Untitled

This untitled woodblock print by Idris Veitch is executed in the mokuhanga tradition, the water-based Japanese printing technique that uses pigment, rice paste (nori), and a [baren](/glossary/baren) to burnish impressions onto absorbent [washi](/glossary/washi). Without a descriptive title, the work invites attention to its material qualities — the particular tooth of the paper, the soft bleed of [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations where pigment is brushed onto the block in graded tones, and the registration marks ([kento](/glossary/kento)) that align successive color blocks. Veitch's position as a Kingston-based practitioner places this print within the contemporary global mokuhanga movement, which has spread well beyond Japan through workshops, residencies, and international networks. As one of the few documented Caribbean mokuhanga artists in the Mokumap directory, his output represents a geographic outlier in a tradition historically rooted in Edo and Kyoto ateliers, and untitled works in his practice tend to function as exercises in the medium itself rather than as illustrations of named subjects.