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 8).
The images presented in the video ...
Metropolitan copy, showing uncut 'dot' in foam blob:
The same area on the British Museum print:
Metropolitan copy, showing uncut lower layer in foam blob:
The same area on the British Museum print:
Metropolitan copy, showing wavery lines on calligraphy box:
The same area on the British Museum print:
Met and BM copies - side by side calligraphy comparison ...
Met and BM copies - side by side calligraphy comparison ...
Met and BM copies - side by side calligraphy comparison ...
Met and BM copies - side by side carving comparison ...
Met and BM copies - side by side carving comparison ...
Met and BM copies - side by side carving comparison ...
