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This untitled print sits within Veitch's mokuhanga practice, in which printing is done by hand with a [baren](/glossary/baren) rather than by press. The baren — a coiled bamboo-leaf disc backed by a stiff core — is rubbed against the back of the dampened paper to transfer pigment from each block. Pressure, angle, and rhythm of the baren stroke directly affect how evenly the color lays down, and edition sizes in mokuhanga are typically small because each impression is individually burnished. Without a title or image, the depicted subject is unknown. Veitch's Kingston-based studio operates within the broader contemporary mokuhanga movement documented by the Mokumap directory, a network maintained by Mokuhanga Magic to map practitioners across regions. His position as one of the rare Caribbean mokuhanga artists is documented through that listing, and his work participates in the wider revival of the technique outside its traditional Japanese context.