington8112 жыл бұрын
Did you mean "yellow ochre" rather than "yellow okra?"
@1pcfred2 жыл бұрын
They were probably just hungry.
@dixonpinfold25822 жыл бұрын
I found the whole Thing mediokra. Arid & lifeless to the Point it left me a bit depress'd. -Ghost of Wm. Blake
@rawjawbone2 жыл бұрын
I love that press. I WANT that press.
@MrOshirinoana11 ай бұрын
Everything I've seen of Blake's prints were very colorful. Is this guy only showing part of the process?
@alexmorrison91562 жыл бұрын
Wonderful and beautiful; thanks
@williamblakeinmusic26469 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@morrisseyman12 жыл бұрын
Still cant put on a screen protector without the bubbles
@mickbaker98526 жыл бұрын
Fantastic !
@ObjectHistory2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating
@cementos79222 жыл бұрын
This Blake dude is kinda awesome
@woodman90832 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 💖
@ГаврилоПринцип-и7ф2 жыл бұрын
It's literally Ghutenberg printing process just with engravings instead of individual letters.
@manuelgallardo76942 жыл бұрын
Name of the background music please
@i_bleed_makeup11873 жыл бұрын
This is so amazing!!!
@FunDumb2 жыл бұрын
Would anyone know where I could purchase a used rolling press? Aka the large lumping, huge, wooden, heavy machine? In Toronto, Canada.
@downtime86stars172 жыл бұрын
Maybe check with college/university art departments?
@gander48722 жыл бұрын
You're probably going to have to make it yourself
@sirvanmohamadnezhad2732 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@soumeyaezm58102 жыл бұрын
sublime ! merci
@OngoingBox3 ай бұрын
wow!
@taniapriyam35295 жыл бұрын
Amazing...👏
@pauleliot64292 жыл бұрын
inspirational
@HarryPotter-yh3sm2 жыл бұрын
i walked past william blakes old house all the time when I was a kid
@Civmiiuydux2 жыл бұрын
"Blake was an extraordinary individual when it came to his thinking..." I should say so.
@Ba-it9kl2 жыл бұрын
Parece o processo do mimiógrafo, aquela grande máquina que pressiona o papel contra a placa de cobre.
@rsmith63662 жыл бұрын
A mimeograph has the image on a rotating drum that presses the image onto the paper.
@sylviags44799 ай бұрын
Beatificación!!❤
@cut7995 Жыл бұрын
bravo
@cokez2 жыл бұрын
why this pop up when I'm tryna do some assignments to get my grade up before the quarter ends.. I have an A in art, I'm okay 😟
@miguelifsuzano72442 жыл бұрын
I'm always haunted by the commission issued, by a plantation owner from where it nowadays would be Suriname, to Blake, of the image of a slave being hung by a hook on his ribs
@dixonpinfold25822 жыл бұрын
It was not Blake's composition, but an engraving after Stedman, one in a series. In another a slave stares forlornly at his hand, which has been chopped off. That one haunts me.
@anniec14833 жыл бұрын
What etching press is this?
@rinber132 жыл бұрын
Just an old press that has been around for a century or so. At least it looks like the ones I've used before.
@douggaudiosi142 жыл бұрын
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour
@milipedace27943 жыл бұрын
that's magical
@STICKGUYMB9 жыл бұрын
Hi English class
@cameronirvine3238 жыл бұрын
+StickguyMB Tell your English class I said hi
@giochiavassa57213 жыл бұрын
hi from Italy, this is for my homework lol
@soleaguirre1002 жыл бұрын
William Blake 🎯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💎
@cubic99602 жыл бұрын
I wish this video didn’t have any talking in it. So I could hear all the tapping.