Untitled

This third untitled print continues Idris Veitch's engagement with mokuhanga, the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock practice distinguished from Western relief printing by its use of nori paste mixed into the pigment and a baren rather than a press. Untitled works in contemporary mokuhanga frequently emphasize the qualities the medium handles distinctively — soft tonal transitions achieved through [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi), the absorbency of kozo or gampi-fiber washi, and the cumulative registration of multiple blocks. Veitch's listing in the Mokumap directory maintained by Mokuhanga Magic situates this print within an international network of practitioners that now extends across Europe, the Americas, Australia, and the Caribbean. His Kingston studio represents one of the few documented sites of mokuhanga production in the Caribbean, and prints such as this one — released without descriptive titles — reflect a practice oriented toward the technical and material vocabulary of the medium rather than toward the named subjects ([bijin-ga](/glossary/bijin-ga), [meisho-e](/glossary/meisho-e), [kacho-e](/glossary/kacho-e)) that organized the historical [ukiyo-e](/glossary/ukiyo-e) canon.