Signed Berkeley Rose Gardens are sold framed only in a 3/4" ebonized (black-stained) walnut hardwood, double acid-free matting and backing, UV filtering acrylic, and hanging hardware. Mat dimensions: 13.5x7.75" Framed dimensions: 18.5x13.25"
Unsigned Berkeley Rose Garden are sold unframed. Unframed print size: 15x11"
Sold Framed Only.
Berkeley California's historic Rose Garden has over 1,500 rose bushes and 250 varieties. It was one of the first Civil Works Progress Projects built under the WPA. Conceived in 1933 and completed in 1937. The terraced amphitheater overlooks the San Francisco Bay and is crowned with a 220 foot pergola, originally conceived by Bernard Maybeck. 
This lovely letterpress print was designed and printed by Yoshiko Yamamoto for The Framer's Workshop's 30th Anniversary in 1977. The print is composed of a view from the Rose Garden's pergola and terraces, to the Bay and San Francisco beyond.
Yoshiko Yamamoto expressed her love and appreciation for this noble herby by hand-carving each 4x10” color block for this beautiful letterpress print. The eye travels up the composition from the roots at the bottom, through the garlic bulbs, stem, and leaves (being discretely manicured by two ladybugs), up to the lavender and purple flowers in the top right corner. Any way you look at it, this magnificent print is a testament not only to garlic but to the skills of the artist. 
Long out of print, we have the last remaining signed and numbered (#246) “Garlic” from the original edition of 280. We’ve framed it with a slim 3/4” ebonized (blackened) walnut hardwood, with a dark grey solid-core (no white bevel) acid-free mat. It is glazed with UV filtering acrylic, backed with an acid-free foam core, and finished with hanging hardware. 
Yoshiko Yamamoto is one of the premier block printers in the Arts and Crafts style. 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 (lead type for example) 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 a revival in letterpress printing. Yoshiko Yamamoto uses all of these methods, from woodblocks, linoleum blocks, to photopolymer plates.