Untitled

This untitled woodblock print follows the conventions of contemporary American mokuhanga: small to medium format, water-based pigments, hand-printed without mechanical press. Fisher carves blocks from cherry or shina wood, applies pigment mixed with rice paste using brushes called hake, and transfers the image to dampened [washi](/glossary/washi) using a [baren](/glossary/baren) — a flat hand tool whose circular movements leave subtle impressions visible in the finished print. The serial untitled designation in Fisher's catalogue reflects an editioning practice in which related prints function as a body of work rather than as discrete narrative pieces. This approach has roots in the Sōsaku Hanga movement of early twentieth-century Japan, where artists rejected the division of labor between designer, carver, and printer that had defined commercial [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e), instead taking on every step themselves. Fisher's Toledo, Ohio, studio continues this self-printed tradition, and his work circulates through Midwestern galleries, regional juried exhibitions, and the international mokuhanga community.