Uploaded November 2011 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
A time lapse view of the sky as seen from the Seseragi Studio, home of woodblock printmaker David Bull.
Notes:
- there are two 'layers' of clouds visible, a high level moving quickly from left to right, and a much lower group coming towards the camera.
- recording details: one frame shot every three seconds, playback is 24fps. Native size is 640x480. Recorded with the Recolo IR5 Interval Recorder.
A time lapse view of the sky as seen from the Seseragi Studio, home of woodblock printmaker David Bull.
Notes:
- there are two 'layers' of clouds visible, a high level moving quickly from left to right, and a much lower group coming towards the camera.
- recording details: one frame shot every three seconds, playback is 24fps. Native size is 640x480. Recorded with the Recolo IR5 Interval Recorder.



![Woodblock Printing Process ... in 3-D spatial audio
In this video, Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker Dave Bull shows the entire process of making a batch of prints (8 sheets) from blank paper to finished print - in POV style (from the printers Point Of View) - with each of the colour impressions happening in an uncut, unedited, uninterrupted flow. The viewers can get a very good feeling for the rhythm of the process, and can see just how the pigment/paste balance is controlled along the way.
As a kind of bonus, the entire video was recorded using binaural microphones embedded in Daves ears - you hear _exactly_ what he heard, at every step of the way. (Use headphones!) The recording of each segment was done starting around 3:00 am, when Asakusa is as quiet as possible, but even then, there are residual sounds interrupting along the way (the occasional truck passing by, some rainfall for a few of the impressions, and unavoidably a large air conditioner on a building a few blocks away …)
The print used for this demonstration is ‘The Demon King’, which was designed for us by Jed Henry, creator of the famous Ukiyo-e Heroes prints. It is available as part of our Portraits Set #1’ subscription series; information here: https://mokuhankan.com/subscriptions/portraits.html
[Note: there is no narration included in this video, in an attempt to bring you into the undisturbed world of a printers work. If there is enough interest, we could perhaps upload a second cut of this video, with Dave explaining things along the way ...]
The Mokuhankan website:
https://mokuhankan.com/index.html
Jed Henry’s Ukiyo-e Heroes:
https://ukiyoeheroes.com
Our Twitch stream (live three times a week):
https://www.twitch.com/japaneseprintmaking
The Mokuhankan Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/mokuhankan Woodblock Printing Process ... in 3-D spatial audio](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tGnd5w_a2q8/mqdefault.jpg)






