New Star

At 43 × 35 cm, this print is more compact than its 2025 companions 'en' and 'wa,' suggesting an intimate scale appropriate to its subject — likely a single luminous form or cosmic motif drawn from the title's reference to a stellar body. Working in his characteristic combination of etching, aquatint, and drypoint, Naganuma can render gradient transitions of celestial light through aquatint's controlled tonal grounds, while etched and drypoint marks establish points of brightness or radial structure. The bracketed designation '[New Star]' in the CWAJ catalogue indicates a working title rather than a finalized one, a status not uncommon for prints completed close to a show's submission deadline. As the third Naganuma work in the 2025 CWAJ Print Show — an unusual concentration for any single artist within the catalogue — it rounds out a presentation that establishes his hybrid intaglio approach. Born 1998 in Nagano, Naganuma is among the youngest Japanese printmakers circulating through CWAJ, and the smaller format here demonstrates that his technical range extends across scales.