@quiltoniquilts has created another masterpiece! This art quilt reimagines "The Great Wave" in her pixelated process.
The Great Wave off Kanagawa is a woodblock print by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo period of Japanese history.
With a wave this big, there has to be a very turbulent atmosphere - represented here with a very swirly background.
Mount Fuji is represented in the work, as well as three boats. If you look carefully at the boats, you can also see the rowers heads.
Toni faithfully recreated all the major components of the quilt, including the printed area near the top left.
Here is the back - whirls, swirls, pebbles/bubbles, blocks, and the beadboard border.
Toni is a Bernette ambassador so naturally this quilt was quilted on my Bernina Q24 longarm, completely handguided and ruler work stitching. The next few photos are while the quilt was still on the frame.
Whirly, swirly background. All of the white areas in the "Wave" have pebbles representing the frothy, bubbly, foamy parts of waves.
This is a really big quilt! 90" x 65". The Quilters Apothecary marking ruler shows the scale of the quilt and piecing.
The rulers for working on this quilt - Lisa Calle's ProLine 2, Quilters Apothecary Mystical Ditcher that fits so nicely in my hand and their arc ruler.
The background in progess.
If you made it this far in the post, you deserve a reward! This image came across my socials while I was working on the quilt. Love it!!
We used Hobbs 80/20 batting, and stitched with Glide Warm Grey 4 and Glide Ginger threads.