New Impressions, an international, juried exhibition to showcase exploration and creativity with letterpress printing techniques, is now in its 9th year. The 2024 call for entries attracted 192 diverse submissions from over 90 artists around the globe. The works selected for the exhibit were created by artists from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Italy, Japan, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States. 

The letterpress techniques on display range from historic to nontraditional, and include—but are not limited to—the techniques highlighted here. Specific examples are used to illustrate each technique (scroll past the list of techniques). Many of the works in the exhibit contain multiple letterpress techniques, beyond those highlighted here. 

• Photo polymer plates
• Stitching and fabric-printed forms
• Wood and metal type
• Nontraditional substrates
• Letterpress + other printing methods
• Ornaments and/or geometric forms
• Hand-carved or drawn elements
• Disassembly/re-assembly/collage
• Letterforms as imagery
• Masking

New Impressions 2024 is on display at Hamilton through September 28, and then travels to other locations (in process of being confirmed). View the exhibit in our online gallery.  

Examples of exhibition works using photo polymer plates
BELOW LEFT: Allen's Hummingbird by Rebecca Chamlee;
RIGHT: Heartbeat by Aya Masumoto

 

Examples of exhibition works using stitching and fabric-printed forms
BELOW LEFT: Soft Fascination by Maddy Underwood;
RIGHT: Untitled by Ingrid Ankerson

 

Examples of exhibition works using wood and metal type
BELOW LEFT: Fluornaments by Fireater Letterpress;
RIGHT: THANKS (2023) by Amy E. Redmond

 

BELOW LEFT: 2024 New Year card by Lynne Avadenka;
RIGHT: Olga triptych (3 of 3) by Vida Sačić

 

Examples of exhibition works using nontraditional substrates
BELOW LEFT: Feelin' Squiggly by Ulterior Press;
RIGHT: Quilt #3 by Emily L Hunt

 

BELOW LEFT:  P - Plastic. Part of the Activist Alphabet Series by Christine Felce;
RIGHT:   What We Have Left [Oak Tree Trunk = Black] by Jennifer Miller

 

BELOW LEFT: Return to Nature by Olivia Childress

Examples of exhibition works using letterpress + other printing methods
BELOW LEFT: Teardrop by Christa Carleton;
RIGHT: We Are the Ones... by Evelyn Davis-Walker

BELOW LEFT: OMG by Lauren Cardenas;
RIGHT: BR20+ by Henrique Nardi

 

BELOW LEFT: Range Plants of Southern Utah by Allison Ipson;
RIGHT: Pop It! by Ben Blount

 

Examples of exhibition works using ornaments and/or geometric forms
BELOW LEFT: Moire Turbine Flower by Christopher B. Moore;
RIGHT: Field Day Chicago Flag by Jennifer Farrell

 

BELOW LEFT: Ampersand CMY by Philip Treble;
RIGHT: Mandolin by Cory Wasnewsky;

 

BELOW LEFT: Symmetric/Circular I by Mike Sonnichsen;
RIGHT: Pandora's Petri Dish by Elizabeth Fraser

 

BELOW LEFT: Tipoteca Etna by Frank Baseman;
RIGHT: Counterbalance by Kim Bentley;

 

BELOW LEFT: The Sea Creatures by Ryleigh Leon;
RIGHT: Printopia by Tipos en su tinta

Examples of exhibition works incorporating hand-carved or drawn elements
BELOW LEFT: Bagel Story by Christy Nesja;
RIGHT: I am Heart Wearing the Skin of a Human by Julie Russell-Steuart

 

BELOW LEFT: Palimpsest by Marcos Mello & Claudio Gil;
RIGHT: Hattie, The Matriarch Series by Katherine Fries

 

Examples of exhibition works incorporating disassembly/re-assembly/collage 

BELOW LEFT: Broken Images by Maggie Liesch Koss;
RIGHT: Papel Azulejo by Jessica Spring

 

BELOW LEFT: Dysphoria Typographica: Study No 2 by William Whitley;
RIGHT: Mending our Libraries by Naomi S. Velasquez

 

BELOW LEFT: Just press play by Heavy Rotations

Examples of exhibition works using letterforms as imagery
BELOW LEFT: My Dear Friend (State Proof 1/2) by Leslie Nichols;
RIGHT: Self Portrait (IT'S ONLY INK ON PAPER!) by Christopher A Trejo

 

Examples of exhibition works using masking
BELOW LEFT: TransAction by Felix Zyrna and Catherine Alice Michaelis-Zyrna;
RIGHT: typographic manifesto, in short. by Jack Derickson

 

BELOW LEFT: Comma Splice No. 4 by David Wolske