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This untitled woodblock print sits within Waltering's body of mokuhanga work developed in Manchester and Salford. Her practice represents one strand of the British contemporary mokuhanga community, which has grown since the early 2000s through institutions such as Hot Bed Press and through the International Mokuhanga Conference, in which Waltering participated at the 2024 Echizen edition. Technically, prints of this kind are produced on [kozo](/glossary/kozo) or kozo-[mitsumata](/glossary/mitsumata) blends, often imported from papermaking regions such as Echizen or from Awagami's mills on Shikoku. Water-based pigments — gouache, [sumi](/glossary/sumi), or specialist mokuhanga colour — are mixed with nori paste on the block before being impressed onto dampened paper with the [baren](/glossary/baren). The result differs visually from oil-based relief printing in its softer edges, capacity for transparent overlays, and integration with the paper surface. Without further title information, the print is best read as an investigation of these material properties.