Drift

Drift presents an abstract composition built from layered mokuhanga impressions overlaid with silkscreen and intaglio passes, the surface registering the slow accumulation of distinct print processes on [washi](/glossary/washi). Plant-based pigments — likely indigo, madder, or walnut hull derivatives — yield muted, low-saturation tones that resist the optical aggression of synthetic inks. [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradients drawn through [baren](/glossary/baren) pressure suggest currents of air or water moving across the sheet, dispersing pigment without hard contour. The intaglio layer introduces incised line and plate-tone where the relief blocks leave broad fields, producing a tactile counterpoint to mokuhanga's flatness. Drift sits within Jung's ongoing investigation of hybrid print idioms, where Japanese water-based woodblock convention encounters the chemical and gestural vocabularies of Western intaglio and screen process. The work belongs to a body of practice that has, over the last decade, brought Jung's prints into the orbit of the Japanese international print biennials, where mokuhanga continues to be evaluated against both traditional and experimental criteria.