There has been widespread press coverage of the Trust’s appeal for funds to restore the 1907 Strathearn Herald Cossar Press: see the links below for stories which have appeared in the local and trade press coverage. Strathearn Herald Print Week
Archives for May 2012
Special events in June at Robert Smail’s
May 30, 2012
There are two special events at Robert Smail’s over the next few weeks: the Olympic torch will pass through Innerleithen on 14 June, and fathers who visit on Fathers’ Day (Sunday 17 June) will receive a limited edition souvenir poster.
Summer courses in printing
May 25, 2012
Details of Edinburgh Printmakers’ Summer School 2012 are now available through their website: http://www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk/index.htm As well as printmaking techniques, Dundee Contemporary Arts offer courses in papermaking and bookbinding. http://www.dca.org.uk/get-creative/course-information.html
Cossar press update
May 14, 2012
Another picture of the Cossar press being dismantled: when the machine was installed in 1907 it consisted of 2000 separate parts. UPDATE — For more about the history of Cossar presses click here.
Traditional printing in Taiwan
May 1, 2012
The BBC has reported on an usual survival: traditional letterpress printing in Taiwan. You can read the full story at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17686453.
Edinburgh’s Industrial Information Revolution
May 1, 2012
On Thursday 24 May 2012 Dr Aileen Fyfe of the University of St Andrews will give a lecture entitled Edinburgh’s Industrial Information Revolution as part of the Understanding Technology series, at National Museums Scotland, Chambers Street, in cooperation with the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation, University of Edinburgh. Her topic is […]
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