Earlier in October, an article by Harry Mottram appeared in Print Monthly on ‘print industry artisans who know their ems from their ens’. He writes about the ‘vintage presses’ which are keeping traditional printing skills alive. Some are operating machines dating back to the mid-nineteenth century.
Archives for October 2015
Get Creative in Dundee
October 22, 2015
You can download the Get Creative course brochure to see what’s on at the print studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts. It gives details of courses running up until March 2016 and there are opportunities to learn about papermaking, bookbinding and a range of printing techniques.
Rescheduled Type ITALIC 500 exhibition
October 16, 2015
The Type ITALIC 500 exhibition at the Type Archive, originally due to open in October 2015, has been rescheduled for December 2015. The exact dates will be publicised on the Type Archive and Printing Historical Society’s websites.
Events at St Bride’s in October
October 3, 2015
On Friday 9 October 2015, there is a day course running at the St Bride Foundation on ‘Printing on a wooden hand press’. You can learn hand typesetting, inking, and printing, using techniques from the 15th century. The course costs £90 and you can book online. This year’s Beatrice Warde lecture will be given by […]
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