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This untitled print belongs to Veitch's mokuhanga output, produced in Kingston using the Japanese water-based woodblock technique. Mokuhanga construction layers separately carved blocks, each pulled in sequence on dampened [washi](/glossary/washi) to build up the image color by color. [Bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradations — the soft tonal transitions characteristic of the medium — are produced by brushing water onto the block before applying pigment, so the color fades across an area without a hard edge. Water-based pigments mixed with a small amount of rice paste behave differently from oil-based inks, sinking into the paper fibers rather than sitting on the surface and leaving a matte, absorbed quality. Without a title or visible image, the specific subject cannot be identified. Veitch's listing in the Mokumap directory maintained by Mokuhanga Magic places him within an international network of practitioners, and his Caribbean base distinguishes him from the historically Japan-centered geography of the medium.