The free guided walks in Edinburgh’s Old Town, run as part of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day programme on the weekend of 24–25 September 2016 have proved really popular and are now fully booked.
Archives for September 2016
Letterpress workshops at Smails
September 14, 2016
These letterpress workshops at Robert Smail’s Printing Works are a chance for anyone with an interest in graphic design and typography to spend the day creating their own letterpress artworks, posters and stationery. Workshop participants will be able to use wooden poster type and hand presses to get creative, with Smail’s expert staff on hand […]
Edinburgh in Print
September 8, 2016
The free guided walks in Edinburgh’s Old Town, run as part of Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day programme on the weekend of 24–25 September 2016 are filling up fast. You can book the last few places through this link.
Pen-y-Coe Press open day
September 6, 2016
The Pen-y-Coe Press in Bridge Street, Penicuik is open for Midlothian’s Doors Open Day on Saturday 10th September 2016. There will be papermaking and letterpress printing demonstrations at 11am and 2pm, and the press will be open to visitors from 10–4. See their website for facilities and how to get there.
Doors Open Day at Quarto Press
September 1, 2016
The Quarto Press, Beech Hill Road, Coupar Angus, will be open for the Perth and Kinross Doors Open Days this year. You will be able to see a range of presses as well as type-casting machines, and there will be demonstrations of working machines and the opportunity to have a go. Open 10–16-.30 on Saturday […]
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