Untitled

This untitled print is part of Pittman's body of mokuhanga work, the water-based woodblock method distinguished from Western relief printing by its use of nori paste, pigment, and dampened [washi](/glossary/washi) rather than oil-based inks. The absence of a title is consistent with a contemporary mode of mokuhanga practice that treats the print as an autonomous object rather than an illustration of subject matter. Technical considerations specific to the medium include grain registration on the block, the layering of multiple impressions to build chromatic depth, and the controlled moisture levels of paper and pigment that allow [bokashi](/glossary/bokashi) gradients to form without hard edges. Pittman's selection for the 2024 IMC Americas juried exhibition in Echizen — a town historically associated with washi production — connects this work to a venue where the material and technical traditions of the medium are actively studied. The print contributes to the documentation of mokuhanga as it is practiced outside Japan in the early twenty-first century.