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As I've said before, I am a Hokusai nut. I absolutely love those 18th century woodblock prints from the great master Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) showing the force of nature and the beauty of Mt. Fuji.
Here is a jewelry box which encompasses 4 of Hokusai's masterpieces, created in marquetry. The inside is fitted with 2 sliding trays lined with Japanese washi paper.
The four panels include:
Top Lid-"The Great Wave off Kanagawa", from the series "36 Views of Mount Fuji"
Front Panel-"Fuji Seen from the Sea" from the series "100 Views of Mt. Fuji"
Left Panel-"Inume Pass in the Kai Province" from the series "36 Views of Mount Fuji"
Right Panel-"Umegawa in Sagami Province" from the series "36 Views of Mount Fuji"
Here's a list of the woods and materials that I used for this box: big leaf quilted maple, fiddleback mahogany, American holly, Chechen rosewood, Hawaiian koa, maple, buckeye burl, poplar, ebony, birch, spalted quilted maple, precious & semiprecious crushed stones (malachite, azurite & turquoise), acrylics and pyrography.
Here is a jewelry box which encompasses 4 of Hokusai's masterpieces, created in marquetry. The inside is fitted with 2 sliding trays lined with Japanese washi paper.
The four panels include:
Top Lid-"The Great Wave off Kanagawa", from the series "36 Views of Mount Fuji"
Front Panel-"Fuji Seen from the Sea" from the series "100 Views of Mt. Fuji"
Left Panel-"Inume Pass in the Kai Province" from the series "36 Views of Mount Fuji"
Right Panel-"Umegawa in Sagami Province" from the series "36 Views of Mount Fuji"
Here's a list of the woods and materials that I used for this box: big leaf quilted maple, fiddleback mahogany, American holly, Chechen rosewood, Hawaiian koa, maple, buckeye burl, poplar, ebony, birch, spalted quilted maple, precious & semiprecious crushed stones (malachite, azurite & turquoise), acrylics and pyrography.