The Edinburgh Printmakers summer school brochure is now available. The topics include stone lithography and relief printing. For more information and details of how to book see the Edinburgh Printmakers website.
Bookbinding Competition 2018
June 14, 2018
The National Library of Scotland’s Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition is open for entries. It aims to encourage the practice and development of creative and craft binding skills. For more details see the National Library of Scotland’s website. This year’s closing date is 5 November 2018.
Edinburgh Printmakers at the Canal Festival
June 12, 2018
Meet Edinburgh Printmakers at the Edinburgh Canal Festival on Saturday 16 June 2018. More details about time and place (and the raft races) are on the Festival website.
Learn woodcut techniques at Highland Print Studio
May 30, 2018
Learn to create a two-colour print from a wood block on the weekend course on 23–24 June 2018. Try a range of cutting and texture-making techniques using a variety of gouges and other tools. The course runs from 10am-4pm each day, and spaces are limited to six each class. For more information and how to […]
St Bride’s opening in June
May 28, 2018
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 6 June and Wednesday 20 May 12 noon – 8pm. The library is open on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please 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. There […]
HarperCollins celebrating 200 years
May 24, 2018
HarperCollins have launched a website celebrating 200 years of the business. The illustrated website includes sections on its printing history in Scotland (William Collins of Glasgow and Thomas Nelsons of Edinburgh) as well as the printing history of Harpers in New York. Explore the website at: 200 years of HarperCollins publishers.
Letterpress course in Dundee
May 20, 2018
A letterpress workshop will be held in the Print Studio at Dundee Contemporary Arts on Saturday 26 May 2018, 10am-6pm. Led by John Easson of Quarto Press, this is an opportunity to learn the basics of letterpress printing using authentic period presses with type, wood-letter and illustration blocks. For full details, and how to book […]
Call for contributions
May 18, 2018
A book entitled Printing colour 1700–1830: histories, techniques, functions and reception is being planned as a follow-up to the conference of the same name held in April 2018. Submissions are sought from scholars, curators and practitioners — anyone who cares for colour-printed material, seeks to understand how it is produced and used, of engages with […]
St Bride Wayzgoose 2018
May 10, 2018
St Bride Foundation is holding its annual fundraising event on Sunday 20 May 2018, 10am-4pm. Buy and sell equipment, type, ornaments, books, prints, stationary and meet fellow printers. All proceeds go to St Bride Library. For more details see the St Bride website.
St Bride’s opening in May
May 1, 2018
St Bride’s Library will be open on Wednesday 2 May and Wednesday 16 May 12 noon – 8pm. The library is open on the first and third Wednesday of each month. Please 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. There […]
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