The Highland Print Studio in Inverness is running a course on Drypoint Engraving, suitable for beginners or as a refresher course, on Tuesday 22 October 2019, from 10am – 4pm. Drypoint Beginners/Refreshers. Spaces are limited — full details of costs and how to book are on the studio website.
Archives for September 2019
Conference on post-war printing
September 24, 2019
A conference on post-war printing, organised by the Printing Historical Society, the Centre for Print History & Culture, and the Centre for the Study of the Book, Bodleian Library, will take place in Oxford, 10–11 October 2019. Tickets (£25 per person) are on sale from the event page on Eventbrite, where details of the final […]
October opening at St Bride’s Library
September 20, 2019
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 2 October and Wednesday 16 October from 12 noon – 8pm. Email in advance (library@sbf.org.uk) to let the library know that you intend to visit as space in the Reading Room is limited. Check the online catalogue and email a list of titles you wish to see […]
Glasgow Press Wayzegoose
September 19, 2019
To mark Glasgow Doors Open Day, Glasgow Press is holding its Wayzgoose on Saturday 21 September, from 10am-4pm. A Wayzegoose was the traditional annual outing held by a printing house for its workers, marking the end of summer and the start of the season of working by candlelight. This year, they’re staying in the factory, […]
Glasgow in Print tours
September 15, 2019
The Scottish Printing Archival Trust is running two Glasgow in print tours as part of this September’s Doors Open Day programme. Booking opens on 1 September — for full details and to book your place please visit the Glasgow Doors Open Day website.
Printers open to the public for Doors Open Day 14–15 September
September 10, 2019
Richardson & Son Printers in Hawick will be open to the public from 11am to 1pm on Saturday 14 September. They now occupy the printing works where The Hawick News was printed until 2000. The Pen-y-Coe Press and paper-making heritage centre in Penicuik will be open and there will be tours including printing and papermaking […]
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