Title: HOPE
Year: 2021
Artist: Amy Redmond
Size: 6 x 8 inches
HOPE is a limited edition letterpress print produced as part of Hope is Action, a collaborative project by American designers initiated to inspire action, new ways of thinking, and new ways of being.
This handset metal type composition uses layering to redefine characters — mostly from the typeface Huxley Vertical — as new letterforms, creating a dynamic abstraction of the word HOPE.
The type glyphs used in this print are I U : 7
Designed, typeset & letterpress printed by Amy Redmond in 4 passes on a Colt’s Armory platen press.
- The “Hope is Action” project was co-produced by The Printing Museum, Ladies of Letterpress, and Partners in Print.
Amada Press is the private letterpress studio of Seattle visual artist and designer Amy Redmond. The main focus of her work is on handset typography using metal and wood type. Amy offers letterpress classes for beginning and advanced students through Partners in Print and teaches typography at the School of Visual Concepts. Her professional design work can be viewed on AmyRedmond.com.
