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Dave Bull carves Hokusai's Picture Book of Everything

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    mat
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    This video is, like all the British Museum Curator's Corner videos, an interesting little nugget of history. What's different with this one is that Dave has a series of videos with a more in depth...

    If you make woodblock prints for a living, you know the name Hokusai, and if you’re a woodblock carver and you hear about original drawings from Hokusai that have never been carved into prints you would most likely do a little happy dance.

    This video is, like all the British Museum Curator's Corner videos, an interesting little nugget of history. What's different with this one is that Dave has a series of videos with a more in depth look into this project which may take Some Time to complete.

    I went to see a Hokusai exhibition at the British Museum, and a later Japanese art exhibit which had more and there are some amazing drawings in there. I'm excited to follow this one further.

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      I love their channel, and especially curator's corner. I am hoping this new influx of users means I can start posting more of them, and actually have them get some responses. :) p.s. Speaking of...

      I love their channel, and especially curator's corner. I am hoping this new influx of users means I can start posting more of them, and actually have them get some responses. :)

      p.s. Speaking of TBM, here's one of my other favorite videos from them from a few years ago:
      Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur

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