Superbloom

I designed and letterpress printed this broadside for poet Michelle Latvala. The poem, "Superbloom", is from her latest book of poetry, Between Latitudes. In the design and printing, I sought an expressive but simple typographic treatment that would convey the meaning and soul of the poem through multiple layers of text, image and materiality. The text was set digitally in IM Fell Double Pica and Woolen typefaces and was letterpress printed from polymer plates, along with a hand-drawn and blind-printed illustration, on 300gsm Somerset cream paper with a Vandercook 4 press. 

Michelle Latvala is an experienced leader, facilitator, and author with a deep commitment to humanity, nature, and authenticity. She currently serves as Faculty for David Whyte's Institute for Conversational Leadership, previously led Spirit Rock Meditation Center as Executive Director from 2011-2022, and was Vice President of Leadership Development at Backroads Active Travel from 2000-2010. Michelle's debut book Between Latitudes (Green Writers Press 2025) received honorable mention for the Eric Hoffer Award and was named a finalist for the First Horizon Award.  The book profoundly addresses themes of climate, ancestry, bodies, nature, kinship and more through her accessible, intimate, and deeply relevant poetry. In 2023, Michelle founded Insight Outside, a series of remote programs that combine meditation, writing, and wilderness, and became part of a two-year Nature Dharma training program funded by the BESS Family Foundation, centered around expanding Buddhist teachings in nature. She graduated from Stanford University with Phi Beta Kappa honors in Social Psychology. Michelle migrates thoughtfully with her beloveds between responsibilities in northern California and eastern Alaska, where she built a cabin at the same latitude her Finnish ancestors lived for centuries in the circumpolar boreal forest.

You can purchase the print from Michelle here or by messaging me here. 

Size: 8x18" 
First Edition: 100 copies