[ASMR] A full day of carving - "New York at Dawn" Part One

Carving a Hiroshi Yoshida design for our June print. Our May and other woodblock prints are available below:
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www.brandonjohnsonstudio.com
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My name is Brandon Johnson and I am an 'artist' outside of Chicago, IL. I work in a variety of mediums including painting, drawing, etc, however within the last year or so I have caught the printmaking bug. Rarely has a day gone by over the last year and a bit without either designing, carving, or printing.
This video is documenting the production of a project that I have been working on during the month of May 2024. It is a reproduction of an old Hiroshi Yoshida print, designed at the turn of the century of New York City. This print marks a bit of a departure for me, leaving behind the more classical Ukiyo-e inspired prints, and diving fulling into a full fledged shin-hangar print. For that reason alone, I am terrified that it will take a great deal more to get to a final print than I would expect. It is difficult to figure out the color separations on this design, so I have no idea just how many blocks I will end up carving.
In this video we will look at the up close carving of the key block for this print. I have always thought that this and the printing process are the two most captivating parts of the process. The quiet chipping away of the cherry wood block and the slight sounds of the block shifting as we move through the process. I don't really like to put the asmr in the title, but it is ultimately the best way to describe this. Soundscape would be more appropriate, as it is the peaceful sounds that make up the average day of work on a wood block. Take a look as we move through different techniques.
Subsequent videos in the series will be about color blocks, proofing, and printing.
I hope everyone enjoys, as it has been a while since the last time I put together a full video like this.
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[@zuescantdie]

CZcams did me dirty there is a video and no notification !!

[@justinmorgan2126]

Nice, reminds me of David Bull a bit.

[@howdoyoulive211]

Thank you so much! If it wasn't for him, I don't imagine in a hundred years I would have started learning to do this.