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| name = David Bull |
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| caption = David Bull in his Mokuhankan ''print party'' studio |
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| birth_date = 1951 |
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| birth_place = England |
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| residence = Tokyo, Japan |
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| notable_works = ''Ukiyo-e heroes'', The Great Wave |
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| style = [[Ukiyo-e]] |
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'''David Bull''' is an [[ukiyo-e]] |
'''David Bull''' is an [[ukiyo-e]] woodblock printer and carver who heads the Mokuhankan ukiyo-e studio in Asakusa, Tokyo.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2008/06/29/people/in-the-wake-of-hokusai/|title=David Bull: In the wake of Hokusai|last=Corkill|first=Edan|date=2008-06-29|work=The Japan Times Online|access-date=2018-03-25|language=en-US|issn=0447-5763}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Corporation)|first=NHK (Japan Broadcasting|title=I Love Tokyo! A woodblock artist in Asakusa - TOKYO EYE 2020 - TV - NHK WORLD - English|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/tokyoeye2020/episode_20170405.html|language=en|accessdate=2018-03-25}}</ref> Born in Britain, Bull moved to Canada at 5, and lived there until 1986 when he at 35 relocated with his family to Tokyo to pursue ukiyo-e.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mitsubishicarbide.com/en/magazine/article/wa_vol03|title=Woodblock prints and paintings {{!}} MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION|website=www.mitsubishicarbide.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He first discovered Japanese woodblocks while working in a music shop in 1980 in Toronto, at 28, and started making his own prints without formal training.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He is known for his work on the ''Ukiyo-e heroes'' [[kickstarter]] [[crowd-funding]] project together with Jed Henry, recreating modern videogame scenes in old-style woodblock prints.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cheshire|first1=Tom|title=Kong gets chipped: the story of Ukiyo-e Heroes|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2013/01/play/kong-gets-chipped|website=Wired UK|accessdate=5 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ukiyo-e Heroes: video-game characters as samurai| |
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url=http://www.cnet.com/news/ukiyo-e-heroes-video-game-characters-as-samurai/|website=cnet.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Artists turn video games into Japanese wood block prints|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/28/4667320/artists-turn-video-games-into-japanese-wood-block-prints|website=Polygon}}</ref> |
url=http://www.cnet.com/news/ukiyo-e-heroes-video-game-characters-as-samurai/|website=cnet.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Artists turn video games into Japanese wood block prints|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/28/4667320/artists-turn-video-games-into-japanese-wood-block-prints|website=Polygon}}</ref> The Mokuhankan studio has a shop and offers '<nowiki/>''print parties''<nowiki/>' for amateurs, where they can try on the craft of printing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3440712/CRAFTS-When-Tokyo-try-making-Japanese-woodblock-print.html|title=CRAFTS: When in Tokyo, try making a Japanese woodblock print|work=Mail Online|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref> |
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[[Image:Mokuhankan (16200097706).jpg|thumb|right|A simpler woodblock used in the print parties where amateurs can make their own prints.]] |
[[Image:Mokuhankan (16200097706).jpg|thumb|right|A simpler woodblock used in the print parties where amateurs can make their own prints.]] |
Revision as of 12:16, 25 March 2018
David Bull | |
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Born | 1951 England |
Notable work | Ukiyo-e heroes, The Great Wave |
Style | Ukiyo-e |
Movement | Hanga[1] |
Website | mokuhankan woodblock |
David Bull is an ukiyo-e woodblock printer and carver who heads the Mokuhankan ukiyo-e studio in Asakusa, Tokyo.[2][3] Born in Britain, Bull moved to Canada at 5, and lived there until 1986 when he at 35 relocated with his family to Tokyo to pursue ukiyo-e.[4][2] He first discovered Japanese woodblocks while working in a music shop in 1980 in Toronto, at 28, and started making his own prints without formal training.[2][4] He is known for his work on the Ukiyo-e heroes kickstarter crowd-funding project together with Jed Henry, recreating modern videogame scenes in old-style woodblock prints.[5][6][7] The Mokuhankan studio has a shop and offers 'print parties' for amateurs, where they can try on the craft of printing.[8]
References
- ^ https://ooloopress.com/Library/books-links/
- ^ a b c Corkill, Edan (2008-06-29). "David Bull: In the wake of Hokusai". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ Corporation), NHK (Japan Broadcasting, I Love Tokyo! A woodblock artist in Asakusa - TOKYO EYE 2020 - TV - NHK WORLD - English, retrieved 2018-03-25
- ^ a b "Woodblock prints and paintings | MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION". www.mitsubishicarbide.com. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ Cheshire, Tom. "Kong gets chipped: the story of Ukiyo-e Heroes". Wired UK. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ "Ukiyo-e Heroes: video-game characters as samurai". cnet.com.
- ^ "Artists turn video games into Japanese wood block prints". Polygon.
- ^ "CRAFTS: When in Tokyo, try making a Japanese woodblock print". Mail Online. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
External links
- Woodblock.com David Bull's world of Woodblock Printmaking
- Mokuhankan David's print shop and studio in Tokyo
- Ukiyo-e heroes
- Interview with David Bull on YouTube