Applications are open for the Print Futures Awards 2017. These awards are grants of up to £1,500 to help people (resident in the UK) aged 18 to 30 years train for careers in printing, publishing, packaging and graphic arts or develop their existing roles in those sectors. For more details about deadlines and how to […]
Archives for February 2017
Printing collection looking for a home
February 16, 2017
There is an urgent need to find a home for printing artefacts that used to be part of the collection at Newark Millgate Museum, until its closure in 2012. They include an 1837 Atlas Press and an 1840 Albion Press among other artefacts. If anyone is interested please contact Kevin Winter at Newark Museum to […]
Douglas Foulis
February 12, 2017
Douglas Foulis, of the long-established publishing and binding firm of Hunter & Foulis, died in December 2016 at the age of 90. As well as working int he industry, he was involved in the work of the Society of Master Printers’ of Scotland. Obituaries of him have been published in the Scotsman and the Herald.
SPRAT is grateful for support from The Watson Foundation