YouTube video series
... supplementary material ...
Hokusai's 'Great Wave' : the production process
In early 2015, woodblock printmaking Dave Bull undertook to make a new reproduction of the iconic 'Great Wave' design by Katsushika Hokusai.
He documented the process in a series of videos - collected here - and this page contains some supplementary images to accompany one of those videos (The Great Wave - Part 3).
The images presented in the video ...
Bottom left corner - Metropolitan copy, showing area repaired after worm damage.
Bottom left corner - Early Showa Takamizawa reproduction
Metropolitan copy - left boats (no hand-painting)
Metropolitan copy - right boats (with hand-painting)
Metropolitan copy - painted boat areas ...
Metropolitan copy - painted boat areas ...
Metropolitan copy - painted boat areas ...
Metropolitan copy - blue dot smear from woodblock ...
Takamizawa copy - general view of waves (three blocks for the blues)
Modern copy - general view of waves (four blocks for the blues)
Metropolitan copy ...
Takamizawa copy ...
Modern copy ...
Metropolitan copy ...
Takamizawa copy ...
Modern copy ...
