The Great Wave

A gallery curated by emusing-emma | 18 photos | 1,510 views | 22 comments

Wonderful pieces of art and design based on or reminiscent of the famous Japanese woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai.

a small great wave, embroidery completed by kleio's belly

Levi's Hokusai - Great Wave by Dan-Unitt

The final collaborative painting by renmeleon

My first art purchase by The Man in Blue

The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Home made papercraft by <batmkana>

Hokusai's Great Wave (Purple) Bkgd by Wakuda

Nara-Fuji Road / Detail II by steveartist

Photoetched steel bookmark | Japanese Woodblock by madcrow

Great wave off Kanagawa by goran konjevod

a small great wave, embroidery…

by kleio's belly

emusing-emma says: This lovely little embroidery really captures the spirit of the wave.

The great wave of mikimono

by MiKiMoNo

emusing-emma says: So cool, so cute, so creative!

Levi's Hokusai - Great Wave

by Dan-Unitt

Waving not Drowning

by Nice Try Zia

emusing-emma says: Her hair and the flowers look amazing against this mural.

Hokusai

by patrik_entian

emusing-emma says: Simple but effective.

The final collaborative painting

by renmeleon

emusing-emma says: A collaboration between the wonderful renmeleon and her young daughter.

My first art purchase

by The Man in Blue

emusing-emma says: I love Kozyndan's work, and this one is probably my favourite.

Camberwell Hokusai

by amjamjazz

The Great Wave off Kanagawa - Home…

by <batmkana>

Hokusai's Great Wave (Purple) Bkgd

by Wakuda

emusing-emma says: This is not the finished picture, but I actually really like it like this - the texture really shows up well.

sydney

by Vincent Casey

emusing-emma says: Cool mural with the Great Wave and other aspects of Japan.

Moly-X13 Zaza 01 close-up

by szaza

emusing-emma says: I don't know if this was inspired by the Great Wave, but it always reminds me of it.

Nara-Fuji Road / Detail II

by steveartist

emusing-emma says: I love Miffy so much, so I just had to add this!

Photoetched steel bookmark |…

by madcrow

emusing-emma says: Lovely bookmark, and I bet it would work as a paper embossing stencil too!

Wave

by What What

emusing-emma says: Lovely piece of street art.

The Great Wave

by Dutchroth

emusing-emma says: Beautiful frosty wave - well spotted!

Great Wave 2.0

by Wakuda

emusing-emma says: Love all the swirls and flowers against the simple background.

Great wave off Kanagawa

by goran konjevod

emusing-emma says: So simple yet so effective!

Comments on this gallery

	dreamyshade says: ooh! my neighborhood has two of these: an apartment building and a coffee shop. Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	madcrow says: wonderful gallery, I've also one: www.flickr.com/photos/barking-madcrow/2169218747/in/set-7... Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	emusing-emma says: Thanks for those - I particularly like the apartment building. When it comes to be time to repaint my shed, I think I may attempt the Wave! Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	MiKiMoNo says: Great gallery, thanks for including my great wave! Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	uvari photos says: Awesome series Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	prondis_in_kenya says: Beautiful gallery -- an inspiration! Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	kleio's belly says: love this gallery! all of the pieces are so unique, I would be hard-pressed to pick a favorite. Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	ALI ROS says: Unique gallery Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	Venus Oak says: cool gallery..... Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	yeoldeblackhippie says: beautiful Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	emusing-emma says: Thanks everyone for your comments. I've found the images really inspiring - I'll be uploading something soon that they inspired! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	emusing-emma says: Here's a link to my finished project based on the wave: www.flickr.com/photos/emusing-emma/4033957785/ And an older one that I just uploaded: www.flickr.com/photos/emusing-emma/4040138113/ It's such a beautiful, powerful and iconic image - it's not surprising that so many of us are inspired by it! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	nayad3 says: very original! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	Quang Tín says: tuyệt Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	vip223 says: this is a great gallery :) here is another variation you might like Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	Mornby says: Lovely idea for a gallery. Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	Marco Pompei says: Amazing gallery! Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	Jen's Photography says: Wonderful idea for a Gallery! Lovely! Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	uber luciano gatti says: meravigliosa!!! Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	Monique Farias says: This painting is amazing, it's my fav! Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	johnpaddler says: Such a lovely gallery. Well done! Posted 2 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	<batmkana> says: Thanks for adding me in your expo Posted 5 days ago. ( permalink )

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The Great Wave

A gallery curated by emusing-emma | 18 photos | 1,510 views | 22 comments

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