Untitled

The seventh untitled print in Wozniak's mokuhanga series continues a single sustained inquiry rather than introducing a new subject. The convention of leaving works untitled is consistent with the research orientation of his practice: titling individual prints would impose pictorial readings on works whose interest lies in their material and procedural properties — the carved surface, the absorption of pigment by [washi](/glossary/washi), the registration of overlapping impressions. Wozniak's research into the drawing trail treats the gesture itself as the persistent element across these variations, and the untitled prints function as successive recordings of that gesture under shifting technical conditions. The sustained engagement with mokuhanga since his 2018 residency at the Tokyo University of the Arts places his work within an international community of contemporary practitioners — visible in venues such as the International Mokuhanga Conference — who treat the technique as a living research medium rather than a historical revival. His parallel work in stone and aluminium lithography in Olsztyn provides a comparative frame for these woodblock investigations.