Posted by Dave Bull on March 29, 2011 [Permalink]

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A quick progress update: carver Sato-san dropped over here a few days ago (riding his scooter all the way out from town!), and we got him all set up. He and I went over the image, deciding how to approach the carving, and he went back home with some blank blocks in his carry-bags, along with the hanshita printout.

I talked to him on the phone last night, and he has already completed one of the prints, and is cutting away steadily on the next. He's a bit concerned about whether his work will be up to my 'standards', but I'm sure the job will be OK (if only because he is being closely supervised by the experienced carver Asaka-san).

I've arranged with the two of them to give me a call on a convenient day later this week, and I'll be going over there to shoot some photos and video of him working on this project. I'll be doing the same with Tetsui-san the printer too, as I think this sort of documentation will be of great interest to onlookers (and potential collectors, of course!).

More later ... for now, I can leave a quick link to the Mokuhankan catalogue page where this print set will be available for ordering later. (Plan is to open up for orders once we get the first proof copies off the blocks for scanning).

This thread continues here ...

 

Added by: Marc Kahn on March 29, 2011, 10:59 pm

Added by: Dave on March 29, 2011, 11:25 pm

 

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