Untitled

This untitled print by Idris Veitch reflects the contemplative quality common to contemporary mokuhanga practice. Working from Kingston, Jamaica, Veitch employs the same fundamental tools that have defined the medium since the Edo period — carved cherry or shina blocks, water-based pigments bound with nori paste, [washi](/glossary/washi) paper dampened to receive impressions, and the [baren](/glossary/baren) disc used to apply hand pressure. Each color area requires its own block, and registration is maintained through kentō notches carved into the block edges. The visual result is a print marked by absorbent flatness, soft edges, and the capacity for delicate [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradients that distinguish water-based work from oil-based relief printing. Veitch's body of work, documented through his Mokumap listing in the Mokuhanga Magic network, places him among a small cohort of Caribbean printmakers practicing the technique. The presence of an untitled piece in his catalog signals an artist working within the medium's contemplative international current rather than its more narrative or place-specific strands.