Work by

"Work by" appears to be a cataloguing caption rather than a given title, indicating a print attributed only to the artist. Waltering's mokuhanga is informed by her dual practice as a photographer and as an educator at Hot Bed Press, Salford. Hot Bed Press has been active in introducing British printmakers to mokuhanga through workshops led by visiting Japanese practitioners and resident tutors. Technically, contemporary British mokuhanga of this kind typically employs shina plywood blocks, water-based pigment bound with nori, and [kozo](/glossary/kozo) [washi](/glossary/washi) dampened to a controlled moisture level before printing. Multiple impressions from successive blocks, each registered against [kento](/glossary/kento) marks, build up the final image. Waltering's training in Communication Design (her MA from Manchester Metropolitan, 2002) is also legible in her sense of compositional structure. The piece belongs to a body of work that bridges traditional Japanese technique with contemporary British studio practice.