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Our Fortieth Year Celebration was a rousing success! We want to thank all of you who attended and shared this special occasion with us.
During the event, Yoshiko demonstrated her printing techniques, inviting participants to experience direct, hands-on, print making. Photos from the event can be found on our
Facebook Page.
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In this Newsletter:
- Introduction
- Golden Gate - Summer Fog, new triptych by Yoshiko Yamamoto
- The Campanile. Yoshiko Yamamoto's tribute to Berkeley and the Campanile's Centennial
- Yoshiko Yamamoto 2018 Letterpress Printed Desktop Calendar
- Rigel Stuhmiler 2018 Calendars
- Frame of The Month
- Why Our Digital Restoration is Different
- FaceBook Photos from our 40th Anniversary Celebration
- San Francisco Open Studios
- Click-through to your monthly member special offer
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Golden Gate - Summer Fog
Yoshiko Yamamoto's NEW Triptych Depicting The Golden Gate Bridge & Patches of Summer Fog
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In a recent blog post, Yoshiko writes about her fascination with the Golden Gate Bridge:
Why do we all love the San Francisco landmark Golden Gate Bridge? Is it its graceful design of the suspension bridge? Or its famous warm red paint color? Or the astonishing turquoise color of the Golden Gate Strait?
To me it's all about the fog. Sometimes it wafts in gently from the Pacific, other times totally engulfing and completely obscuring the view of the bridge. Yes, it makes for chilly summer mornings in San Francisco. But I love the fog in San Francisco.
Especially as artist I'm fascinated by fog. Without the famous fog, the bridge looks naked and sad, losing symmetry. The bridge becomes whole with the fog and I'm totally obsessed by its interplay with the landscape.
Letterpress-printed, using fourteen blocks on 100% cotton paper in a signed and numbered limited Edition of 220. Mat size: 15.5" x 29.5"
- $240. Framed with a Dard Hunter Quarter Sawn Oak Frame: 21.25" x 36.5" - $470. Both available
ONLINE and in our shop.
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The Campanile
Yoshiko Yamamoto's Tribute to Berkeley & Sather Tower's Centennial
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Sather Tower, the beloved landmark of University of California Berkeley (a.k.a "The Campanile") celebrates its 100th year this year. Designed by John Galen Howard, the architect responsible for the overall Beaux-Art-style campus, the Campanile was built on a central axis overlooking the sweeping view of the San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate.
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Above: Architect John Galen Howard (left)
& UC Berkeley donor Jane K. Sather (right)
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Sather Tower is named after its benefactress, Jane K. Sather, who bequeathed $225,000 for the project, just months before her death in 1911. Begun in 1913, the cornerstone was put in place March 1914 and the tower opened to visitors, paying 10ยข each, in March 1916.
The Campanile's bells left England in 1916, delayed a full year due to risk of attack to British cargo ships during WW!, and arrived in San Francisco later that year. The bells reached Berkeley 100 years ago this month, October 1917. Comprising a carillon of fewer than 23 bells, they were first played by a student at a Cal-Washington football game, November 3, 1917.
As a graduate of UC Berkeley, Yoshiko Yamamoto remembers the years of intense study, heavy backpacks filled with books, and the wondrous sound of the campanile. She writes,
"This Campanile print is my tribute to the memory of those creative days in Berkeley and our beautiful Campanile!"
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The Campanile print is letterpress-printed, using thirteen hand-carved blocks on 100% cotton paper. Yoshiko displayed proofs of these thirteen blocks during our 40th Anniversary Celebration (see below) The print is a signed and numbered edition of 240 prints. Matted size: 12" x 18" $95 or framed in either a Dard Hunter Quarter Sawn Oak frame: 15" x 22.5" or an Ebonized Walnut frame: 13.75" x 19.5" $285. Available
ONLINE or in our shop.
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Yoshiko Yamamoto 2018 Calendars
Letterpress Printed Desk Calendar
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Yoshiko Yamamoto's 2018 Desktop Calendar features 12 wildflower images adapted from her hand-carved linoleum blocks to brighten your desk year-round! She used sumptuous 100%-cotton card stock "Crane's Lettra", an ideal paper for printing with crisp deep impressions.
Only 650 copies were printed on her 1940's Vanderbook printing press. Dard Hunter Studios in Ohio handpicked white oak to make the accompanying simple, elegant oak stand. Available for purchase in our shop
and online.
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Rigel Stuhmiller 2018 Calendars
Letterpress Desktop and Offset Wall Calendars Now Available
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Berkeley artist,
RIgel Stuhmiller's 2018 Bird and Gardens Letterpress Desktop Calendar (above) features 12 illustrations of birds in botanical settings. Letterpress printed on fine paper in an incredible 12 colors, this calendar gives you 12 pieces of rotating art for your desktop. Measuring approximately 4.75" x 5.5", the clear acrylic case opens easily to become the calendar's stand. $25 in our shop + $5 S&H when
purchased online.
Rigel Stuhmiller's 2018 Offset Printed Wall Calendar (below) features a different set of 12 illustrations of birds in gardens. The calendar is sturdily constructed with a spiral bind and a built-in hanger. The large 11" x 17" image size provides bright and beautiful artwork for your wall all year long. $26 in our shop + $5 S&H when
purchased online.
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Frame of the Month
Oversize Civil War Era US Flag
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Dana and Lee show off this full sized Civil War Era American Flag, framed in a contemporary matt white Roma moulding to suit the owner's minimalist entryway decor. The flag was placed on a slightly off-white linen fabric that had been stretched over a padded base, covered with unbleached muslin over acid-free board, and adhered to wood stretcher supports. The flag itself is adhered to the backing using only four stitches and relies on pressure to hold it in place. Optium Museum Acrylic glazing assures anti-reflective transparency and UV protection. The framed flag is 60" x 100".
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Restoration of the Month
What makes our digital restoration different?
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As the Graphics Manager of The Framer's Workshop, I take a personal interest in all my projects. When it comes to digital restoration, I do some of the work myself, in-house. However, some restoration projects are either so time consuming or require special skills, making it more cost effective to upload them to a site that specializes in restoration work.
The problem is that what comes back may not be completely satisfactory. The two children's photos above are an example. The flesh and clothing color looked good but the background color was made a bright 'cotton candy' pink. I knew this wasn't what the customer was hoping for so I readjusted the background color to a more neutral lavender-blue. I almost always fine tune or modify the restored image files in order to give our clients the best possible outcome.
If you have a special restoration or other graphics related project needing my personal attention, I'm usually in the shop Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Or feel free to call and make an appointment: 510-849-4444.
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40th Anniversary Party Photos
Find and Tag Yourself on Facebook!
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Guests gathered for food and drink, and enjoyed the unveiling of Yoshiko Yamamoto's new prints. Some took pictures in our photo booth, and many enjoyed Yoshiko's demonstration of her printing techniques and even had fun participating in the process. More photos
HERE.
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San Francisco Open Studios
Five Weekends of Art
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ARTSPAN presents San Francisco Open Studios, 2017. Five weekends of art in the city. Above, a panoramic display of a few examples of the over 800 artists participating in this year's SFOS. The Open Studios Guide can be found by clicking
HERE.
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Click The Picture Below for This Month's
Newsletter Subscriber Special Offer.
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About The Framer's Workshop
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We're here to help
with all your framing needs!
Kirstie Bennett, Jeffrey Goldberg
& Chelsea Bennett Whitney
Co-Owners
The Framer's Workshop
& The Framer's Outlet
The Framer's Workshop
(510) 849-4444
2439 Channing Way at Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94704
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