Three original unsigned miniature letterpress prints (Rabbits, Mice, and Dragonflies) by our production partner, Yoshiko Yamamoto. Only one set is available framed as shown with acid-free solid-core matting, foam core backing, and UV filtering anti-glare  Optium Museum™ acrylic glazing. Framed in a 3-opening Dard Hunter quarter-sawn oak frame. Outside dimensions: approximately 13.25 x 18.25"
Yoshiko Yamamoto is a premier block printer who has merged the aesthetic of Japan's Edo period with the style of post-industrial England's Arts and Crafts Movement. Yamamoto's block prints are letterpress printed using hand-cut blocks on acid-free paper.
Letterpress printing is a relief print process. The printed image is produced by a raised surface (originally lead movable type) being inked and then impressed onto a sheet of paper. These raised surfaces have historically been anything from woodcuts to wood engravings, from linocuts to typefaces. Over the past several years, a new type of plate made from photopolymer has contributed to the revival of letterpress printing. Yoshiko Yamamoto uses all these methods, from wood and linoleum block to photopolymer plates.