Later metal presses used a knuckle and lever arrangement instead of the screw, but the principle was the same. He also invented a wooden printing press, based on the extant wine press, where the type surface was inked with leather covered ink balls and paper laid carefully on top by hand, then slid under a padded surface and pressure applied from above by a large threaded screw. In the Song Dynasty, BiSheng(毕昇) first invented movable type printing in China.In about 1440, Johannes Gutenberg is credited with the invention of modern movable type printing from individually cast, reusable letters set together in a form (frame or chase). Printer operating a Gutenberg-style screw press In the 21st century, commercial letterpress has been revived by the use of 'water-wash' photopolymer plates that are adhered to a near-type-high base to produce a relief printing surface typically from digitally-rendered art and typography. In addition to the direct impression of inked movable type onto paper or another receptive surface, letterpress is also the direct impression of inked printmaking blocks such as photo-etched zinc 'cuts' (plates), linoleum blocks, wood engravings, etc., using such a press. It was the normal form of printing text from its invention by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century until the 19th century and remained in wide use for books and other uses until the second half of the 20th century. 100% of proceeds are divided equally: half go to scholarships for drug and alcohol treatment for young adults at the Caron Foundation, and half go to college art scholarships for students from Governor Mifflin High School and/or at Montserrat College of Art.Letterpress printing is relief printing of text and image using a press with a 'type-high bed' printing press and movable type, in which a reversed, raised surface is inked and then pressed into a sheet of paper to obtain a positive right-reading image.Chinese first invented movable type. Original artist signature is printed, and each print is numbered and signed by the printer.ĪLB Limited Edition letterpress prints are exclusively available from the Amos Lemon Burkhart estate collection.

Two-color prints were made slowly and patiently at Lead Graffiti Letterpress, hand pulled by Ann Morgan Lemon on a Vandercoook SP15 press. The plate for this print was made from a direct scan of the original, signed, micron drawing by Amos Lemon Burkhart in 2015. This limited Edition letterpress print was printed with custom mixed red and black Van Son ink on bright white 100% Flurry Cotton paper. Posted on instagram account on September 24, 2015. The black bicycle girl was drawn first, then red radiating lines were completed, without the use of a straight edge (by eye). The drawing was made freehand, without a pencil underlayer, and was completed in about 15 minutes. Balanced is a limited edition fine print, hand pulled on a vintage Vandercook press with a deep, textured embossment on heavyweight 100% cotton paper.īalanced was a sketch made with red and black Micron pens by Amos Lemon Burkhart in 2015.

Letterpress prints