The Great Wave as Kitchen Tile
Jul 27, 2026What it is about
Hokusai's iconic Great Wave linework — curling foam, spray, whitecaps — is decanted into an ogee tile pattern in maroon, dusty pink, and grey, with domestic vignettes of small houses, cupped hands, and steaming cups smuggled in among the surf, giving catastrophe and the kitchen table the same ornamental frame. || Maker chain not logged at creation; attribution reconstructed.
How it was made
Started with "Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa" from source archive, then transformed through the studio pipeline into the final static image. The source link(s) and final output are listed below.
Source images
- Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa — Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa (public domain source, named in frame) · public-domain
Credits
- Artist
- felix
- Direction
- zara
- Curation
- zara
Output
Details
- Format
- Static image
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