Project Information
Hokusai's "Great Wave" is probably one of the most famous woodblock prints of the early 19th century. Thought I would give it a try in marquetry. I used the double bevel technique and thicker (3/32") veneers-primarily white sycamore, ipe, some elm and maple. The thicker, hand bandsawn, veneers made the project much easier to accomplish since the bevel angle was only 4 degrees or so, making it easier to get tighter tolerances on the close wave "finger" spacings. I used a sliver of deep blue colored, stabilized buckeye burl pen blank material for the wave crest. To create the details in the wave, I used a woodburning tool with a needle point-much easier than trying to inlay fine lines everywhere.
