Untitled

The final print in Kenal's group of eight untitled mokuhanga from the MI-LAB 2024 Basic Training Program A. Across this set, the consistent absence of titles, the shared production context in Echizen, and the program's structured curriculum suggest a coherent residency portfolio rather than discrete editioned works developed for exhibition. International artists at MI-LAB return to their home studios with the practical knowledge to continue practising mokuhanga independently — sourcing kozo washi, water-based pigments, baren, and Japanese carving tools through specialist suppliers — and many alumni go on to develop substantial bodies of work over years following the residency. As a Canadian participant in 2024, Kenal joins a network of North American mokuhanga artists whose practice has expanded in parallel with the International Mokuhanga Conference, founded in 2011. This eighth print, like its untitled counterparts, is best understood as a moment in that longer trajectory: the documentation of a specific artist's first sustained encounter with one of the world's oldest continuous printmaking traditions.