Untitled

This untitled print is one in a sequence of works by Idris Veitch, a mokuhanga artist based in Kingston, Jamaica. The print would have been made using the standard mokuhanga apparatus — carved wooden blocks, water-soluble pigments thickened with rice paste, hand application of color with hake brushes, and impressions taken with a [baren](/glossary/baren) onto dampened [washi](/glossary/washi). The water-based nature of the medium produces a particular visual signature: pigment absorbs into the paper rather than sitting on its surface, producing soft transitions and the possibility of multilayered translucency that artists exploit through repeated impressions and [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradients. Veitch's listing in the Mokuhanga Magic Mokumap directory reflects his participation in an international community of practitioners that has grown rapidly in the past two decades. His presence in Jamaica makes him a notable addition to that community, since the Caribbean has historically had limited engagement with Japanese woodblock traditions; his ongoing output documents one of the medium's newer geographic frontiers.